Enter the 5th Annual Beullah Rose Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace! A prize for exceptional poetry by women.

To view Previous Beullah Rose Poetry Prize Winners, click here.

Judges:
Clare Banks, Associate Editor
Traci O'Dea, Associate Editor

1st Prize
The 1st Prizewinner receives $200 and publication of the winning poem in Issue 16 of Smartish PaceThe poem and poet will be mentioned for one year in a number of advertisements, both in print and on the Internet, as being the winner of the Beullah Rose Poetry Prize.

2nd & 3rd Prize
2nd & 3rd Prizewinners receive publication of their poems in Issue 16.

All Winners
Each winner will have the opportunity to have their poem appear in a special Smartish Pace Beullah Rose Poetry Anthology that will include winners of the Beullah Rose Poetry Prize. This book is scheduled to appear after the 10th anniversary of the Beullah Rose Poetry Prize. Winners will also have the opportunity of appearing in other anthologies published by Smartish Pace.

All Submissions
All poems submitted for the prize will be considered for publication in Smartish Pace
It is possible to have your poem selected for an issue of Smartish Pace even if it does not win the Beulah Rose Poetry Prize.

REQUIREMENTS

Online Submissions:

STEP 1:


Submit 3 poems along with a $5 entry fee via a secure, online debit transaction (select PayPal PAYMENTS button on left).






Additional poems may be submitted for $1 per poem. No more than 12 poems may be submitted (maximum submission: 12 poems = $5 + $9 = $14). To submit additional poems, click on the PAYMENTS button on left AFTER clicking on button above (NOTE: select number of additional poems you will be sending via email in the "Qty" column after clicking button):
STEP 2:

Email poems by attaching a Word, Wordperfect, or RTF file to: cbanks@smartishpace.com. All entries must include a bio. Please review bios from our most recent issue, to see the sort of information that we print in our contributors' section. The bios will NOT be used by the judging panel to determine the winner. Bios are needed only for the purpose of creating the contributors' section of the journal.

Include your name, address, e-mail and telephone number (preferred) on each page of poetry submitted.

Postal Submissions:

Submit 3 poems along with a $5 entry fee. Entry fees can be paid with a check or money order made payable to "Smartish Pace." Additional poems may be submitted for $1 per poem. No more than 12 poems may be submitted (maximum submission: 12 poems = $5 + $9 = $14). We accept simultaneous submissions.

All entries must include a bio, which is needed only for the purpose of creating the contributors' section of the journal.

Include a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your entry.

Include your name, address, e-mail and telephone number (preferred) on each page of poetry submitted.

Write or print "Beullah Rose Poetry Prize" on the top of each poem submitted and send to:

Smartish Pace
Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
P.O. Box 22161
Baltimore, MD 21203

Deadline: November 1, 2008

Direct any further inquiries to: cbanks@smartishpace.com

We look forward to reading all of the poems submitted as we determine who will be the winners of our next Beullah Rose Poetry Prize.