Persea and the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Project are pleased to announce that Dear Editor by Amy Newman has won the 2010  Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award. Thank you to all of our finalists and to everyone else who submitted. Our contest screeners change annually, so we hope you'll consider submitting again in the future.

The Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award is an annual collaboration between Persea Books and The Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Project. It is open to any American poet who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems. The winner receives an advance of $1,000.00, publication of his/her collection by Persea, and the option of an all-expenses-paid residency at the Anderson Center, a renowned artists' colony in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submitted manuscripts should include two title pages: one containing the author's name, the author's contact information, and the title of the collection; and another containing only the title of the collection.
• It is recommended that submitted manuscripts be between 40 and 80 pages. They should be paginated, with the title of the collection included on each page as a header or footer, and fastened with a clip. Please do not staple or permanently bind submissions.
• Submissions must include a page listing previous book publications. They may also include a page of magazine/journal publication credits. However, they should not include other sorts of acknowledgments or thank-yous. 
• Submissions must be primarily in English to be considered. Translations are not accepted.
• Entries must be postmarked between January 1st and March 1st, and must be received by March 10th. They should be sent to The Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award, c/o Persea Books, PO Box 1388, Columbia, MO 65201, and should include a check (in U.S. funds) in the amount of $25.00, made payable to the order of The Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Project.  Please do not send submissions to Persea’s New York City office or make checks out to Persea Books.
• For the purposes of this contest, a previously published collection includes any book of at least 40 pages that was published by an established publisher in a print run of at least 500 copies and available through national distribution channels.

NB: no one who has been a student or faculty member at the University of Missouri within the past four years is eligible for this award.

The winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award is chosen by Persea's poetry editor in consultation with the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Advisory Committee of the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Project. The winner will be announced on Persea's web site in April. Submitted manuscripts will not be returned.