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The Tenth Gate Prize honors mid-career poets writing in English. Entry is open to authors of at least two previously published full-length poetry collections (excluding chapbooks, self-published volumes, and forthcoming titles). A prize of $1000 and publication of the full-length collection is awarded annually. Kasey Jueds serves as Series Editor; the winning manuscript is selected by an outside judge. Use our standard guidelines. Submission period: June 1 through July 15.
Leslie McGrath founded the series in 2014 to honor Jane Hirshfield’s essay collection Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry and each winner’s sustained dedication to developing a unique poetics.
Direct questions to Kasey Jueds, Tenth Gate Prize Prize Series Editor, at kasey@wordworksbooks.org.
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