Washington and Lee University

is pleased to announce

The Glasgow Prize
for Emerging Writers

$2,500

The Prize includes publication of new work in Shenandoah and a reading at Washington and Lee University.

Eligibility for 2007 Prize: all writers of POETRY
 with only one published book in that genre.

To apply, send first book,* one unpublished story
(or set of poems or essay, depending on the year), s.a.s.e and vita 
along with a check for $22 (from either author or publisher), 
which brings a year's subscription to Shenandoah, 
between March 15 and March 31, of that year to:

R. T. Smith
The Glasgow Prize
SHENANDOAH
Mattingly House / 2 Lee Avenue
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450-2116
(540) 458-8908

Sponsored by the Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment,
established in 1960" for the promotion of the expression of art through pen and tongue."

2008 Prize – CREATIVE NONFICTION
2009 Prize – SHORT STORY
2010 Prize - POETRY
 

* Books submitted for consideration will not be returned and will be donated
to the Washington and Lee University library after the contest has been judged.

2006 Glasgow Prize

Bret Anthony Johnston of Arlington, Massachusetts has been named recipient of the 2006 Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, awarded annually by Shenandoah and Washington and Lee University, for his book Corpus Christi: Stories (Random House, 2004). Writers who have published one book of short fiction were eligible for consideration for the $2,500 prize.  As part of the prize, Johnston will also give a reading at Washington and Lee University during the 2006-07 academic year.  Judge for the 2006 Glasgow Prize was Donald Secreast.

Next year’s Glasgow Prize will go to a writer who has published only one book of poetry.  The judge will be announced after the winner has been selected.  Submissions should be sent to R. T. Smith, c/o The Glasgow Prize, Shenandoah, Mattingly House, 2 Lee Avenue, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-2116 and must be postmarked between March 15 and March 31, 2007.  All contestants should include a vita, one copy of the submitted book, up to five unpublished poems, an sase and a submission fee of  $22 (either from the author or  publisher), which also brings a year’s subscription to Shenandoah. 

The Glasgow Endowment was established by the late Arthur G. Glasgow for the “promotion of the expression of art through pen and tongue.”  In the past four decades the endowment has hosted Mary Oliver, Seamus Heaney, John Barth, A. R.  Ammons, Charles Wright,  Rita Dove, Barry Lopez and others.

The Glasgow Prize recipients:  

2005:  Rebecca McClanahan / Creative Nonfiction: The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings (University of Georgia Press, 2002)

2004:  Catherine Barnett / Poetry: Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes are Pierced (Alice James Books, 2004)

2003:  Ann Pancake / Fiction: Given Ground (University Press of New England, 2001)

2002:  Christopher Cokinos / Creative Nonfiction: Hope is a Thing With Feathers:  A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds (Tarcher/Putnam, 2000; Warner 2001)

2001:  Talvikki Ansel / Poetry: My Shining Archipelago (Yale, 1997)

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