Free to enter, First Inkwell Journal HS Poetry Award, top prize: $1,000 (tri-state area)

Deadline: 30 June 2011

This year, Inkwell, Manhattanville College’s award winning literary journal celebrates its 15th Anniversary. In celebration, Manhattanville is launching its first Inkwell Journal High School Poetry Scholarship, open to HS seniors throughout the tri-state area.

Applicants for the poetry scholarship must be current seniors in high schools in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.

Award categories include

• 1st ($1,000)
• 2nd ($500)
• 3rd ($350)
and publication in the Inkwell Journal.

Inkwell editors will select the winning poems.

The HS Poetry Scholarship reading period is May 9th through June 30, 2011.

For more information, call (914) 323-7239.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Current HS Seniors from New York, New Jersey or Connecticut may submit one compelling poem on any topic. Please send ONLY ONE poem.

The poem must be
• previously unpublished
• typed
• 70 lines or less.

Please mark High School Poetry Scholarship on the outside of the envelope.

All submissions must include a cover letter with

• name,
• address,
• e-mail,
• phone number,
• title of piece,
• line count
• and a No. 10 self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification only.

Do not include personal information anywhere on the manuscript. Inkwell can assume no liability for entries lost in the mail or damaged. No manuscripts will be returned. Submissions not adhering to the above guidelines will not be considered.

Mail all submissions to:

Inkwell - Manhattanville College,
2900 Purchase Street, Box 1379,
Purchase, NY 10577

Contact Information:

For inquiries: call (914) 323-7239

For submissions: Inkwell - Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Box 1379, Purchase, NY 10577

Website: http://www.inkwelljournal.org