McGill's Global Poetry Prize

[Doctor Fab]

Hello ALL,

I'm forwarding the msg got from our poet friend Bahareh, from Montreal (Quebec, CA), about the upcoming McGill's Global Poetry Prize ( http://montrealprize.com/  ), with a $20000 CND prize for the winner.

If interested, feel free to contact Bahareh on any issues or questions may come up.

Cheers

F.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bahareh Azad
Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:50 PM
Subject: Hello!
To: Doctor Fab

Dear Fabrizio,

 

I would be grateful if you let the poets on the PUW network know about the upcoming McGill's Global Poetry Prize, with a $20,000 CND prize for the winner. The 50 best poems will be published in our Anthology. We are looking for poets to be our jurors or simply those who would like to enter the competition (visit the website for more info: http://montrealprize.com/ ). The deadline will soon be announced. Many thanks.

Bahareh Azad

Poetry Matters, McGill

https://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/

Eligibility

Age Restriction. All Entrants shall be of the age of majority in their legal jurisdiction of residency at the time of entry submission.

Subject. Entries may be on any subject.

International Entries. Entries may be submitted from anywhere in the world. Each entry must be submitted with the author’s legal name, and an additional pen name if so desired.

Length. Entries may be any length not exceeding forty (40) lines, excluding blank lines, numbered section titles, brief dedications and epigraphs.

Language. All entries must be primarily in English (the inclusion of a few non-English words or phrases is acceptable).

Simultaneous Submissions. Simultaneous submissions are ineligible for the Montreal Prize.

Entry Fee. An entry fee is required for each entry. Fees are allocated based on early and final entry deadlines, first or additional entry status, and by the Entrant’s region (i.e. Entrants from developing or developed countries are assigned different fees respectively). Categorization of countries is based upon the UN Human Development Index. The applicable fees are as follows:

Developing World Entrants (i) $15 CDN for a first entry from the developing world submitted by the early entry deadline. 
(ii) $20 CDN for a first entry from the developing world entered after the early entry deadline.
(iii) $10CDN for any additional entry from the developing world subsequent to the first entry.

Developed World Entrants (i) $20 CDN for a first entry from the developed world submitted by the early entry deadline.
(ii) $25 CDN for a first entry from the developed world entered after the early entry deadline.
(iii) $15 CDN for any additional entry from the developed world subsequent to the first entry.

Prize and Publishing. A single cash prize of twenty thousand dollars in Canadian funds ($20,000 CDN) will be awarded to the Entrant whose entry is selected by the prize judge from the approximately 50 poems slated to appear in the Montreal Prize Global Anthology. Approximately fifty (50) poems will be selected for the Montreal Prize Global Anthology and published therein. To be declared a winner and/or to have an entry included in the anthology, Entrants must meet all the present terms and conditions.

Complimentary Copy. Entrants published in the anthology will receive one free copy of the Montreal Prize anthology in which they are published.

The Anthology Selection Process

After the final entry deadline, our entry management software allocates entries randomly to our editors. The entries are allocated anonymously – i.e. the editors do not see the author’s name or any other information about the author. Each entry is assessed by one editor only in order to preserve editorial independence. The editor reads all of the entries that have been allocated to her and selects a number of poems for the Global Poetry Anthology.

The Prize Selection Process

After approximately 50 poems have been selected by the editors for the anthology, the prize judge reads those poems and selects the winner of the prize. As with the anthology selection process, the prize judge does not see the names of the authors or any other information about them before making his or her selection

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[Doctor Fab]

dear Farzad,

you are referring to the 2017 contest.

Obviously, Bahareh's note refers to the contest which is about to start.

However, in due time, Bahareh will notify all of you about McGill Poetry Prize 2020* edition [*since the 50 selected poems and the winner will be known at the beginning of next year].

BTW, they are also looking for people who can give a contribution to the Prize as jurors --in this case, those who are interested need to have an excellent knowledge of the English language, in addition to the ability to poetic criticism [= the ability to select a good poem and reject a bad one].

Cheers

F.

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 6:19 AM Farzad Jahanbani <farzad.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,All
Unfortunately, the deadline for montreal anthology is over:
copy from website: (http://montrealprize.com/competition/rules)

Deadlines. The early entry deadline is March 31 2017 at 23:59 ET
(Montreal Time). The final
entry deadline is May 15 2017 at 23:59 ET.