2011 Poetry Awards Competition Results
We are pleased to announce the recipients of The Ledge 2011 Poetry Awards:
First Prize ($1,000): "Camille Pissarro: The Bather" by Elisavietta Ritchie of Broomes Island, MD
Second Prize ($250): "Last Pharaoh" by Joyce Meyers of Wallingford, PA
Third Prize ($100): "The History of Bitumen" by Don Schofield of Thessaloniki, Greece
All three of these prizewinning poems will be featured in our upcoming Spring 2012 issue. We'd like to thank all of this year's entrants for helping to make this competition another successful one for our publication and press.
2011 Fiction Awards Competition Results
We are very pleased to announce the results of The Ledge 2011
Fiction Awards Competition:
First prize ($1000): "When Ah Was Very Young " by Enid Baron of Evanston, IL.
Second prize ($250): "Amazing Things Are Happening Here " by Jacob M. Appel of NY, NY.
Third prize ($100): "The Barberini Princess " by Lisa Gornick of NY, NY
All of these stories will be published in The Ledge No. 34. We
received over 300 entries this year, and we'd like to sincerely thank
all those who submitted stories for their patience in awaiting these
results. Each entry we receive is read with consideration and care, and
we appreciate your interest in our annual fiction awards competition.
Very truly yours,
Timothy Monaghan, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
2010 Poetry Chapbook Competition Results
We received 360 entries in 2010 and we want to thank everyone for helping to make this chapbook competition another successful one. We hope to see your work again this year!
The
Ledge Poetry Chapbook Award is given annually for an unpublished
collection of poems. The winner receives a cash prize in the amount of
$1,000 and 25 copies of the published chapbook. For complete guidelines
to The Ledge 2011 Poetry Chapbook Competition, please click on the
"Contest Guidelines " link at the left of this page.
