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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Gatewood Prize

The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books' annual competition for a first full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in English between the ages of 18 and 39. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Our definition of woman" is broad and includes transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and female-identified individuals.

2008 Judge: Denise Duhamel2008 Reading Period: July 1 - October 1, 2008

Prize: $500 and a standard publication contract with a print run of 1000.
For complete guidelines, go to The Gatewood Prize.

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