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Anderbo Poetry
Prize

2009 Anderbo Poetry Prize
Now in its 4th year!
Winner receives:
$500 cash
Publication on anderbo.com
Judged by William Logan
2009 Contest Assistant: Anderbo Poetry Editor Charity
Burns
Guidelines:
–Poems should be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the
poet’s name and contact information on the upper
right corner of each poem
–Entries must be
postmarked by November 1, 2009
–Limit six poems per poet
–Poet must not have been previously published on anderbo.com
–Mail submissions to:
Anderbo Poetry Prize,
270 Lafayette Street,
Suite 1412,
New York, NY 10012
–Enclose self-addressed stamped business envelope to
receive names of winner and honorable mentions
–All entries are non-returnable and will be recycled
–Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe
–Winner and honorable mentions will be published on
anderbo.com in February of 2010
William Logan 2009 Poetry Prize Judge
William Logan was born in Boston in 1950. He attended Yale,
where he studied American history and literature, though he
had a long flirtation with game theory. He was a rock critic
of no great distinction, though he squandered a good many
weekends at the Fillmore East in New York. After taking his
MFA at the University of Iowa, he spent a peripatetic six
years following his sweetheart to Massachusetts, Virginia,
and California. They then spent two years in England, where
they held successive Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling
Scholarships. He is the author of eight volumes of poetry,
most recently Strange Flesh (2008). He has also published
five books of poetry criticism, including Our Savage Art
(2009). He has twice been a finalist for the National Book
Critics Circle award in criticism, which was awarded to The
Undiscovered Country (2005). Among his other honors are the
Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of
American Poets, the 1988 Citation for Excellence in
Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle, the Allen
Tate Prize, the Corrington Medal for Literary Excellence,
and the inaugural Randall Jarrell Award in Criticism. He has
been called the “most hated man in American poetry” as well
as the “best practical critic around.” He has been teaching
at the University of Florida since shortly before the ozone
hole was discovered over Antarctica.
Charity Burns 2009 Anderbo Poetry Prize Contest
Assistant
Charity Burns, Anderbo's Poetry Editor, earned her MFA in
poetry from the University of Florida. Her poems have
appeared in Smartish Pace, Madison Review, Spoon River
Poetry Review, and West Branch. Charity’s days are
spent as the Managing Editor of the iFashion Network, a
website for emerging fashion designers. She lives in New
York City.
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Anderbo Poetry Prize Judge William Logan's New Book in
Sunday NY Times Review
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/books/review/Ford-t.html?ref=books