Turning Point is a poetry publisher dedicated to the art of story in poetry. We seek to publish collections that tell the essential human stories of our times.
Turning Point is happy to announce that Arlene Swift Jones of Colebrook, CT has won the 2003 Tales Poetry Prize for her full-length manuscript Deenewood: A Sequence. The award is given for a collection of narrative poetry. Jones will receive $1,000 and 25 copies of her published book, which will appear in the spring of 2004. In addition, we will publish the following runner-up collections: Billy Last Crow by J.P. Dancing Bear of San Jose, CA; and Disorient Ballroom by George Uba of South Pasadena, CA. They will receive five copies of their published books.
Our next contest, The Turning Point Prize, has an annual deadline of October 15. For each competition, submit a full-length manuscript (minimum of 48 pages), and a $20 reading fee payable to Turning Point.
For more information on our contests, please click here.
Our first title is A Talent for Sadness by Jendi Reiter. This collection, Reiter's first, is a hard look at the demands and challenges of love. The poems tell their difficult tales with a stunning lyric skill. Reiter's poetry has appeared in The Best American Poetry 1990, The New Criterion, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Her work was a finalist for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award before being selected by Turning Point. A Talent for Sadness will be published in the fall of 2003. For more information, click here.
Because of the increased volume of submissions, Turning Point has changed its procedures for notifying entrants of the contest results. To receive notification of the results, please join our online publishing community here. Announcements of contest winners will be posted here and also e-mailed to all entrants.This is a requirement if you wish to receive notification. WE WILL NOT SHARE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WITH ANY OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION. Again, please register with us to receive notification of contest results.
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