Cover design for Spring 2003 issue by Chuck Spataro

2010 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize

Deadline

Deadlines for the 2010 contest have not been established at this time

Submission Guidelines

Send up to three poems (typed, no longer than 30 lines) to:

2010 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize
c/o Mick Kennedy
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
600 College Street Rd
Elizabethtown KY 42701

Include a cover letter with your name, address and a short biography (30 words maximum). Names should NOT appear on the poems. Poems must be typed and be no longer than 30 lines. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (legal size) in order to receive the results of the contest.

The Heartland Review asks for a $5 contribution for up to three poems to support the contest and our journal. Please make checks out to the Heartland Review.

Winners will be announced in April and invited to read at the annual Morrison Gallery Poetry Series Poetry Month Celebration

2008 Winners

First Place: Carolyn Davis, Marshall NC, for Impressions of Giverny
Second Place: Kate Buckley, Laguna Beach, CA, for Coming Down Fall
Third Place: Jim Minick, Rural Retreat, VA, for Walnuts and Worms

2008 Finalists

Kate Buckley
Brooks Carver
E. Gail Chandler
Michael Coyle
Margaret J. Hoehn
Allison Joseph
Helga Kidder
Barb McMakin
Eddy Pendarvis
Larry Pike

2007 Winners

First Place: Bonnie Naradzy, Silver Springs, Maryland, for The Year of Eating Oatmeal
Second Place: Tammy Ramsey, Frankfort, KY, for Villanelle
Larry Pike, Glasgow, KY, for To My Older Son, Soon to Marry

2007 Finalists

Gregorio Ames
Therese Broderick
Kate Buckley
David Cazden
Naomi Clewitt
Nettie Farris
Willow Hambrick
Buzz Mauro
Barbara Schweitzer
Pam Steele
J.C. Todd
April White