Clarksville, TN – Zone 3 Press in collaboration with the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Art + Design department is launching an annual poetry competition, and the winning poem will be featured on a broadside poster printed on the University’s letterpress.
[1]Annual Poetry Competition to be held by Austin Peay State University Zone 3 Press. (APSU)
Poets have until December 1st to submit their work to the Zone 3 Press Broadside Competition. Zone 3 will announce a winner in early 2020.
The prize is $100.00, and five copies of the custom, limited-edition broadside will be designed and printed by APSU’s Goldsmith Press and Rare Type Collection. The winning poem will be published in Zone 3, a literary magazine.
The broadside poster will be revealed at the 2020 Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference and later available for purchase at the Zone 3 Press marketplace [2].
All submissions will be considered for publication in Zone 3. Full guidelines can be viewed at the broadside competition submission page [3].
“The Goldsmith Press and Rare Type Collection at Austin Peay State University is a unique letterpress facility that includes thousands of hand-carved wood letters, typesetting materials and antique printing presses,” Cindy Marsh, founder of the Goldsmith Press, said.
The wood type was originally created for a New England advertising company, Metropolitan Showprint, established in 1890. The collection was purchased in 1997 with a grant from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.
To Learn More
- For more about Zone 3 Press, go to www.zone3press.com/. [4]
- For more about APSU’s Art + Design department, visit www.apsu.edu/art-design/. [5]