2010 annual full-length poetry contest
We're now accepting submissions for our annual New American Press Poetry Contest. Winner receives $1000 and 25 copies (additional copies available at a 30 percent discount). Final judge will be the poet, essayist, and editor T.R. Hummer, author of such collections as Infinity Sessions (LSU Press) and the essay collection The Muse in the Machine (University of Georgia Press). His work has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, The New Yorker, Paris Review, and other major journals.
Please submit 40-100 pages of your best poetry to:
New American Press Poetry Contest
Attn: Okla Elliott
1830 Orchard Place, Ste. C
Urbana, IL 61801
We read manuscripts blind, so please include a separate cover sheet with your name, address, email, and phone number, being sure to exclude any identifying information from the manuscript itself.
Please include a check or money order payable to "NEW AMERICAN PRESS" in the amount of $20 for each submission and a SASE for contest results.
Multiple and simultaneous submissions encouraged.
Postmark must be between September 15, 2010, and December 15, 2010.