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The Converse College Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce Jennifer S. Davis as the 2011 Julia Peterkin Award winner.

Davis is the author of two collections of short stories, Her Kind of Want, (winner of the Iowa Award for Short Fiction), and Our Former Lives in Art (Random House). She has published fiction in such journals as The Paris Review, The Georgia Review, One Story, Oxford American and Epoch. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Colorado Denver. In addition to the prize money of $1,000, the Converse Creative Writing program will provide Davis with expenses for a reading at Converse College on September 27 at 8:00 pm.
Finalists:

John Blair
Jaime Wriston Colbert
Minrose Gwin
Michelle Hoover
Paul Shepherd
Charles Wyatt

Submission Guidelines for the 2012 Julia Peterkin Award in Poetry

2012 Poetry Award Eligibility

The 2012 Julia Peterkin Award is open to all poets. Previously published works are eligible for inclusion in the submission. Only original works in English may be submitted.
Manuscript Format Guidelines

Entries must be typed on quality paper, 8 1/2 by 11. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers are acceptable. Each entry should include up to 10 pages of poetry (blind submissions ), along with a cover page including the writer’s name, address, daytime phone number, and titles of submission. Also include a one-paragraph biography.

2012 Poetry Award Entry Requirements

* A handling fee of $15 made payable to: Converse College English Department. Deadline: February 15, 2012.
* Results will be announced on the Peterkin web page in May 2012. No manuscripts can be returned.
* Send one copy of the manuscript prepared according to format guidelines.
* The winner will receive $1,000 and travel expenses for a reading at Converse College. Winner should be willing to read at Converse during the Fall 2012 Visiting Writers Series.

Send entries to:

The Julia Peterkin Award
Creative Writing Program
Converse College
580 E. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302

For more 2012 Poetry Award information, call 864.596.9111.

2012 Poetry Award website: http://www.converse.edu/academics/school-humanities-and-sciences/englishcreative-and-professional-writing/creative-writing/p