Last Call for Submissions to the First Things Poetry Prize

The third annual First Things Poetry Prize is open for submissions until June 30. James Matthew Wilson is this year’s outside judge. $2,000 will be awarded to the winner and $1,000 to the runner-up. Both poems will be published in First Things. Entrants may submit up to two poems of not more than forty lines. Submit your work today!

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