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Indiana Review’s Poetry Contest And Poking Fun At Fellow Poets
17 January 2008, the poet @ 10:27 pm

Indiana Review is sponsoring a poetry contest and Naomi Shihab Nye is the judge. I’m a huge fan of Nye. I’ve seen her read a couple of times in my home state of Texas and she has a wonderful voice. I highly recommend this contest if for any reason, not because of Nye, but because of this policy:

Further, IR cannot consider work from anyone currently or recently affiliated with Indiana University. In addition, IR cannot consider work from anyone who is a current or former student of the prize judge. We also will not consider work from anyone who is a personal friend of the judge.

I’m glad to see such policies explicitly outlined. I hope they enforce them.

It looks like Virginia Quarterly Review has a lot of time on its hands. If you got that pun, you’re hopeless.

OMG! What’s going on at Blogsboro? Billy’s talking about going both ways. Don’t worry. It’s just word play. It won’t hurt you.

And if you like sestinas as much as I do, here’s one for you.

2 Comments a “Indiana Review’s Poetry Contest And Poking Fun At Fellow Poets”

1. Waldo Jaquith — January 18, 2008 @ 8:19 am
   

   “It looks like Virginia Quarterly Review has a lot of time on its hands. If you got that pun, you’re hopeless.”

   I got it, but I blame you.

2. the poet — January 18, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
   

   Thanks Waldo. I’ll accept that.

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