The Academy of American Poets College Prize

This award is open to Binghamton University graduate & undergraduate students and offers $100 in prize money. See GUIDELINES below:

Winners will be listed in the Academy's annual report and on Poets.org.

 

As funds permit, the Academy makes arrangements to publish selected winners in anthologies or independent literary journals.

Our 2013 contest will be judged anonymously by an established poet not associated with Binghamton University.

Deadline: April 9, 2013 at noon.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Open to graduate and undergraduate students.
2. You may submit ONE TO THREE POEMS. Total submission should not exceed five pages (no more than one poem per page). One submission per poet. It you send more than three poems, the three poems on top (without surpassing the five page limit) as they are arranged when the submission comes in will be the ones passed on to the judge. 
3. Please staple together your manuscript.
4. Your name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Include a cover sheet with, but not attached to, your submission. The cover sheet should include your name, address, phone number, e-mail, AND a list of the title(s) of the poem(s) included in your submission.
5. Submit manuscripts in a large envelope to the Creative Writing folder in the Adjunct Mail drawer in the English office or to the Creative Writing Office (LN1211), either during posted office hours (Tuesdays 11-1) or slip the envelope under the door. DO NOT SLIP LOOSE MANUSCRIPTS OR MANUSCRIPTS IN FOLDERS UNDER THE DOOR!

The Academy of American Poets College Prize