THE COMSTOCK REVIEW ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST

The Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award
ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST 2008

Final Judge: Marie Howe
Initial Screening by Editors

First Prize - $1 ,000
2nd Prize  -$250;   3rd Prize - $100;
Honorable Mentions - Subscriptions

DEADLINE:  Postmark by July 1, 2008

Official Rules:
1.  Each poem must be typed on a sheet of white 8-1/2 by 11 paper.

2.  Poems must be original, unpublished in any medium (print or  electronic),  and not under consideration elsewhere.

3.  No simultaneous submissions, please.

4.  Poems must not exceed 40 lines in length.

5.  Poet's name, address, and telephone number must be on the reverse side of each poem, so it is not visible to the judges.*(in other words, no identifying information on the front of the poem)

6.  Include #10 SASE for contest results or check the website after October 1st.   No entries will be returned.

7. All prizewinners and Special Merit poems will appear in the Fall/Winter Issue of The Comstock Review. (See guidelines for details.)

8.  An entry fee of   $4.00   must accompany each poem.
(No entry fees returned. *)

9.  No limit to number of poems at $4.00 EACH. 
      (For example: $12 for 3 poems.  Make check out to "The Comstock Review.")

(Special offer: Contest entrants are welcome to order
a one year subscription (2 issues) at the discounted price of $15,
including postage and handling inside USA.
Canada and Mexico include $3.00 extra for postage. 
Other countries $6.00 extra.
Please include this with your entry fee.)

Send contest submissions, after April 1, 2008 to:
CWG Poetry Contest 2007
4956 St. John Dr.
Syracuse, NY 13215

 Also click here for  Contest Guidelines which offer  many further explanations of the rules and editor preferences. 

*Red
section above highlighted  since we often receive poems that fall
outside the rules and they will be disqualified unless we can reach the
poets and have them resubmitted following the rules.  The Editors

Judge for 2007:  Marie Howe

Marie Howe has a long-awaited new book out in 2008:  The Kingdom of Ordinary Times.  Stanley
Kunitz describes her poetry as "  luminous, intense, and eloquent,
rooted in an abundant inner life.” Her previous books include The Good
Thief (which was chosen for the 1987 National Poetry Series) and What
the Living Do (1998).  She has also co-edited In the Company of My
Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. Her poems have
appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Agni, Harvard Review and New
England Review, among many others. Marie Howe received a Guggenheim and
a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She teaches at The
Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas in Austin, at
Sarah Lawrence and NYU. 

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