Robert Greer Cohn Prose Poetry Award
This award is in honor of Professor Robert G. Cohn’s lifetime of work dedicated to literature and poetry. Professor Cohn worked primarily in the field of French Literature, writing over 16 books, numerous articles, and essays focusing on the life and work of Mallarmé, a major book on Rimbaud and several books of cultural criticism. While a student at Yale University, just after World War II, Professor Cohn founded the highly regarded literary journal Yale French Studies.
Submission deadline
June 1, 2009 (June 1 in subsequent years)
Reading fee
$10 (payable by check to California Institute of Arts and Letters)
Instructions
Submit two copies of the poem on separate pages. One page must have your contact information and one page the poem only. Appropriate length of poems: 500 words or less, or one page approximately 50 lines single-spaced or less. All poets are welcome to submit whether previously published or not. The poem submitted must not have been previously published. The award winning poem, and poet, will be announced by July 31, 2009 (and July 31 for each subsequent year). Contact information needed: Name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. Please enclose a SASE for contest results and a SAS postcard for notification of receipt of poem.
Mailing address (regular mail, no signature required)
Robert G. Cohn Prose Poetry Award
California Institute of Arts and Letters
c/o Jeff Munnis
535 Pierce Street, #1200
Albany, CA 94706
2008 Winner: Marcia Popp
The Robert G. Cohn Prose Poetry Award has been awarded to Marcia Popp from Edwardsville, IL for her prose poem, comfort in small rooms. The award includes a cash prize of $300 and publication of a series of poems selected by the editors of Black Zinnias for a special edition chapbook.