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And the winners are…

Here we go! The winners of the 2011 SFWP Poetry Awards Program are below!

Poetry Awards Finalists — Short List

Here’s the short list of finalists for the Poetry Awards Program. Pared down from the long list, which you can find right here.

2011 Poetry Program Finalists — Round One

Wow! We have some stunning entries. Right now, I have been given the “first round” of finalists — 54 names. And, I’m told, it was hard getting the list down to just 54. Some extraordinary talent  for this inaugural poetry program. I’m thrilled to see that…thank you all. The 54 names are listed below.

Poetry Awards Program Deadline, Confirmations, and Timeline

Today’s the last day to get your entry in for the Poetry Awards Program! I’ll be taking down the online entry form sometime tomorrow afternoon (hopefully not breaking the main SFWP page in the process) and then we’ll move on to judging.

2011 Awards Program Deadlines

I think I’ve managed to create confusion by running two writing contests with different end dates. All part of my cunning plan to frustrate everyone…including the judges! So we’ll start out with a reminder: The Poetry Awards Program ends on September 1st. The Literary Awards Program ends on December 15th.

April Events

I just updated Alan Cheuse’s events page with some new April and May dates. Check it out right here. Also don’t forget that we are now accepting entries for the 2011 Literary Awards Program (with Alan as the judge). More details right here. Also — April is poetry month! And we’ve got the wonderfully talented [...]

Contest News

A quick update from the 2010 Screenplay Awards Program – finalist Patricia Fox has recently been in the news with her script, Anatomy of a Town. She took the grand prize over at the Divebomber Radio Movie Contest and a radio adaptation is scheduled to air on March 7th on KCBX-FM in conjunction with the [...]

2011 Poetry Contest: Meet Rose Solari

March 1st sees the inaugural SFWP Poetry Contest.  I’ll be discussing the finer details in future posts, but let’s start out with an introduction to Rose Solari. I first met Rose a couple years ago at a very impressive Christmas party. It was the sort of house party where a bartender spins out of the [...]