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HEART Poetry Award $500.00 – Deadline June 30

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The HEART Poetry Award 2025 is open to entries of unpublished reflective modern prose poems through June 30! $10 fee to enter up to 3 poems. Winner of the HEART Poetry Award will be awarded $500 and publication in HEART 20 (Fall/Winter 2025). This year’s judge is Grey Held. View flyer to view more information and visit Nostalgia Press to view judge bio and submit.

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Magazine Stand :: HEART – No. 19

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HEART is a small literary journal from the low country of South Carolina published by Nostalgia Press. Its spirited and struggling editor-publisher has freely given voice to poets from all over the world since 1986. HEART uses modern prose poetry, poems that give life and motion to moods, messages from simple moments, and sparkling lines from meditative thought. An annual cash award is offered, and the 2024 HEART Poetry Award winner, “Piano” by Eric Machan Howd of Ithaca, New York is featured in HEART Issue 19. Readers can also enjoy works by Ben Onachila, Carol Despeaux Fawcett, Kimberly Lewis, David James, Ion Corcos, Jacob Friesenhahn, Kathie Collins, Laurice Gilbert, Victoria Melekian, Lesley Sherwood, Shutta Crum, Mike Wilson, and a contribution and commentary from Editor Connie Lakey Martin.

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