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Don Russ Poetry Prize

Kennesaw Review proudly announces its 2008 Don Russ Poetry Prize
of $500 for the single best poem submitted to the competition.

  • $500 prize for one winning poem, to be published in KR
  • April 23, 2008, deadline for receipt (hard copies only)
  • Initial round of judging by KR editorial staff; final round by distinguished outside judges
  • $15 entry fee for 3-5 previously unpublished poems
  • Kennesaw Review staff and their immediate family members not eligible to participate
  • Entries to be judged anonymously


Entry Format:

PoetÂ’s name should NOT be included on poems.
Please include poet's name, titles of submitted poems, address, e-mail,
and telephone number in cover letter.

Send entries and $15 fee to:
Kennesaw Review
Don Russ Poetry Prize
Department of English, Building 27
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
 

Make checks payable to Kennesaw Review.


Previous Winners
 
2007 Winner
Terri McCord

2006 Winner
Ryan G. Van Cleave
Upon Reading in the Paper
That a Man in Vermont was Arrested
for Stealing 1,300 Maps from Libraries
Around the World


2005 Winner
Gayle Elen Harvey
Agnus Dei

2005 Runner Up
Mary Christine Delea
Everybody Is Always from Long Island

2004
Toby Emert
Fernandina Beach

2004 Select Entries

 

 
     
 
 
 

 
     
 

Date of Publication : 02 Nov 2007

 
 


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