If you are a poet who writes in form, this contest is for you. New Criterion publishes fine poetry in traditional forms in every issue, and this year marks the seventh annual Poetry Prize awarded to a book length manuscript of poetry that pays close attention to form. The press release follows. More information can be found at the New Criterion web site.

The New Criterion Poetry Prize

The editors are pleased to
announce
the seventh annual

New Criterion Poetry Prize

for a book-length manuscript
of poems that pay close
attention to form.

Judges:

David Barber, Rachel Hadas,
Roger Kimball, Hilton Kramer
& David Yezzi

The winner will receive $3000 and the
winning manuscript will be published
by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago.

All entrants will receive a copy
of the winning submission upon
publication.

Please address manuscripts to:

The New Criterion Poetry Prize
900 Broadway, Suite 602
New York, NY 10003

An entrance fee of $25, by money order or certified
check, must accompany each entry.
Manuscripts should not
exceed sixty pages in length.
Submissions must be postmarked

no later than 30 September 2006.
The winner will be
announced in December 2006.
Manuscripts will not be
returned.

The editors are pleased to announce that
Bill Coyle

is the winner of the sixth annual

New Criterion Poetry Prize

for a book-length manuscript
of poems that pay close
attention to form.

Judges:

W. S. Di Piero,
Roger Kimball, Hilton Kramer,
Rachel Wetzsteon & David Yezzi

The winner will receive $3000 and the winning manuscript, The God of This World to His Prophet will be published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago in Fall 2006.

All entrants will receive a copy of the winning submission upon publication.