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White Crane Institute in collaboration with Phil Willkie, is
proud to announce the establishment of the biennial White Crane
/ James White Poetry Prize for Gay male poets.
The judge for the inaugural year will be the poet and author
Mark Doty. The prize will be awarded in spring 2009 to mark
White Crane's twentieth anniversary of publication.
White Crane is the Journal of Gay Men’s Wisdom
and Culture. It was established in 1989 and has published quarterly
for twenty years.
In 2004 it was an Utne Independent Press nominee. Since 2005
the magazine has been published by the White Crane Institute,
which also publishes White Crane Books, and sponsors Gay cultural
retreats and programs nationally. Mr. Willkie is the former
publisher of the James White Review and is the literary
executor of the James L. White Estate.
A prize of $1,000, publication by White Crane Books, and 5
author copies will be given biennially for a book-length poetry
collection. Submit 48 to 80 pages of poetry with a $25 entry
fee by October 30.
See our Guidelines page for
more information.
Poets must be Gay-identified males and must have a full manuscript
for initial reading. The winner’s book will be published
by White Crane Books.
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