Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Prize
March 31, 2011

The English department is pleased to announce the Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Prize contest.

A $100 prize, endowed by Reed in honor of Mary Barnard, will be given for the best poem or group of poems submitted by a Reed undergraduate. The contest is open to all Reed undergraduates who are enrolled as of March 31, 2011. The 2010–11 contest judge for Reed is Ross Gay, assistant professor of poetry at Indiana University in Bloomington.

The guidelines for submission require that interested students submit up to two poems, typed, with two copies of each page, by noon, Thursday, March 31, 2011, to the English department office, Vollum 320. Earlier submissions are welcome. Submissions will not be returned. On each page, please put your name, Reed mail stop, phone number, year in school, email address, and a postal address good through May 13, 2011. For full information about the contest, the academy, or Mary Barnard, see the poster outside Vollum 320.