Cedric Tillman's Blog - Posts Tagged "contest"
Thanks to Pleiades, University of Akron Press, and now Press 53
I want to say thanks to these presses for acknowledging my work this year. I was named a semifinalist for the Pleiades & Akron Prizes earlier this year, and found out today that I was named a finalist for the Press 53 Poetry prize.
I am so happy to see this manuscript get some love. I remember after finishing my MFA how I thought my thesis was so ready to go - thank God LILIES didn't see the light of day for 9 years. I sent it everywhere and got a couple of nice letters, but didn't place anywhere. This is the 6th semi/finalist placing for IN MY FEELINGS in the last 2 years (finalist for Akron last yr!), and it's cool to see the work pay off- but even more than that, it's cool feeling as if maturity and knowing what I want to put out in the world has improved my work in the eyes of unbiased observers.
I'm very happy to see a press from home (Winston stand up!) recognize this work. Hoping to come back to this space soon with news of some press taking a chance on this thing...
Cedric
I am so happy to see this manuscript get some love. I remember after finishing my MFA how I thought my thesis was so ready to go - thank God LILIES didn't see the light of day for 9 years. I sent it everywhere and got a couple of nice letters, but didn't place anywhere. This is the 6th semi/finalist placing for IN MY FEELINGS in the last 2 years (finalist for Akron last yr!), and it's cool to see the work pay off- but even more than that, it's cool feeling as if maturity and knowing what I want to put out in the world has improved my work in the eyes of unbiased observers.
I'm very happy to see a press from home (Winston stand up!) recognize this work. Hoping to come back to this space soon with news of some press taking a chance on this thing...
Cedric
