Montreal International Poetry Prize

Montreal International Poetry Prize

The Montreal International Poetry Prize (also known as The Montreal Prize) is an annual poetry competition based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was launched in April 2011 during National Poetry Month.[1]

The prize invites online submissions of poems in English from anywhere in the world, and is adjudicated by a board of international editors, which includes Valerie Bloom (Jamaica and England), Stephanie Bolster (Canada), Frank Chipasula (Malawi and USA), Fred D'Aguiar (Guyana and England), Michael Harris (Canada), John Kinsella (Australia), Sinéad Morrissey (Northern Ireland), Odia Ofeimun (Nigeria), Eric Ormsby (England), and Anand Thakore (India).[2] In 2011 the Prize Judge is former British Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.[3]

The $50,000 (CAD) prize is thought to be the world's largest monetary prize for a single poem.[4]

In addition to the winning poem, the Montreal Prize publishes, with Véhicule Press, 150 "long-listed" poems in an electronic anthology, and fifty shortlisted poems in a printed "Global Anthology".[5]

References

  1. ^ John Lundberg (April 3, 2011). "National Poetry Month Highlighted In Two High-Profile Contests". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/national-poetry-month_b_843616.html. Retrieved April 7, 2011. "National Poetry Month is here, and two newly announced poetry prizes are getting a lot of attention. You might even qualify to win one of them. The first annual Montreal International Poetry Prize will award $50,000 for one winning poem." 
  2. ^ "Editorial Board - Montreal International Poetry Prize". http://montrealprize.com/anthologies/editorial-board/. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  3. ^ CBC.ca (March 29, 2011). "New Montreal Prize to award $50K for poetry". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/books/story/2011/03/29/poetry-montreal-prize.html. Retrieved April 7, 2011. "Organizers of the Montreal International Poetry Prize have enlisted former British poet laureate Andrew Motion to judge the inaugural edition of the Canadian-based competition." 
  4. ^ Jeff Heinrich (March 31, 2011). "Your key to winning $50,000? Pure poetry". Montreal Gazette. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Your+winning+poetry/4531603/story.html. Retrieved April 7, 2011. "We realized that there’s nothing on that scale for just one poem. And so there was an opportunity there. And when we started to think of it globally, that’s when we realized how unique it could be." 
  5. ^ CBC.ca (March 29, 2011). "New Montreal Prize to award $50K for poetry". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/books/story/2011/03/29/poetry-montreal-prize.html. Retrieved April 7, 2011. "Véhicule Press will publish two collections from the submissions: an e-book collection featuring the long-listed candidates and another global anthology (to be published in print and e-book) focussing on the finalists." 

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