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Gordon Preston has had poems in Blue Mesa Review, Comstock Review, Cutbank, The Missouri Review, Rattle, Tar Wolf Review, and others. He was 54 when Finishing Line Press published his first chapbook, Violins. Now at 60, he still teaches reading and writing to the very young in Modesto, CA.
Contest Won: Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest 2011, Fourth Prize
Prizes: $3,750
Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
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Deadline: May 1, 2025
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Deadline: Jul 1, 2025
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Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
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