[CW-Grad] The Forward launches Triangle Fire Poetry Contest

[Robin Russin]

Forwarded:

I'm writing to let you know about a poetry contest that I'll be helping to judge for the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper, in New York City. 

It's a competition pegged on the 1911 Triangle Waist Company Factory Fire -- which killed 146 workers, most of them immigrant women -- and its legacy.  

Per contest rules, two poets will win $500 each, for an original poem in English or in Yiddish. The application deadline is Feb. 14. Entrants must be 18 or older, and legal residents of the U.S. 

Following's a longer writeup of the competition, including a link to the entry form:

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/56523/the-triangle-fire-in-couplets/ 


Best regards,
Susan Comninos

Robin Russin

Associate Professor, Department of Theatre
Director, MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-2707
(213) 949-1061 cel
robin.russin at ucr.edu
http://robinrussin.com

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