This Year's Award

 About the Award

 About the Judge

 2006 Winner

 2006 Judge

For the second year of the Everett Southwest Literary Award, we are accepting poetry manuscripts of 50-100 pages in length from October 1st, 2008 until December 1, 2008, with the winner to be announced in spring 2009. Award-winning poet Brian Turner will judge the contest. The author of the winning manuscript will receive $5,000.
  • Manuscripts should be single or double-spaced, with one poem per page.
  • Any illustrations should not contribute to the length requirement.
  • Individual poems within the collection may be previously published.
  • Please provide two cover pages -- one with author contact information and one with only the title of the collection. Author’s name should not appear anywhere within the manuscript.
  • Past or present students or employees of the University of Central Oklahoma are ineligible.
  • The contest submission fee is $15.00.
If you have questions, drop us a line at EverettAward@ucok.edu. Please send manuscript, together with the entry fee and SASE for contest results, to:

The Everett Southwest Literary Prize
c/o English Department
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Drive
Box 184
Edmond, OK 73034