10th Annual Slope Editions Book Prize

10^th ANNUAL SLOPE EDITIONS BOOK PRIZE
JUDGE: PAUL HOOVER

 

$1000.00 plus book publication

 

Deadline: March 15, 2011
Winner to be announced Summer 2011

 

Paul Hoover is the author of twelve books of poetry including Sonnet 56, Edge and Fold, and Poems in Spanish, nominated for the Bay Area Book Award. He is editor of Postmodern American Poetry and, with Maxine Chernoff,  New American Writing. His collection of literary essays, Fables of Representation, was published in the Poets on Poetry series of University of Michigan Press in 2004. He has also published a novel, Saigon, Illinois and numerous translations.  Hoover is a winner of the Jerome J. Shestack, the Carl Sandburg Award, the l984 General Electric Foundation Award for Younger Writers and an NEA Fellowship in poetry. He is Professor of Creative Writing at San Francisco State University.

 

The winning poet will have his/her book of poems published in 2012 or 2013 by Slope Editions. He or she will receive free copies of the book in lieu of royalties, which are no longer offered, and $1000. Last year's judge was Franz Wright, who selected Alexandria Peary’s Lid to the Shadow.  All entrants receive, with SASE, a copy of a previously published Slope Editions book with their entry fee.  Entrants to the Annual Slope Editions Book Contest may also be considered for additional Slope Editions publications.  Entrants being considered for these publications will be notified.We offer sincere thanks to all entrants and readers for supporting Slope Editions and small press poetry.

Eligibility:Any American poet writing in English is eligible, unless that person has a close personal or professional relationship with the judge and/or Slope Editions staff. Past or current students of the judge are ineligible to enter; entry fees will be returned in these cases.Any manuscript that a) has appeared or is forthcoming as a printed book or e-book, or b) comprises the majority of an existing or forthcoming chapbook, will NOT be considered.

Manuscript Format: 40 to 90 pages, typed, and bound only by a clip. Include two title pages (one with book title, name, address, telephone and e-mail; one with book title only), table of contents, and acknowledgments page with manuscript.

Entry fee: A $20 entry fee, payable to "Slope Publishing Inc.," in the form of a check or money order, must accompany all submissions. Your fee entitles you to a previously published Slope Editions book chosen at random. Please provide a book-sized SASE with appropriate postage so we may mail you your book. If you don't provide a SASE, we can't mail the book.

 

Notification: Save trees! We do NOT accept notification SASEs or postcards.Please check the Slope Editions website for announcement of contest winner. Notification SASEs or postcards will NOT be returned.

Revisions: The winner will be able to revise his/her manuscript before publication. No revisions will be considered during the reading period. 

Deadline:

Submissions must be postmarked no later than March 15, 2011. No Federal Express, UPS, or other overnight mail services, please. No fax or electronic submissions. Submissions should be sent by first-class mail to our editorial address:

Slope Editions 8th Annual Book Prize
c/o Christopher Janke, Senior Editor
847 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301