Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award



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This award honors the achievements of the great Dominican-American poet, translator, and public school teacher Rhina Polonia Espaillat. The Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award will be awarded for an original poem of not more than fifty lines that reflects her lyricism, empathy, and ability to find grace in everyday events of life.


Submission Info

  • Cost to Enter: $5 for non Plough Quarterly Subscribers, free for subscribers.

  • Submission Deadline: Mar 30, 2024

  • Submission Instructions/Form

  • Open to unpublished manuscripts

Prize Info

  • First Prize: $2000 and publication in Plough Quarterly

  • Additional Information: two finalists will receive $250 as well as publication in Plough

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