Wick Poetry Prize
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Awarded forLiterary excellence
CountryUnited States
Presented byWick Poetry Center, Kent State University
First award1995
| Tom and Stan Wick Poetry Prize | |
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 Matthew Minicucci and Jane Hirshfield sign books after the 2015 Wick Poetry Prize reading event in Kent, Ohio. | |
| Awarded for | Literary excellence |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Wick Poetry Center, Kent State University |
| First award | 1995 |
| Website | Kent.edu/wick |
The Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize is offered annually to a previously-unpublished poet by the Wick Poetry Center, which is affiliated with Kent State University. Founded by Maggie Anderson and now administered by David Hassler, the prize awards the winner with $2,500 and publication of their first full-length book of poetry by the Kent State University Press.[1] The winner spends a week in residence at the Wick Poetry Center, the 112-year-old home of faculty emeritus May Prentice, giving master classes to university students and community members, culminating in a reading giving together with the competition's judge on the Kent State campus.[2][3]