Harpur Palate


Harpur Palate was established in 2000 by graduate students in Binghamton University’s English Department. Since then, we’ve grown to nearly 200 pages, added a visual art portfolio, begun distributing nationwide, and published some of the most respected names in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction including Lee K. Abbott, Marvin Bell, Lydia Davis, B.H. Fairchild, Sascha Feinstein, Jack Ridl, and Ruth Stone. Harpur Palate publishes writing with staying power: poems that stick in your mind, stories you’ll want to experience again and again. From the thousands of submissions we receive each year, we accept only the finest, regardless of genre, those filled with style and surprise, that pay attention to craft, language, and the story well told. Whether our authors are well established or emerging, we know their work will excite, intrigue, and move our readers, and that you’ll see their names—and ours—again in the literary world.

Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry

Milton Kessler--poet and teacher--was a great friend and mentor to students in Binghamton University's creative writing program. In honor of his dedication to the development of writers, Harpur Palate is pleased to announce: The Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry The annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the winter issue of Harpur Palate

Contest Submissions Timeline
Opens: July 1
Extended Deadline: November 1

Contest Guidelines
Harpur Palate accepts poems in any style, form, or genre, as long as they are 1) no more than 3 pages and 2) previously unpublished. The entry fee is $15/5 poems and includes a 1-year subscription to Harpur Palate. You may send as many poems as you wish, but no more than 5 poems per envelope/check. Please send checks drawn on a U.S. bank or money orders made out to Harpur Palate. IMPORTANT: Check MUST BE made out to HARPUR PALATE, or we will not be able to process it (or accept your submission)!

All poems entered will be considered for publication in Harpur Palate, and all entrants will receive a copy of the issue in which the winning poem appears. Please include a cover letter with your name, address, phone number, your preferred e-mail address and poem titles. Entrant's name should ONLY appear on the cover letter and should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Manuscripts cannot be returned, so please only send disposable copies.

Send entries along with a SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) for contest results to:

Milton Kessler Poetry Contest
Harpur Palate
English Dept.
Binghamton University
Box 6000
Binghamton, NY13902-6000

Deadline:11/1/2007