SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED FOR THE JONATHAN WILLIAMS CHAPBOOK PRIZE
We here at Shirt Pocket have long been impressed by Jonathan Williams and his excellent work editing the Jargon Society. His commitment and respect to the small press, to the poetics of the radical vernacular, and to the voices of everyday people easily establish him as one of our Patron Saints.
For this reason, we are kicking off what will be an annual chapbook prize in his honor, and we've asked two poets with roots inter-tangled with Williams and his home place to judge.
Lee Ann Brown was born in Japan and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended Brown University, where she earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She is the author of In the Laurels, Caught (Fence Books, 2013), which won the 2012 Fence Modern Poets Series Award, as well as Crowns of Charlotte (Carolina Wren Press, 2013), The Sleep That Changed Everything (Wesleyan, 2003), and Polyverse (Sun & Moon Press, 2000), which won the 1996 New American Poetry Competition, selected by Charles Bernstein. Brown has held fellowships with Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Yaddo, Djerassi, the MacDowell Colony, the International Center for Poetry in Marseille, France, and the Howard Foundation. In 1989, Brown founded Tender Buttons Press, which is dedicated to publishing experimental women’s poetry. She has taught at Brown University, Naropa University, Bard College, and The New School, among others. She currently divides her time between New York City, where she teaches at St. John’s University, and Marshall, North Carolina, where she directs the French Broad Institute (of Time & the River) and the Children’s Arts in the Mountains Program.
Evan Gray is from Jefferson, North Carolina and is the author of three chapbooks: Blindspot (the Rest (Garden-Door Press, 2018), BODY BIRTH (Above/Ground Press, forthcoming), and Dusk Melody (Shirt Pocket Press, forthcoming). His essays and poems have been featured in Diagram, Tarpaulin Sky, Yalobusha Review, Word For / Word, and others. He currently lives and teaches in Pittsburgh, PA.
All submissions should be sent to [email protected].
Complete and eligible submissions will be sent by January 21st and will include:
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1. a submission email including a bio.
2. a chapbook length manuscript attached as a PDF. 3. a $5 reading fee. Please send this via Paypal. |
A portion of the reading fee will be used to pay both judges, to reward the winning author(s), to cover the cost of production, and the rest will be donated to Rebuild NC.
All authors will receive some complimentary copies, and will be able to purchase additional copies at a reduced author price of $3 a piece.
We will announce the winner(s) in late February or early March.
All authors will receive some complimentary copies, and will be able to purchase additional copies at a reduced author price of $3 a piece.
We will announce the winner(s) in late February or early March.
