<h2>Current Contests</h2>
<p><span class="highlight">There are no open contests being run at this time.</span></p>
<h2>Past Contests</h2>
<h3><i>Packingtown Review</i> Prize for Critical Response</h3>
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Paul Hoover has donated his poem <a target=_blank href="http://www.packingtownreview.com/hoover.html">"The Windows (Speech-lit Islands)"</a>
to <i>Packingtown Review's</i> critical response contest.
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To enter, submit a critical response between 1,500 and 2,500 words discussing Paul Hoover's
<a target=_blank href="http://www.packingtownreview.com/hoover.html">"The Windows (Speech-lit Islands)"</a> in light of the poet's aesthetic and in the context of contemporary poetry.
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The winning response will be featured in the first issue of <i>Packingtown Review</i> alongside the poem, as well as on the <i>Packingtown Review</i> web site. The winning author will receive two copies of the journal.
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Runners-up may be posted on the <i>Packingtown Review</i> website.
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The jury will consist of the current editorial staff of <i>Packingtown Review</i>.
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The deadline for the submissions is <em>August 30, 2008 (postmarked)</em>. Winners will be announced on the <i>Packingtown Review</i> website.
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The contest is open to the public* and there is no fee.
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Please mail your submission to our journal address or e-mail it to <a href="mailto:contest@packingtownreview.com">contest@packingtownreview.com</a>.
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*<i>This contest is closed to current UIC students and faculty and those who have graduated from UIC within the past five years.</i>
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