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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 20 January 2012 16:34 |
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Hats Off! to poets Alice Osborn and Jane Shlensky, who were both finalists in two award categories in the 2011 Poetry Council of North Carolina Awards. Alice placed Third in the Charles Shull (traditional poetry) category with her poem "Featured Reader," and received an Honorable Mention in the James Larkin Pearson (free verse) category for her poem, "The Lesbians Next Door." Meanwhile, Jane Shlensky placed Third in the Gladys Owings Hughes Heritage category (free verse) for her poem, "The Museum of Broken Things," and received an Honorable Mention in the Ellen Johnston-Hale category (humorous verse) for her poem, "Patience."
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Hat's Off!
. . . to Lou Lipsitz of Chapel Hill, who has been awarded the 2010 Blue Lynx Prize for his poetry collection, If This World Falls Apart, his fourth full-length book of poems. The prize carries a $2,000 cash award, and publication by Lynx House Press, a Spokane based independent literary publisher that began sponsoring this national manuscript competition in 1996. The book will be released in April 2011, and copies can be ordered from www.lynxhousepress.org. Final judge for this year’s competition was Christopher Buckley. Previous judges include Yusef Komunyakaa, David Wojahn, Robert Wrigley, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Dara Wier, and Dorianne Laux. The prize is given to a U.S. poet, regardless of publication history, for a full-length book manuscript of poems. |
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