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We are pleased to announce the winners of this year's annual Poetry Contest
1st place: “After Sorrow” by MaryJan Munger
2nd place: “Digging Up” by Joanna Applegarth Hancock
3rd place: “Story Problems” by Marilyn Bushman-Carlton

Prizes for the BYU Studies Poetry Contest
1st prize $200
2nd prize $150
3rd prize $100

Eligibility
The contest is open to BYU graduates and/or regular subscribers to BYU Studies. Members of BYU Studies’ Arts and Sciences Editorial Board, current referees, and their immediate families may not enter the contest.

Authors who received a BYU Studies Poetry award last year are ineligible to submit in the current year.

Deadline
All entries must be received or postmarked on or before December 31.

General rules
Poets may submit up to three (3) poems for consideration. For publication formatting reasons, poems should generally not exceed thirty-five (35) lines, including lines between stanzas.

Entries should be accompanied by a cover page which includes the author’s name and all relevant contact information, the year of author’s graduation from BYU with college and degree, and/or a statement that the entrant subscribes to BYU Studies. List each contest entry by title on the cover page. Please include two (2) copies of each poem when submitting by regular mail or attach a file of each entry when submitting on CD or by email. When submitting by email, please attach files of your work.

Neither the name of the author nor any other identifying information should appear on the copies of the poems(s). Entries will not be returned.

BYU Studies has the right of first refusal to publish all entries. We do not accept poems that have been published or that are under consideration elsewhere, that have previously won any awards in another poetry contest, or that may be the property of another publisher. Do not simultaneously submit any poem to our contest and to another writing contest. Authors may not submit contest poetry to any other contest or publication until the BYU Studies contest results are announced or until receiving a letter indicating that the poetry will not be published in BYU Studies. As a general matter, poetry published in BYU Studies is chosen from contest entries.

Submissions
To submit by email, attach your entry materials and include “Poetry Contest Entry” in the subject line. Send to byus_submissions@byu.edu .

To submit by regular mail, send cover letter and two (2) copies of work(s), one on paper and one on CD to:

Essay Contest

BYU Studies

403 CB

Provo, UT 84602


Judging
Judging will be blind. The judges reserve the right to withhold any award if no entry merits the ratings established.

If you have any questions:
Please call the BYU Studies staff at (801) 422-6691, write to the address above, or send us an email: byus_submissions@byu.edu.