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The Secret (Free verse) by ecargo

How it lies, heavy in my belly and breast: no pearl, but a stone, no open hand, but a fist, mine to carry, mine alone, to bury with the rest.

ecargo 18-Sep-06/9:13 AM
Posting here, because not sure where else to put it:

Walt Whitman award open for submissions. Submissions are accepted each year from September 15 to November 15. (Only open to American poets--sorry, across-the-pond denizens.)

The Walt Whitman Award brings first-book publication, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center to an American who has never before published a book of poetry. The winning manuscript, chosen by an eminent poet, is published by Louisiana State University Press. The Academy purchases copies of the book for distribution to its members.

The award was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet's first book. Submissions are accepted each year from September 15 to November 15, and an entry form and fee are required. The judge for the 2007 award will be August Kleinzahler.

To obtain the guidelines and entry form for the Walt Whitman contest, please follow the link below or send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Academy in August. Winners are announced in May.

Guidelines and Entry Form: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/121

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