The Sow's Ear has two annual contests - the chapbook competition and the poetry competition. Contests are judged by poets with national reputations.
Send all contest submissions to:
Robert G. Lesman, Managing Editor
P.O. Box 127
Millwood, VA 22646
Make checks payable to Sow's Ear Poetry Review.September-October: POETRY COMPETITION
Award - $1000, publication, and the option of publication for approximately twenty finalists
Judge in 2011 is Scott Cairnes.
Poetry Competition Guidelines: Open to adults. Send unpublished poems to the address above. Please DO NOT put your name on poems. Include a separate sheet with poem titles, name, address, phone, and e-mail address if available. No length limit on poems. Simultaneous submission acceptable. (We will check with finalists before sending to final judge.) Send poems in September or October. Postmark deadline Nov. 1st. Include self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for notification, which we will try to send in January. Entries will not be returned. Entry fee is $27 for up to five poems. The reading fee includes a complimentary one-year subscription to the Review.