The 3rd Annual Annette Allen Poetry Prize is accepting submissions NOW through midnight, December 15, 2024.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Robert Eric Shoemaker will serve as Judge for the 3rd Annual Annette Allen Poetry Prize. • Open to all university and college students residing in the Louisville Metro area, graduate and undergraduate, in all departments and programs.• One Prize Winner will receive a cash award of $300 and publication of their winning poem in The Louisville Review, a national literary magazine in print publication for over 45 years.• Two Honorable Mentions will receive a cash award of $50. • Up to two Runners Up will receive a copy of Allen’s poetry collection, The Cruel Radiance of What Is (2019). • All styles and modes of poetry are welcome • Students from all disciplines are encouraged to write and submit poems—no prior poetry experience is required!