RiverRun Bookstore Announces Poetry Anthology Contest

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RiverRun Bookstore Announces Poetry Anthology Contest

In 2013, RiverRun Bookstore compiled Piscataqua Poems: A Seacoast Anthology. The resulting collection of poems were all inspired by the Piscataqua watershed region: Portsmouth, Kittery, Rye, Eliot, Durham, and, of course, the Isles of Shoals, which have inspired writers to put pen to paper since Celia Thaxter held her famous artist salons there in the 1800s!

Now, ten years later, we are calling for submissions again!

Submissions will be open from January 10th to March 1st.
For this follow-up anthology, we are seeking 100 poems that memorialize our bridges, celebrate our forests and rivers, our past and present, and the intense emotional connection that this region so often inspires. This project will mark the 10th anniversary of the original anthology and will celebrate Portsmouth's 400th anniversary.
Poems will be juried by Mary Anker, Erine Leigh and Courtney Marshall. The jurors' top five selections will win cash prizes in the following amounts:
1st prize - $500
2nd prize - $250
3rd, 4th and 5th prize - $100
ALL contributors will receive one copy of the book. Prize winners and selected poems will be announced May 1st.
You may submit an unlimited number of poems.

• Each individual poem must be submitted in a separate Word document.
• Submissions must be sent via email to piscataquapoems@gmail.com
• Upon acceptance, poems will be published in the physical book and social media with non-exclusive copyright reverting back to the author upon publication.

The completed anthology will be published in September 2023 and a portion of the sales will benefit the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program.

We look forward to reviewing your submissions and celebrating the Seacoast through poetry!