The William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest honors the Fort Worth poet William D. Barney (1916-2021). He was one of the most distinguished poets Fort Worth has produced, a former member of FWPS, and past president of the Poetry Society of Texas. He won the national Robert Frost Award in 1961 and was Texas Poet Laureate in 1982-83.
The winner of this contest will receive $50 plus publication and15 free copies of their winning chapbook.
This contest is opens for entries from January 1st to February 15th annually. Entrants must be Texas residents and/or active PST members. Members of the Fort Worth Poetry Society cannot submit an entry to this contest.
Rules for entry and contest judge will be posted soon.
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Previous Winners Include:
2024: Susan Maxwell Campbell, Just Looking (forthcoming)
2023: Diane Glancy, Jawbone
2022: Eric Blanchard, Beware of Poet
2021: Loretta Diane Walker, From the Cow’s Eye and Other Poems
2020: Catherine L’Herisson, Limping Mermaid
2019: Robert Schinzel: Westbound 380: A Highway Through Time
2018: J. Todd Hawkins, What Happens When We Leave