The New England Poetry ClubThe New England Poetry ClubNew England Poetry Club Contest Rules
NEPC contests are open to all members in good standing except board members. Nonmembers may enter by paying $10.00 for up to 3 entries and $3.00 per additional entry. Only one poem per contest. Make checks out to the New England Poetry Club (no charge for students or members).
- Entries must be original unpublished poems in English.
- No poem may be entered in more than one contest, nor should it have won a previous contest.
- Poems should be typed and submitted in duplicate, with the author’s name and address on one copy. Label poems with the name of the contest.
- No entries will be returned, and NEPC will not engage in correspondence regarding poems submitted or contest decisions.
- Judges are well-known poets and sometimes are winners of previous NEPC contests.
- Mark the name or names of the contest(s) entered on the envelope before mailing. All entries should be sent to Virginia Thayer, 11 Puritan Road, Arlington, MA 02174.
- Annual contest deadlines: April 1 to June 30, 2003.
Rosalie Boyle/Norma Faber Award: For a poem in traditional form, including sonnet, villanelle, and sestina. $100.00.
Members-Only ContestsGretchen Warren Award: For the best published poem of the previous year. (Members of the governing board may not enter any competition except this one.) Send 2 copies of up to 4 poems, with dates and names of publications, author’s name on one copy. No cash award.
Golden Rose Award: Given annually since 1920 to a poet who has done the most for the art in the previous year or in a lifetime.
Contests Open to Members and Non-MembersMay Sarton Award: Given intermittently to a poet whose work is an inspiration to other poets. $250. Recipients chosen by the board.
Daniel Varoujan Award: For an unpublished poem (not a translation) worthy of Daniel Varoujan, a poet killed by the Turks in the genocide which destroyed three-fourths of the Armenian population. $1000.
Der-Hovanessian Prize: For a translation from any language. Send a copy of the original with the poem. $100. Funded by John Mahtesian.
Erika Mumford Prize: For a poem in any form about foreign culture or travel. $250. Funded by her family and friends.
Firman Houghton Award: For a lyric poem in honor of the former president of the NEPC. $250.
Barbara Bradley Award: For a lyric poem under 21 lines, written by a woman. $200.
Sheila Margaret Motton Prize: For a book of poems published in the last two years. Send 2 copies of the book with $5.00 handling fee for non-members. $500.
John Holmes Award: For a poem by a New England college student. Send poems in duplicate, with student’s name, name of school, and school year on one copy. $100.
Ruth Berrien Fox Award: For a poem by a Mass. high school student. Send to 2 Farrar Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. $100.
Longfellow Prize: For a poem by a Mass. student in grades six, seven, or eight. $100.
For new membership, send a short biography and $25.00 first year’s dues (refundable if not accepted) to Victor Howes, 137 W. Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118.
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