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First Annual Ruth Redel Poetry Prize

First Annual Ruth Redel Poetry Prize

First Prize – 200 dollars and publication in the fall issue of the Heartland Review

THR asks for a tax-deductible 3 dollar contribution to support the contest and the publication. Please make checks out to The Heartland Review.

Send a cover page with titles of poems, author’s name, address and a short biography (40 words, maximum.)

Names and addresses should NOT appear on the poems themselves.

Poems should be typed and should be no longer than 30 lines.

Post mark deadline for entries is August 1, 2009.

Winners will be announced in October and invited to read at the Morrison Gallery Poetry Series. Send a self-addressed stamped LEGAL size envelope in order to receive results. Mail entries to:

Ruth Redel Poetry Contest
c/o Mick Kennedy
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
600 College Street Rd
Elizabethtown KY 42701

For more information, call 270-706-8407 or e-mail Mick.Kennedy@kctcs.edu

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First Annual Ruth Redel Poetry Prize