PUB: Chapbook Contest Guidelines

Chapbook Contest Guidelines

 Each year Gertrude Press publishes two chapbooks; one fiction and one poetry. These attractive collections will include a unique cover in a limited press run. Submit your work for consideration!

Writer Compensation:
$100 cash award
50 complimentary copies of the chapbook

You can purchase past chapbooks online here. Chapbooks will be distributed to subscribers, libraries, and bookstores carrying Gertrude, the Press’ annual literary journal.

Poetry Chapbook Guidelines:

  • Submit 16-20 pages of poetry, either online or via surface mail.
  • Indicate which poems have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished poems are welcome.
  • Poetry may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit.
  • Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage.
  • Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter.
  • Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press; online submissions are $17 to cover printing, ink, etc.
  • Submissions accepted beginning August 1, 2010 until May 15, 2011 (postmark deadline).

Fiction Chapbook Guidelines:

  • Submit 16-20 pages of short fiction or a self-contained novel excerpt, either online or via surface mail.
  • Indicate which selections have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished pieces are welcome.
  • Fiction may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit.
  • Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage.
  • Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter.
  • Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press; online submissions are $17 to cover printing, ink, etc.
  • Submissions accepted beginning August 1, 2010 until May 15, 2011 (postmark deadline).

Submit Online:

To submit your work online, please select your genre below and click the Buy Now PayPal button:

Genre Fiction Poetry

Upon payment, we will redirect you to submission instructions and PayPal will send payment confirmation by email. Please send submissions to contest [at] gertrudepress.org with either Fiction or Poetry in the subject line. We accept Word (.doc or .docx) or RichText (.rtf) files only. The online submission fee is $17 to cover the PayPal fees as well as the paper, ink and time to print out the manuscript.

Mail submissions to:
Gertrude Press
PO Box 83948
Portland OR 97283

Winners will be announced by September 1, 2011.

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