Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition deadline March 1

The North Carolina Writers' Network is accepting submissions for the 2012 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition. This contest honors the late poet Randall Jarrell and is administered by Terry L. Kennedy and the MFA Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The competition accepts one-poem submissions. The contest awards the winner $200, publication in Crucible literary journal, and an invitation to read his or her poetry at UNC-Greensboro’s Founders Day activities.

Charlotte Observer writer Dannye Romine Powell won the 2011 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition for her poem “I Am the Girl.” Poet and editor Dan Albergotti chose Powell’s poem from close to 100 entries.

The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition: Postmark deadline: March 1. Submissions accepted: now-March 1.

The competition is open to any writer who is a legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network.

Submissions should be one poem only (40-line limit). Poem must be typed (single-spaced) and stapled in the left-hand corner.

Author's name should not appear on the poem. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with author's name, address, e-mail address, phone number and poem title.

Poem will not be returned. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a list of winner and finalists. The winner and finalists will be announced in May.

An entry fee must accompany the poem. Multiple submissions are accepted, one poem per entry fee: $10 for NCWN members, $15 for nonmembers.

You may pay member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network.

Send submissions to: Terry L. Kennedy, MFA Writing Program, 3302 MHRA Building, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

Questions may be directed to Terry L. Kennedy, associate director, MFA Writing Program, at tlkenned@uncg.edu.

For more on the Writers’ Network, see www.ncwriters.org.