{"id":27908,"date":"2019-10-01T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27908"},"modified":"2019-10-01T16:55:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:55:03","slug":"apsus-zone-3-press-goldsmith-press-launch-poetry-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/10\/01\/apsus-zone-3-press-goldsmith-press-launch-poetry-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU\u2019s Zone 3 Press, Goldsmith Press launch poetry competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – 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\u2019s letterpress.<\/p>\n

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Annual Poetry Competition to be held by Austin Peay State University Zone 3 Press. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

The prize is $100.00, and five copies of the custom, limited-edition broadside will be designed and printed by APSU\u2019s Goldsmith Press and Rare Type Collection. The winning poem will be published in Zone 3, a literary magazine.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All submissions will be considered for publication in Zone 3. Full guidelines can be viewed at the broadside competition submission page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Cindy Marsh, founder of the Goldsmith Press, said.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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