<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mai Der Vang</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:maidervang@csufresno.edu">maidervang@csufresno.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM<br>Subject: Philip Levine Prize for Poetry (deadline: 9/30)<br>To: Mai Der Vang <<a href="mailto:maidervang@csufresno.edu">maidervang@csufresno.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div>Hello!  </div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I serve as the faculty coordinator for the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry at Fresno State and am reaching out to share that our prize deadline is coming up soon: <u><b>September 30, 2024</b></u>.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Philip Levine Prize for Poetry is an annual book contest sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. The contest offers a $2,000 prize, publication by Black Lawrence Press, 25 author copies of the published book, and a public reading at Fresno State. <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This year, we are proud to have Diana Khoi Nguyen serve as our final judge. </div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our most recent winner was <a href="https://www.fresnostatenews.com/2024/02/09/levine-prize-for-poetry-announces-new-partnership-names-2023-winner/" target="_blank">William Archila</a> selected by Douglas Kearney. Past judges have included Carmen Giménez, Cathy Park Hong, and Juan Felipe Herrera, among others. </div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Submission fee: $25 </div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://levineprize.submittable.com/submit" target="_blank">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</a> </div></div><div><br></div><div>Could you pass this information on to students and alumni in your network? We would appreciate any help you can provide to spread the word. </div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div>Mai Der</div><div><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="line-break:after-white-space"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div>
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tp://fresnostate.edu/artshum/english/centers-projects/levineprize/index.html" style="font-size:12px" target="_blank">Philip Levine Prize for Poetry</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px">Fresno State, Dept. of English</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://fresnostate.edu/artshum/english/academics/mfa/index.html" target="_blank"><font style="font-style:normal;font-size:12px">MFA Program in Creative Writing</font></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-style:normal;font-size:12px">5245 N. Backer Ave., M/S PB98</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-style:normal;font-size:12px">Fresno, CA 93740-8001</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-style:normal">Email: </span><a href="mailto:maidervang@csufresno.edu" target="_blank">maidervang@csufresno.edu</a> | </span><font style="font-size:12px">Web: </font><a href="http://www.maidervang.com" style="font-size:12px" target="_blank">maidervang.com</a><font style="font-size:12px"> </font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px">Living and working on the traditional lands of the Yokuts and Mono peoples</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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