2009 RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY AWARD:

The sixth annual Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry awards one $1,000.00 prize and two honorable mentions, all published in the Spring 2009 Issue of HUNGER MOUNTAIN, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters. Deadline: December 10, 2008. This year's judge is Major Jackson.

DEADLINE:

postmarked by DECEMBER 10, 2008

ENTRY FEE:

$15.00, includes a copy of the spring 2009 issue of HUNGER MOUNTAIN

MAIL TO:

Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry
Hunger Mountain
Vermont College
36 College Street
Montpelier, VT 05602

Winners announced spring 2009

GUIDELINES

$15 entry fee, payable to "Vermont College of Fine Arts" -- includes a copy of the spring 2009 issue of HUNGER MOUNTAIN.
Each entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed six pages.
Poems must be original, written in English, and previously unpublished.
Entries must be postmarked by December 10, 2008 -- late entries will be returned unread.
Entries must be typed, one-side-only.
Once submitted, entries cannot be altered.
Name or address should not appear anywhere on poems.
Enclose one standard index card with poem titles, name, address, phone number, and email address.
Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for notification of winners.
Use a paper clip or send unbound -- no staples or binding.
No simultaneous submissions, artwork, or translations.
Multiple entries allowed -- each entry must be sent separately and include a separate entry fee.
Enclose a postage-paid postcard for acknowledgement of receipt (optional).
No entries will be returned.
Electronic or faxed entries will not be accepted.

2008 RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY AWARD:

Hunger Mountain is pleased to award the fifth annual RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY to Patricia Hohl of Framingham, Massachusetts for her poem “Pyre.” The prize is one thousand dollars and publication. Honorable mentions have been awarded to Kathryn Donohue of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for her poem “To a Young Traveler: What Happened” and Elizabeth McLagan of Portland, Oregon, for her poem “This Time, This River.” Winners were selected by Nance VanWinckel.

2007 RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY AWARD:

Hunger Mountain is pleased to award the fourth annual RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY to Katie Kingston of Trinidad, Colorado, for her poem “What Does Lorca Own?” The prize is one thousand dollars and publication. Honorable mentions have been awarded to Amanda Auchter of Houston, Texas, for her poem “O Sinner Come Home” and Robert C. Jones of Warrensburg, Missouri, for his poem “The Black Swan’s Dream.” The Spring 2007 Issue, #10, features these prizewinning poems. Winners were selected by poet Cynthia Huntington, author of The Radiant.

2006 RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY AWARD:

Hunger Mountain is pleased to award the third annual RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY to Joshua Poteat of Richmond, Virginia, for his poem “From J.G.Heck’s 1851 Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science.” The prize is one thousand dollars and publication. Honorable mentions have been awarded to Amanda Powell of Eugene, Oregon, for her poem “Blackjack at the Claxin Tribal Casino” and Kelly Terwilliger of Eugene, Oregon, for her poem “Winter Mice.”

The Spring 2006 Issue, #8, features all of the above prizewinning poems. Winners were selected by judge Nancy Eimers, author of No Moon.

Hunger Mountain would like to thank all prize entrants for your continued support.

2005 RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY AWARD:

Hunger Mountain is pleased to award the second annual RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY to John Hodgen for his poem “Lost Bird.” Hodgen lives in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts , and is a member of the English and Humanities Department Faculty at both Assumption College and Mount Wachusett Community College . The prize is one thousand dollars and publication. Honorable mentions have been awarded to Rebecca Bednarz of Cambridge , Massachusetts , for her poem “Tragicomedy,” Helen Klein Ross of New York City for her poem “Pregnant at 48” and Christine Whittemore of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, for her poem “The Paper-Wasp.”

The Spring 2005 Issue, #6, features all of the above prizewinning poems. Winners were selected by judge Betsy Sholl, author of Late Psalm and Don’t Explain.

2004 RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY AWARD:

The first annual RUTH STONE PRIZE IN POETRY was awarded to Mary Donnelly for her winning poem “Locket.” Donnelly lives in New York City and received her MFA from Bennington College. The prize is one thousand dollars and publication in the Spring 2004 Issue of Hunger Mountain.

Honorable mentions, who are also included in the Spring 2004 Issue, were awarded to: Chad Davidson of Carrollton, Georgia, for his poem “I Am Writing to You from Your Desk”; Elton Glaser of Akron, Ohio , for his poem “Downwind from the Uplift”; and Kate Umans of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for her poem “Dime.” Winners were selected by judge Mary Ruefle, author of Tristimania and Among the Musk Ox People.

RUTH STONE

Ruth Stone was born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1915. From an early age she was influenced by art through her parents and surrounding relatives. She began reading at the age of three, and was writing her first poems at five. After first grade her family moved to Indianapolis where she continued writing, and by grade school several of her poems had been printed in local newspapers. She moved to Vermont in 1957, publishing her first volume of poetry, In an Iridescent Time, in 1959. Her most recent publication, In the Next Galaxy (2002), won the National Book Award, and was followed by her receipt of the Wallace Stevens Award for mastery in the art of poetry. The collection Ordinary Words (1999) received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Stone’s other publications include Simplicity (1995), Who is the Widow’s Muse (1991), Second Hand Coat (1987), Cheap (1975) and Topography (1971). Her honors include the Bess Hokin Award, the Bunting Fellowship, the Delmore Schwartz Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, the Shelley Memorial Award and the Vermont Cerf Award for lifetime achievement in the arts. Stone has taught creative writing at the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, UC Davis, Brandeis and Binghamton University. She resides in Goshen, Vermont.

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