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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>2006 A
Center for the Arts Poetry Prize</span></font></b></p>
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by Charles Harper Webb</span></font></b></p>
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font-style:italic'>Free Winner’s and Finalists’</span></font></i></b></p>
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font-style:italic'>Awards Ceremony, </span></font></i></b><b><i><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Reading</span></font></i></b><b><i><font
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font-style:italic'>and Reception</span></font></i></b></p>
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January 21, 2007</span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>2 p.m.</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>by<br>
Jeanne Wagner, Lynne Thompson, <br>
& Kim Young<br>
</span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Open Mic
follows at </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>3:15 p.m.</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'> ($5; sign-ups </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:45</span></font></b><b><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jeanne Wagner </span></b>is the recipient of several
awards, including most recently the 2005 Ann Stanford Prize. Her poems
have previously appeared in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Southern
Poetry Review</span></i>, as well as <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nimrod,
Poet Lore </span></i>and<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Quarterly West </span></i>among
others. In addition to her book, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Zen Piano-Mover</span></i>, winner of the 2004 Stevens Manuscript Prize, she
has published two chapbooks: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Falling
Woman </span></i>(2001) by Puddinghouse Press and <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Conjurer </span></i>(2004) by Anabiosis. She works as a tax
accountant.<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Lynne Thompson </span></b>is an attorney and
Director of Labor Relations at UCLA. Her manuscript, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Open Hydrangea Box</span></i>, was a finalist for the Philip
Levine, Crab Orchard, Backwaters Press, and Blue Lynx Poetry Prizes.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Kim Young’s</span></b> poetry has
appeared or is forthcoming in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>5am</span></i>,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>POOL</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Bedside Guide To No Tell Motel</span></i>, and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Solo.</span></i> She is an a MFA candidate at Bennington
College and the recipient of Bennington’s Jane Kenyon Scholarship in
poetry.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>dA
Center for the Arts 252-D </span></font></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>South
Main Street</span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>, <br>
</span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pomona</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, Ca. (909) 397-9716 <a
href="http://www.dacenter.org/">www.dacenter.org</a></span></i></p>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
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Contest </span></font></b></h3>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
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Kennedy Poetry Prize for Landscape with Silos)</span></font></b></h3>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Deadline: </span></font></b>April 30, 2007 </h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Entry fee $15.00 for up to six pages of unpublished poetry. (multiple entries
are permitted.) </span></font></b></h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Poems which have been previously published or have received monetary awards are
not eligible. </span></font></b></h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Manuscripts must be typed. </span></font></b></h4>
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Author's name, address, and phone number ( and email address, if available)
must appear on cover sheet only. This should include poem titles in addition to
contact information.</span></font></b></h4>
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Simultaneous submission is permissible, if we are notified when work is
accepted elsewhere or awards received. </span></font></b></h4>
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For announcement of winners, include a SASE (self addressed, stamped envelope).
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Please, no email or fax submissions.</span></font></b></h4>
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Entries must adhere to guidelines. Manuscripts will not be returned.</span></font></b></h4>
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Submit poetry and check or money order (no cash) with submission: Poetry
Contest: dA Center for the Arts,252-D </span></font></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>S. Main St.</span></i><i><span style='font-style:
italic'> </span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pomona</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, Ca. 91766-1630 (<a href="http://www.dacenter.org/"
eudora=autourl>www.dacenter.org</a>)<br>
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Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? </a></span></font></p>
<p></x-sigsep><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><x-sigsep>Maurya
Simon<br>
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Professor <br>
Department of Creative Writing<br>
</span></font>University of California Riverside<br>
900 University Avenue<br>
Riverside, CA 92521-0318<br>
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TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)<br>
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