The Ohio State University Press The Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award in Poetry

The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, selects one full-length manuscript of poetry each year for publication by The Ohio State University Press. In addition to publication under a standard book contract, the winning author receives the Charles B. Wheeler prize of $3,000. Entries of at least 48 typed pages of original poetry must be postmarked during the month of September. Entries postmarked later than September 30 will be returned unread. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Your name or other identification should only appear on the cover page. Manuscripts must be previously unpublished. Some or all of the poems in the collection may have appeared in periodicals, chapbooks, or anthologies, but these must be identified. Include a nonrefundable handling fee of $25.00 (U.S. dollars) with each manuscript (check or money order payable to The Ohio State University). Entrants will receive a one-year subscription (two issues) to The Journal. Include a stamped, self-addressed business-sized envelope so we can notify you of the results. Manuscripts will not be returned. If you wish us to confirm receipt of your manuscript, include a stamped, self-addressed postcard. The winning entry will be announced by the following January 15. OSU Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts. Mail to: Poetry Editor The Ohio State University Press 180 Pressey Hall 1070 Carmack Road Columbus OH 43210-1002

2008 Winner Kary Wayson American Husband Kary Wayson’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Boston Review, Poetry Northwest, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Nation, The Journal, FIELD, Filter, and The Best American Poetry 2007. Kary was a 2003 Discovery/The Nation award winner, and her chapbook, Dog & Me, was published in 2004. Kary teaches poetry writing classes at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle and was a recent visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. American Husband is her first full-length collection of poems. Previous winners   2008   Andrew Grace   Shadeland 2007 Mark Svenvold Empire Burlesque 2006 Jean Nordhaus Innocence 2005 Brian Swann Autumn Road 2004 Beth Gylys Spot in the Dark 2003 Gary Fincke Writing Letters for the Blind 2002 Patty Seyburn Mechanical Cluster 2001 Joseph Duemer Magical Thinking 2000 Lia Purpura Stone Sky Lifting 1999 Mary Ann Samyn Captivity Narrative 1998 Walt McDonald Blessings the Body Gave 1997 Judith Hall Anatomy, Errata 1996 John Haag Stones Don't Float (out of print) 1995 Fatima Lin-Wilson Crossing the Snow Bridge 1994 David Young Night Thoughts and Henry Vaughan (out of print) 1993 Bruce Beasley The Creation (out of print) 1992 Dionisio Martinez History as a Second Language (out of print) 1991 Teresa Cader Guests (out of print) 1990 Mary Cross Rooms, Which Were People (out of print) 1989 Albert Goldbarth Popular Culture 1988 Sue Owen The Book of Winter (out of print) 1987 Robert Cording Life-list (out of print)