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OSU Press/The Journal Announce Wheeler Poetry Prize
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. Her chapbook, Dog & Me, was published in 2004 by LitRag Press. She was writer-in-residence at the Willard Espy Foundation in 1999, and a recipient of an Artist Trust/ Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship in 2001. She is the recipient of a 2003 Discovery/The Nation Prize and a 2008 Artist Trust Gap grant, and was recently a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. Wayson lives and works in Seattle. American Husband is her first full-length collection.
American Husband is the 22nd volume of exceptional poetry to be selected for publication by a readers' committee of OSU poets on behalf of The Ohio State University Press and The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University. In addition to publication, the award carries with it a cash prize of $3000, thanks to the generosity of the family of the late Charles B. Wheeler, Professor Emeritus of the English Department.
Over 650 manuscripts were submitted for this year’s competition, and we would like to thank everyone who participated. The quality of this year’s submissions was extremely high, and the screeners worked hard and with considerable pleasure. Kathy Fagan was the final judge.
The Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award and The Charles B. Wheeler Prize
