Pulse Literary Journal
Announces
Larry Kramer Memorial Chapbook Contest
2010
Deadline (postmark date) April 15, 2010
Send 16-24 pages of poetry. The work as a whole must be previously unpublished, though individual poems may have been previously published. Poems should be single spaced, one per page.
Send by US Mail only, no mail that needs a signature at the door please, and no UPS
Heartsounds Press
Carol W. Bachofner, poetry editor
12 Center Street
Rockland, ME 04841
Two title pages, one with no personal information, the other with title and poet's name only
Do not staple manuscript; use large paper clip or binder clip.
Poems need not be themed but should work well together
Enclose a table of contents, acknowledgments page if appropriate, these not to be numbered
Manuscript pages numbered sequentially in a footer which also contains the title of the manuscript (No author name in footer please)
Enclose a brief biographical note of 50 words
Enclose a check or money order for $18 made payable to Heartsounds Press
Send SASE for notification only
Send SASP for receipt of manuscript
Heartsounds Press will award $200 to the winner, and will publish the winning manuscript in a print run of at least 100, with 30 to the winner and the remaining available for purchase by winner at author rates. Remaining copies will be sold on the Heartsounds Press website, with 40% of the proceeds to the author. A nationally-known judge will be named later. Initial screening by a panel.
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William Dunbar Book-length Poetry Contest:
Deadline (postmark date) April 1, 2010
Send 48-54 pages of poetry, single-spaced, one poem per page.
Individual poems may be previously published but not as a collection.
Send by US Mail only, no mail that needs a signature at the door please, and no UPS
Heartsounds Press
Carol W. Bachofner, poetry editor
12 Center Street
Rockland, ME 04841
Two title pages, one with no personal information, the other with title and poet's name only
Do not staple manuscript; use large paper clip or binder clip
Poems need not be themed but should work well together
Enclose a table of contents and an acknowledgments page, not numbered with the rest of the manuscript
Manuscript pages should be numbered sequentially in a footer which also contains the title of the manuscript (No author name in footer please)
Enclose a brief biographical note with name, address, email, phone
Enclose a brief statement about Scottish poet, William Dunbar and his influence on poems in the manuscript. (this can be the influence on as few as two of the poems)
Enclose a check or money order for $28 made payable to Heartsounds Press
SASE for notification
SASP for receipt of manuscript
Heartsounds Press will award $400 to the winner, and will publish the winning manuscript in a print run of at least 100, with 50 to the winner and the remaining available for purchase by winner at author rates.
Remaining copies will be sold on the Heartsounds
Press website, with 40% of the proceeds to the author. A nationally-known judge will be named later. Initial screening by a panel.
One runner-up in each contest may be offered publication of his/her manuscript.
NOTE: Heartsounds Press reserves the right to not award prizes or offer publication in either or both of these contests if the judges find no manuscript they deem worthy of winning.
For questions on either of the above contests, email the editor: