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Donald Justice Poetry Prize
The Donald Justice Poetry Prize is a prestigious national competitionJessica Benham.Texas Tech University Professor Receives Prestigious Donald Justice Poetry Prize" ''Texas Tech News''. July 14, 2008 sponsored by the Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards of the West Chester University Poetry Center. It has been given annually since 2006 to an United States, American poet for an unpublished book-length manuscript of formal poetry. Each year, one manuscript is selected for the award and is published in the spring. The submissions are judged blindly and selected by a notable poet who works in traditional forms. Past judges have included Erica Dawson, David Mason (writer), David Mason,A. E. Stallings, and Marilyn Nelson. The winner receives $1,500 and will have the manuscript published by Autumn House Press. Prior to 2018, winning poetry collections were either published by Measure Press or West Chester University. The award is presented at the annual West Chester University Poetry Confer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCU Poetry Center
The West Chester University Poetry Conference is an international poetry Convention (meeting), conference that has been held annually since 1995 at West Chester University, Pennsylvania, United States. It hosts various panel discussions and poetry craft Class (education), workshops, which focus primarily on formal poetry, narrative poetry, New Formalism and Expansive Poetry. It is the largest poetry-only conference in America and possibly the world as well as the only conference which focuses on traditional craft.Timpane, JohnConference draws poets not for reading, but for crafting" ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Sun, Jun. 6, 2010. History The conference was founded in 1995 by West Chester professor Michael Peich and poet Dana Gioia with 85 poets and scholars in attendance.Hitchner, EarleVerse That Sings in Many Styles" ''The Wall Street Journal''. June 17, 2010 The original core faculty members included Annie Finch, R. S. Gwynn, Mark Jarman, Robert McDowell (poet), Robert McDowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Balbo
Ned Balbo (born November 19, 1959, Mineola, New York) is an American poet, translator, and essayist. Life Ned Balbo grew up on Long Island, New York. He was raised by Betty and Carmine Balbo, his birth mother's half-sister and her husband. His birth parents are Donald R. and Elaine D. Osterloh who were not yet married to each other. The couple had previously conceived Balbo's older sister who was raised by paternal relatives. At thirteen Balbo learned he was adopted and was informed of his birth parents' and sister's identities. This background informs his creative work. Balbo graduated from Brentwood High School in 1977. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Vassar College in 1981, his Master of Arts at Johns Hopkins University in 1986, and his Master of Fine Arts at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1989. Balbo taught poetry and prose at Loyola University Maryland from 1990 to 2014. He was also a visiting faculty member in the MFA program in Creative Writing and Environment at Iow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Abushanab
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 19 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around , Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area. Chad has several regions: the Sahara desert in the north, an arid zone in the centre known as the Sahel, and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. It is home to over 200 ethnic and linguistic groups. Islam (55.1%) and Christianity (41.1%) are the main religions practiced in Chad. Beginning in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
