In each category, $1,000 and publication in the CSU Poetry Series is offered for the best full-length volume of original poetry in English submitted between November 1, 2009 and February 16, 2010 (postmark deadline).
The 2010 First Book Competition will be judged by Rae Armantrout. For more than two decades, Armantrout has taught Poetry and Poetics at the University of California at San Diego. She is the author of ten books of poetry, including Versed (Wesleyan, 2009), Next Life (Wesleyan, 2007), Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004), and Veil: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan, 2001).
The 2010 Open Book Competition will be juried by an Editorial Committee comprised of Kazim Ali, Mary Biddinger, Michael Dumanis, and Sarah Gridley.
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