In cooperation with The Kent State University Press, the Wick Poetry Center sponsors an annual poetry chapbook competition for Ohio writers, as well as the $2,000 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. The winning manuscripts are published by The Kent State University Press and the winners give a public reading of their work on campus.

Chapbooks by Ohio Writers

The annual Chapbook Prize is awarded to students attending an Ohio college or university (Student Competition) and to any poet living in Ohio (Open Competition). Each poet submits from fifteen to twenty-five pages of poetry. Two to four manuscripts are selected for publication in the Wick Chapbook Series, edited by Maggie Anderson. Chapbooks are sold at readings, conferences, and directly through The Kent State University Press.

The Stan and Tom wick poetry prize

This first book prize awards the winning poet with $2,000 and publication of their first full-length book of poetry by The Kent State University Press. The competition is open to any poet writing in English who has not yet published a  book. A nationally acclaimed poet is selected each year to judge the competition.

The Kent State University Press