Maggie Glover, a first-year graduate student in the West Virginia University Department of English, was recently awarded the third annual Hungry Poets Prize.

Ten finalists are selected for the award each year from a large pool of contest submissions. Finalists then read their poems before a panel of judges and a large audience of supporters. The judges then select a winner and a runner-up. All finalists receive a gift certificate to a local restaurant, with the winner receiving $250.

Glover, originally from Pittsburgh, graduated from Denison University, where she studied with David Baker and Ann Townsend before embarking on work toward a master’s degree in poetry at WVU .

Her current work focuses on the human body and its breakdown. Current influences include Larry Levis, Denise Levertov and Mary Ann Samyn.

The contest was created by James Friedberg (the Hale J. and Roscoe P. Posten Professor in WVU ’s College of Law) in memory of his son, Gabe. All contestants must be under the age of 30.