CPR annual book award

 

The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers a $1,500 prize (as of 2010), publication, and 25 author's copies of a book length collection of poetry. Author receives a standard publishing contract. Initial print run is not less than 1,000 copies.

The final judge for the 2010 CPR Book Award is Patricia Smith.

Submitting Work to Cider Press Review

The editors read submissions of individual poems from April 1 to August 31 each year, and full manuscripts (in conjunction with the CPR Annual Book Award) between September 1 and November 30 each calendar year. Entries received outside of the submission period will be recycled without comment.

PLEase note: Postmark or upload date are sufficient proof of deadline; expensive priority postage or overnight delivery are not necessary. We encourage everyone to use our free online submission system.

Visit ciderpressreview.com/submissions and create/log into your account to submit work or check the status of your submission.
CPR also accepts submissions via mail to:

CPR Book Award
777 Braddock Lane
Halifax, PA 17032

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts may be submitted either electronically or by mail. Please review our COMPLETE GUIDELINES before entering. Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in book form (individual poems may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, and chapbooks). No SASE required; all entrants will receive notification via email, or can see results onthe website.   Contest entry fee: $25.00. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning book and a one-issue subscription to Cider Press Review. Entrants are encouraged to remit the $25 Book Award entry fee via PayPal. 

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BY SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT TO THE CIDER PRESS REVIEW BOOK AWARD AND REMITTING THE ENTRY FEE, THE AUTHOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

BY SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT TO THE CIDER PRESS REVIEW BOOK AWARD AND REMITTING THE ENTRY FEE, THE AUTHOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS. -->

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