2008 Chapbook Competitions for Ohio Poets

POETS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN OHIO may enter the Open Competition. Poets currently enrolled in Ohio institutions of higher education may enter the Student Competition.  Two to four manuscripts will be selected for publication in the Wick Chapbook Series in Spring 2010.  Maggie Anderson is general editor of the series.

Entry Requirements

• Poets may enter only one of the competitions.  There is a $15 reading fee for each manuscript sent to the Open Competition.  A check or money order for this amount should be made payable to the Wick Poetry Center.  There is no reading fee for the Student Competition.  Manuscripts must include no fewer than 15 and no more than 25 pages of poetry, typed on one side only, with no more than one poem included on a page.  Only clean, legible copies are acceptable.
• Two title pages should be included.  The first must list the poet’s name, address, email, and phone number as well as the title of the manuscript and the name of the contest to which the manuscript is being submitted (either Open Competition or Student Competition).  Poets entering the Student Competition should indicate the name of the school in which they are enrolled.  The second title page should include the title of the manuscript only.  The poet’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself.
• The manuscript as a whole must  not have been published previously, but it may contain poems that have been published individually; these should be listed, with publisher, on a separate acknowledgments page.  If the manuscript is accepted, the poet must obtain permission from previous publishers.
• The manuscript may be submitted simultaneously to other publishers, but poets must notify the Wick Poetry Center immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere.
• All manuscripts will be recycled after judging.  For notice that the manuscript has been received, poets should enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard; for notice of the final winning selections, poets should enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.  Winners will be announced in Spring 2009
• Manuscripts must be postmarked between August 31 and October 31, 2008. No late entries will be considered.

All submissions should be sent to:

Wick Poetry Chapbook Competitions, 301 Satterfield Hall, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001.
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