www.montrealprize.com.

The not-for-profit Montreal International Poetry Prize launches January 15, offering a $20,000 prize for just one poem of

no longer than 40 lines written in any English dialect. Uniquely, this competition provides emerging poets with the opportunity

to have their work read and considered by some of the world’s most distinguished poets.

Recognised and accomplished poets may be tempted by the giant value placed on a single short poem.

Selection & Judging

As editors of the Global Poetry Anthology, 10 poets from across the globe sort through submissions blindly (without seeing author names)

and select poems for the collection. The prize judge then reads a blind copy of the manuscript of the anthology and selects the $20,000 poem.

2013 Editorial Board

The Montreal Prize 2013 Editorial Board is almost complete.

Here’s a list of the nine poets involved to date: Mary Dalton (Canada), Keki Daruwalla (India), Kwame Dawes (Ghana/Jamaica),

Kendel Hippolyte (St Lucia), Medbh McGuckian (Ireland), Sean O’Brien (England), Niyi Osundare (Nigeria), Robyn Sarah (Canada),

and Chase Twichell (USA).

2013 Prize Judge

The 2013 Prize Judge is Scottish poet, Don Paterson.

History of the Competition

The Montreal Prize launched its first poetry competition in March 2011 and awarded $50,000 to Australian poet Mark Tredinnick.

The 2011 Global Poetry Anthology is a solid collection that garnered positive reviews. It includes unknown voices alongside celebrated

poets from around the world. Internationally acclaimed American artist Eric Fischl responded to one poem in the anthology with

a watercolour painting.

To find out more about the competition and more about who the 2013 editors are, please visit montrealprize.com.