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Organization · Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

Furious Flower Poetry Center

Furious Flower Poetry Center is a center for Black poetry located at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It administers the annual Furious Flower Poetry Prize for emerging poets, with winning and finalist works published in Obsidian. The competition accepts packets of up to three poems for a $20 entry fee, awarding $1,500 to the winner and $750 for honorable mention.

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Official site: jmu.edu/furiousflower. Please confirm the details there before you submit.

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