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The Spoon River Poetry Review

4241 Publications Unit

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois  61790-4241

Phone: (309) 438-3025

Web: www.litline.org/spoon

ISSN: 0738-8993 Issues per year: 2 Distributors: Ubiquity and Ingram Average pages: 128 Sample copy (postpaid): $5 Cover Price: $10 Subscription (Individuals): $15 Subscription (Libraries): $18

Publisher’s Description: The Spoon River Poetry Review is published twice a year by the Spoon River Poetry Association. SRPR contains contemporary poetry in English from the U.S. and around the world in English translation. Recent poets include Alicia Ostriker, Gabriel Gudding, Beth Ann Fennelly, Rachel Contreni Flynn, and Stuart Dybek. Each issue features an Illinois Poet (a poet who has an Illinois connection) with an interview and poems.

Each year, the winning poem, runners-up, and honorable mentions of the Editors' Prize contest are included in the summer/fall issue. Annual deadline for the $1,000 Editors' Prize contest is April 15 (see web site for submission guidelines). Recent judges of the contest have been Joe Wenderoth, Kwame Dawes, Gabriel Gudding, and Michelle Boisseau. Also, SRPR publishes reviews of contemporary poetry and poetic theory which address texts and issues in a balanced and intelligent way. Poet's Market has named the Spoon River Poetry Review "one of the best reads in the poetry publishing world."

Recent issue:

Volume 32, Number 2
Contemporary poetry in English from the U.S. and around the world in English translation. This issue includes winners of the Editors' Prize, judged by Philip Brady, and a "Poets on Teaching" essay by Ted Kooser. The featured poet is Angie Macri (interview included). Also in this issue: Jennifer K. Sweeney, M. A. Schaffner, and translations by Paul Sohar.