Vanderbilt University Literary Prize


Type Of Publisher
Press
Genres Published
Poetry
Year Established
2024
Address
Nashville, TN
Primary Contact
Patrick Samuel
Primary Contact Title
Operations Manager
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
The Vanderbilt University Literary Prize will be awarded annually to the sole author of a full-length collection of poetry that demonstrates great poignancy combined with rigor in form, language and artistic vision, and is made possible with the support of the McEntire Literary Prize Endowment. A collaboration between Vanderbilt University Press and Vanderbilt University’s English Department and MFA Program, the annual contest seeks to identify works of poetry whose originality is immediately identifiable in how the book, in some combination, renews our relationship to language and expands our conception of poetry; delves into underexplored areas of human experience; makes claims on our lives that are urgent and aesthetic; or promotes historical, social, literary, political, or spiritual awareness.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Reading Period
Varies
Charges Writers A Submission/Reading Fee
yes
Fee Amount
$25
Author Payments
royalties, cash, copies
Formats
paperback, ebook, audio
Contests
yes
Distributors
Currently Longleaf, switching to CDC summer 2025

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