Our Judge:
Tina
Cane serves as the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, where she lives with
her husband and their three children. She is also the founder and
director of Writers-in-the Schools, RI and is an instructor with the
writing community, Frequency Providence. Her poems and translations have
appeared in numerous publications, including The Literary Review, Two
Serious Ladies, Tupelo Quarterly, Jubliat and The Common. She also
produces, with Atticus Allen, the podcast, Poetry Dose.
Cane is
the author of The Fifth Thought (Other Painters Press, 2008), Dear
Elena: Letters for Elena Ferrante, poems with art by Esther Solondz
(Skillman Avenue Press, 2016) and Once More With Feeling (Veliz Books,
2017). In 2016, Tina received the Fellowship Merit Award in Poetry from
the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
Reading Fees:
$20 for each submission of up to three poems. Two submissions are allowed but require two separate reading fees.
Eligibility:
Previously
published works and works forthcoming elsewhere cannot be considered.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed but the entry fee is
non-refundable should the submitted work be accepted elsewhere. Poets
wishing to withdraw poems under consideration by Crosswinds must do so
prior to the December 31st deadline.
How to Submit:
Crosswinds
seeks English language poetry with few restrictions as to form or
content. Using Submittable, submit poems as word documents. No PDF files
please. Any identifying information on the poem itself will disqualify
the poem. We very strongly prefer poems of no more than 60 lines, as
part of our mission is to publish as many poets as possible. Please keep
in mind our formatting limit of sixty-six characters per line, which
includes letters, punctuation, and spaces. Poems exceeding sixty six
characters (based on 12 point font) will nearly always be turned down as
it requires us to alter your line breaks and ask you to resubmit the
poem for consideration.
Please Include:
- Name
- Postal mailing address
- Titles for each poem
- Brief
bio of not more than 120 words. We and our readers enjoy learning just a
bit about you beyond your publishing credits, so keep your “publishing
resume” to what you consider highlights. That said, telling us about
yourself is optional. We judge only the poems.
Awards:
Winners
will receive their awards from Crosswinds in the form of a check sent
to their postal mailing address no later than March 10th of each year
following the contest deadline. Contest winners and the fifteen
honorable mentions agree to allow Crosswinds to publish their names on
this website, in other forms of advertising, and in Poets and Writers
Magazine.
Please Note:
We receive a large number of poems
and carefully review all submissions. We do our best to respond within 3
months. Final decisions on publication will be made by February 1st for
poems submitted during the later periods of our reading period.
Contest results will be posted by March 1st.
Thank you for supporting Crosswinds with your work.
https://crosswindspoetry.com/poetry-contest-submissions/
Dave Dragone
