The Third Annual Annette Allen Poetry Prize - Submissions Hosted by The Louisville Review
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GUIDELINES:
• The 3rd Annual Annette Allen Poetry Prize is accepting submissions NOW through midnight, December 15, 2024.
• Open to all university and college students residing in the Louisville Metro area, graduate and undergraduate, in all departments and programs.
• Submit one manuscript containing 1-5 previously unpublished poems. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR MANUSCRIPT or it will not be considered. Submittable will record all names of entrants.
• Students from all disciplines are encouraged to write and submit poems—no prior poetry experience is required!
• Students are encouraged to submit poetry that engages the arts and/or humanities. Such poems might incorporate reflections, descriptions, or allusions to visual art, music, drama, literature, identity, gender, history, dance, myth, philosophical texts, etc.
• We enthusiastically welcome submissions from writers of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities, including minority, indigenous, and LGBTQ+ writers. We value poetry that draws on diverse perspectives, and we welcome poetry in a variety of registers, modes, and styles.
• Judge reads all submissions blind, and submissions are evaluated solely on the quality of the work submitted.
• Notifications will be sent to all entrants at the beginning of the spring 2025 semester.
CONTEST DETAILS:
• One Prize Winner will receive a cash award of $300 and publication of their winning poem in The Louisville Review, a national literary magazine in print publication for over 45 years.
• Two Honorable Mentions will receive a cash award of $50.
• Up to two Runners Up will receive a copy of Allen’s poetry collection, The Cruel Radiance of What Is (2019).
• All awarded writers are invited to read at the Annette Allen Poetry Prize Celebration Reading at the 52nd annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture at the University of Louisville, 2/20/25 - 2/22/25, exact day/time TBD.
ABOUT THE 3rd ANNUAL ANNETTE ALLEN POETRY PRIZE:
Our esteemed Judge for the 3rd annual Annette Allen Poetry Prize, Dr. Robert Eric Shoemaker is the digital archivist at the Poetry Foundation. Eric is an interdisciplinary poet, artist, and scholar. He earned a PhD in humanities from the University of Louisville and an MFA in creative writing and poetics from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. He is the author of three poetry books: Ca'Venezia (Partial Press, 2021), We Knew No Mortality (Acta Publications, 2018), and 30 Days Dry (Thought Collection Publishing, 2015).
Established in 2021, The Annette Allen Poetry Prize honors the late Dr. Annette Allen. Allen was instrumental in founding the Humanities Ph.D. Program at the University of Louisville in 2002 and was a beloved mentor who advised numerous graduate theses and dissertations in many fields, but most notably in creative writing.
A poet as well as an academic, Dr. Allen published widely in poetry anthologies and journals and authored three books of poetry. Allen’s highly interdisciplinary poetry, which frequently engaged the arts and humanities, serves as inspiration for this award.
The award is funded entirely by U Louisville Humanities PhD alumni and friends and family of Annette Allen.Institutional partners include The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture; The Association of Humanities Academics (AHA, the U Louisville Humanities Graduate RSO); The University of Louisville Writing Center; andThe Louisville Review, “A national literary magazine since 1976.”
Nota Bene: Entrants are strongly encouraged to read some of Allen’s poems on the website as examples of poetic engagement with the arts and humanities. All poetic styles and original voices are welcome and there is no need to imitate Annette Allen's poems.
Visit https://annetteallenpoetryprize.myportfolio.com for more information.