Deadline: 31 March 2011
Agha Shahid Ali was a Kashmiri American poet. In India, Ali was educated at the University of Kashmir and the University of Delhi. In the United States of America, he earned a Ph.D. in English from Pennsylvania State University in 1984, and an M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 1985. He held teaching positions at nine universities and colleges in India and the United States. Ali was also a translator of Faiz Ahmed Faiz (The Rebel's Silhouette; Selected Poems, and was the editor for the Middle East and Central Asia segment of Jeffery Paine's Poetry of Our World.
Honoring the memory of a celebrated poet and a beloved teacher, the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry is awarded annually and is sponsored by the University of Utah Press and the University of Utah Department of English.
$1000 Cash Prize and Publication; Reading in the University of Utah's Guest Writers Series.
2011 Prize Submission Guidelines
* Manuscripts should be between 48 and 100 typed pages. Attach a cover sheet providing complete contact information, including name, address, telephone, and email address. No other identifying information should be included on the title page or on the manuscript itself.
* Submissions must be in English.
* Manuscripts must be postmarked during February 1 through March 31, 2011
* A check for the nonrefundable reading fee of $25 payable to the University of Utah Press must be included with the submission.
* Manuscripts will not be returned and will be discarded after the competition.
* Submitted poems may have appeared previously in journals, anthologies, or chapbooks, although the collection as a whole must be previously unpublished.
* The competition is open to poets who have previously published book-length poetry collections, as well as unpublished poets.
* Current and former students of the University of Utah and of the finalist judge may not enter. We support the CLMP Code of Ethics.
* Simultaneous submissions are permitted; however, entrants must notify the Press immediately if the collection submitted is accepted for publication elsewhere during the competition.
The winning manuscript will be chosen by David Gewanter of Georgetown University. The series editor will contact the winning poet and the results of the competition will be announced on this Web site by September 15, 2011. Please do not call the Press or the department of English to check on the status of your submission.
The winning collection will be published by the University of Utah Press in the spring of 2012. The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and will give a reading in the University of Utah's Guest Writers Series reading to take place during the fall or spring following publication. Travel and accommodations paid by the University of Utah English Department.
Address submissions to:
The University of Utah Press
c/o The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry
J. Willard Marriott Library
Suite 5400
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
More information here.
Agha Shahid Ali was a Kashmiri American poet. In India, Ali was educated at the University of Kashmir and the University of Delhi. In the United States of America, he earned a Ph.D. in English from Pennsylvania State University in 1984, and an M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 1985. He held teaching positions at nine universities and colleges in India and the United States. Ali was also a translator of Faiz Ahmed Faiz (The Rebel's Silhouette; Selected Poems, and was the editor for the Middle East and Central Asia segment of Jeffery Paine's Poetry of Our World.
Honoring the memory of a celebrated poet and a beloved teacher, the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry is awarded annually and is sponsored by the University of Utah Press and the University of Utah Department of English.
$1000 Cash Prize and Publication; Reading in the University of Utah's Guest Writers Series.
2011 Prize Submission Guidelines
* Manuscripts should be between 48 and 100 typed pages. Attach a cover sheet providing complete contact information, including name, address, telephone, and email address. No other identifying information should be included on the title page or on the manuscript itself.
* Submissions must be in English.
* Manuscripts must be postmarked during February 1 through March 31, 2011
* A check for the nonrefundable reading fee of $25 payable to the University of Utah Press must be included with the submission.
* Manuscripts will not be returned and will be discarded after the competition.
* Submitted poems may have appeared previously in journals, anthologies, or chapbooks, although the collection as a whole must be previously unpublished.
* The competition is open to poets who have previously published book-length poetry collections, as well as unpublished poets.
* Current and former students of the University of Utah and of the finalist judge may not enter. We support the CLMP Code of Ethics.
* Simultaneous submissions are permitted; however, entrants must notify the Press immediately if the collection submitted is accepted for publication elsewhere during the competition.
The winning manuscript will be chosen by David Gewanter of Georgetown University. The series editor will contact the winning poet and the results of the competition will be announced on this Web site by September 15, 2011. Please do not call the Press or the department of English to check on the status of your submission.
The winning collection will be published by the University of Utah Press in the spring of 2012. The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and will give a reading in the University of Utah's Guest Writers Series reading to take place during the fall or spring following publication. Travel and accommodations paid by the University of Utah English Department.
Address submissions to:
The University of Utah Press
c/o The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry
J. Willard Marriott Library
Suite 5400
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
More information here.
