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February 1, 2025(1 event)

Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize Submission Window Opens!

February 1, 2025

The Hillary Gravendyk Prize is an open poetry book competition for all writers regardless of the number of previously published poetry collections. The manuscript page limit is 48-100 pages, and Inlandia Institute Press invites all styles and forms of poetry. Only electronic submissions will be accepted via Inlandia’s ‘Submittable’ portal. Multiple submissions are accepted, with a $20 reading fee required for each manuscript. The winners will be announced Fall 2025 for publication in 2026.

National and Regional awardees each win book publication and a cash prize of $1,000. Enter using Submittable: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmit

Poetry book manuscripts will be accepted via Submittable from February 1 through April 30, 2025. One National and one Regional prizewinner will each be awarded $1,000 and a standard book contract.

 

The competition was created in memory of the late Inland Empire poet, Hillary Gravendyk, who passed away in 2014.

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February 15, 2025(1 event)

12:00 pm: Inlandia at the Maloof – These Black Bodies Are… with Romaine Washington


February 15, 2025

Inlandia at the Maloof – These Black Bodies Are… with Romaine Washington and contributors.

Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts

5131 Carnelian St

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701

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February 20, 2025(1 event)

6:30 pm: Book Launch for Apartness by Judy Kronenfeld


February 20, 2025

Celebrate the launch of Apartness: A Memoir in Essays and Poems by Judy Kronenfeld at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, 3933 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside. 6:30 PM. Books will be available for sale and signing. To RSVP and preorder your copy of Apartness, please visit https://tinyurl.com/Apartness-RSVP​.

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