Poets working full- or part-time for any K-12 school, public or private, are encouraged to submit a full-length manuscript (48-100 pages) for the Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize. Your poems need not focus on schools or teaching, and all school employees—teachers, tutors, custodians, administrators—are eligible.
Gunpowder Press editors David Starkey and Chryss Yost named this prize to honor two high school teachers who made an impact on them: Michael Dryden and Susan Vreeland. Before becoming a best-selling author, Ms. Vreeland taught at University City High in San Diego, where Chryss was lucky enough to be her student.
Submissions are accepted between May 1 and August 30. The prize includes $500 and publication by Gunpowder Press with 20 author copies.
Final judge for the inaugural Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize is Nan Cohen. Submit here.