Submitted by: Michael Blanchard, mblanchard@uca.edu on 11/08/2024
SLANT and Vortex are once again co-sponsoring a poetry contest open to UCA undergraduate students in any field of study. Entries will be received from November 15 through February 15. Cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50 will be awarded for the top three entries and will be presented at the School of Language & Literature’s Spring honors reception in April.
Judging will be conducted by a panel of published poets who are also former UCA students, plus one member of the Vortex editorial staff.
SLANT is the School of Language & Literature’s creative journal of contemporary poetry, and Vortex is the award-winning UCA student literary and arts magazine.
Last year’s winners were Marshall Cunningham, a Conway native and graduating senior majoring in English and Creative Writing (first place); Sydnee Holcer, a sophomore from Mountain Home majoring in English with a minor in Teaching and Learning (second place); and Aithne Emmons of Hot Springs, a sophomore majoring in Creative Writing with a minor in English.
For entry guidelines, contact Michael Blanchard, editor of SLANT, at mblanchard@uca.edu.