The Linquist and Vennum Poetry Prize

       Last Thursday, Milkweed announced a new prize. The Linquist and Vennum Poetry Prize is for poet's based out of five states: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. The winner will receive a hefty sum of ten thousand dollars and publication by Milkweed. The contest will be judged by Peter Campion. He has written two collections of poetry, Other People (2005) and The Lions (2009). He is a winner of the Pushcart Prize, The Larry Levis Reading Prize, The Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a professor in the M.F.A. program at the University of Minnesota, and lives in Minneapolis.
        The Linquist and Vennum Poetry Prize is an exciting opportunity for poets to gain recognition for their work on a national scale. The submitted collection must be currently unpublished and all other queries at other publications must be withdrawn. Is seems that Milkweed is looking for a fresh regional voice to showcase, and in some sense to represent their taste in poetry to the public. I personally think it's a wonderful idea.
        Anyone interested should feel free to contact me. It must be a book-length manuscript. More requirements and stipulations can be found on the Milkweed website. Don't be shy, fellow college students! I know there are some great young poets out there and that's who we're looking for!