NYFA: New York Foundation for the Arts
Address 186 West Main Street
Spartanburg,SC 29306
USA
Phone Number (864) 577-9349
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Email [email protected]
Website http://hubcity.org
Executive Director Betsy Teter
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Mission Statement Hub City Press is a non-profit independent press in Spartanburg, SC that publishes high-quality works by new and established authors, with an emphasis on the Southern experience. They are funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and others. See our new and forthcoming titles on this page and visit our catalog for our backlist.
Program Name New Southern Voices Poetry Book Prize
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Program Email [email protected]
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Description of Program This is open to all poets who have either never published a full-length collection of poetry or who have only published one full-length collection and who currently reside in and have had residency in one or more of the following states for a minimum of 24 consecutive months: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. (Residency will be verified before prize winner is announced.)
Conditions/Public Service Requirements
Award Website http://www.hubcity.org/press/new-southern-voices-poetry-prize
Where does the program take place?
Does this program primarily support the creation of new work? No
Support or Services Provided as part of the Program
    Description of Support or Services Prize: $1000 and publication by Hub City Press in 2014.
    Amount Awarded by this Program (if an award) 1000.00
    Related Arts
    CategoryDisciplineSecondaryTertiary
    LiteraturePoetry
    Residency
    StateCityCountyNeigborhood
    AlabamaAnyAnyAny
    ArkansasAnyAnyAny
    FloridaAnyAnyAny
    GeorgiaAnyAnyAny
    KentuckyAnyAnyAny
    LouisianaAnyAnyAny
    MississippiAnyAnyAny
    North CarolinaAnyAnyAny
    South CarolinaAnyAnyAny
    TennesseeAnyAnyAny
    West VirginiaAnyAnyAny
    Gender No Requirement
    Age No Requirement
    Can Previous Awardees Re-apply?
    Ethnicity
    • No Requirement
    Career Point
    • No Requirement
    Special Population
    • No Requirement
    Other Restrictions Friends, colleagues, and students of the judge, D.A. Powell, are not eligible. Writers who have published 2 or more full-length collections of poetry or who do not meet the residency requirements are NOT eligible.
    Total Number of Applicants (annually) 0
    Total Number of Recipients (annually) 0
    Total Number of Awards (annually) 0
    Total Amount Awarded by this Program (annually) $0
    Procedure Open Application
    Contact Requirements
    Material/Process • Hub City Press will accept typed poetry manuscript submissions of 48-120 pages between January 1, 2013 and April 1, 2013.

    • Simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to other publishers or contests are acceptable but please notify Hub City Press by email ([email protected]) if your manuscript has been accepted elsewhere.

    • While translations and manuscripts in languages other than English are not acceptable, manuscripts that occasionally use words from other languages are perfectly fine.

    • No revisions of submitted manuscripts will be allowed during the contest.

    • Hub City Press asks that you do NOT include bio or acknowledgements page with your manuscript since all manuscripts will be read anonymously by our readers, editors, and judge.

    • Manuscripts should include two title pages. One should include title, author’s name and contact information (this should be the only page that includes the author’s name). The other should have the manuscript’s title only.

    • All physical manuscripts should be typed on standard white paper, printed on one side only, paginated (with table of contents), and bound with a single clip.

    • If mailing your manuscript, please include a check for $25 made to Hub City Press, or a receipt of a Paypal payment below. Address: New Southern Voices, Hub City Press, 186 West Main St., Spartanburg SC 29306.
    Application Fee $25
    Exact Deadline
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    Approximate Deadline
    Rolling Deadline No
    Ideal Contact Month for New Application and Guidelines
    Selection Process/Criteria Judge: D.A. Powell
    Born in Albany, Georgia, D.A. Powell received an MA at Sonoma State University and an MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Powell has served as the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard, and he has also taught at Columbia University and the University of San Francisco. Two of his books have been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent books are Chronic and Useless Landscape, or a Guide for Boys.
    Notification Process
    Are awardees required to submit a Final Report? False
    Awardee's Public Service Requirement?