[Crwt-undergrad-info] 1st Book Award

[Allison Hedge Coke]

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The deadline for submitting to the *2024 Academy of American Poets First
Book Award
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judged by Victoria Chang
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is *September 1, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern*. Established in 1975, the
Academy of American Poets First Book Award is designed to encourage the
work of emerging poets and enable the publication of a poet’s first book.

To review the eligibility requirements and official guidelines, and to
submit to the 2024 First Book Award, visit:
https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/first-book-award
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The winner of the 2024 First Book Award will receive $5,000 and their
manuscript will be published by Graywolf Press
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 in 2025. In addition, the Academy of American Poets will purchase and send
thousands of copies of the book to its members, which will make it one of
the most widely distributed poetry books of the year. The winner will also
receive a six-week, all-expenses-paid residency at Civitella Ranieri
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 in Umbria, Italy, and will be featured in both *American Poets*
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 magazine and on Poets.org
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which reaches millions of readers each year.
Submit your manuscript
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*Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, **Distinguished Professor of **Creative Writing*
**She/her & Surname is Hedge Coke, no hyphen**

*     Weird Times, Be Kind*

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
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*Director, Writers Week 2021, 2022 <http://writersweek.ucr.edu/>,
Co-Director in Spring 2023 Director, Medical Health and Humanities DE, UCR
School of Medicine*
*Director, **Along the Chaparral, Sandhill Crane Fest*
*Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity (SEHE), affiliated
faculty*

*author/editor of 18 books*
*Most recent release, National Book Award Finalist, winner Emory Elliot
Book Award, Finalist for the Firecracker Award and ASLE Book Award*
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