2nd Biennial Poetry Chapbook Competition
Open to All Writers
http://www.palettesnquills.com
Prize: A $200 cash award plus 50 copies of the published book. Additional copies will be available at an author’s discount. All finalists will receive one free copy of the published book. All contest entrants will be offered a special discount on the purchase price of the published book.
Entry: Manuscript page length should be between 15- 40 pages. Poems must be typed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper and bound with a spring clip. Use a standard 12 pt font, such as Garamond, Arial, or New Times Roman. Do not include illustrations. Do not include photocopies of poems from magazines or journals. Please submit only one copy of your manuscript. Please do not submit your only copy.
A complete submission should include:
A cover sheet with the contest name (The Palettes & Quills 2nd Biennial Chapbook Contest), your name, address, telephone, email, and the title of your manuscript. You must also include a statement that all poems are your own original work. Your name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript.
A title page with just the title of the manuscript.
An acknowledgements page. Poems included in your manuscript may be previously published, but please include an acknowledgements page listing specific publications.
A complete Table of Contents.
Payment of a $20.00 non-refundable entry fee (check or money order payable in U.S. dollars made out to Palettes & Quills). Please do not send cash. Multiple submissions are accepted, but we require a separate entry fee for each manuscript you submit.
Self-addressed stamped post card for confirmation of receipt and a self-addressed envelope stamped (please use a Forever Stamp) for announcement of the winners. (International submissions must include an IRC.)
Manuscripts by multiple authors will not be accepted. Translations will not be accepted.
Place the coversheet on top of your entry and mail to Donna M. Marbach, Palettes & Quills Chapbook Contest, 330 Knickerbocker Avenue, Rochester, NY 14615. Winners will be announced on the Palettes & Quills website in December 2010. Manuscripts will not be returned. No electronic or faxed submissions will be accepted. Note: If your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, you must immediately notify Palettes & Quills.
Deadline: September 1, 2010. Manuscripts postmarked after September 1 will not be read.
Judging: Final judge is Dorianne Laux, author of Facts About the Moon (W. W. Norton, 2005), which was the recipient of the Oregon Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other collections include Smoke (BOA Editions, 2000); What We Carry (BOA Editions,1994), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Awake (BOA Editions, 1990, and reissued by EWU Press, 2007), which was nominated for the San Francisco Bay Area Book Critics Award for Poetry.