Through the generosity of a friend, The Little Review is enabled to offer an unusual prize for poetry—possibly the first prize extended to free verse. The giver is “interested in all experiments, and has followed the poetry published in The Little Review with keen appreciation and a growing admiration for the poetic form known as vers libre.”
The conditions are as follows:
Contributions must be received by August 15th.
They must not be longer than twenty-five lines.
They must be sent anonymously with stamps for return.
The name and address of the author must be fixed to the manuscript in a sealed envelope.
It should be borne in mind that free verse is wanted—verse having beauty of rhythm, not merely prose separated into lines.
There will be three judges: William Carlos Williams, Zoë Aikens and Helen Hoyt.
There will be two prizes of $25 each. They are offered not as a first and second prize, but for “the two best short poems in free verse form.”
As there will probably be a large number of poems to read, we suggest that contributors adhere closely to the conditions of the contest.