Poetry Events
WHO: Standing Rock Cultural Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural arts
organization in Kent, Ohio
WHAT: First SRCA Poetry Chapbook Competition
-Poetry Chapbook Contest – to result in publication & prize to winner, copies to submitters. Submissions begin July 1st and end September 30th.
WHERE: Electronic entries are encouraged. Send to SRCAChapbook@gmail.com with a subject line of (your surname)/SRCA Chapbook Competition.
-Snail Mail Entries may be sent to SRCA Chapbook, 257 N. Water St., Kent, OH 44240.
-Please read all guidelines and rights prior to sending submission.
ENTRY FEE: $8 per manuscript submission, payable by check, paypal, or
money order to SRCA; Fees will be used to defray expenses of the contest. Any remaining fees will benefit our nonprofit programming which includes routine poetry readings. PAYPAL submissions begin July 1, 2010.
-Please indicate method of payment on entry form
CLICK HERE for printable Entry Form
Pay $8 Entry Fee now through PAYPAL
WHEN: See calendar outline below:
- Entries accepted: Jul 1-Sep 30th (postmark must be dated by Sep 30th)
-Winners Notified by Nov 30th via email or mail
-Books mailed or ready to be picked up by Feb 1, 2011
PURPOSE: To promote the literary arts in our general area, promote poet/s with publication, potentially provide a literary series to SRCA, and raise funds for SRCA programming through any remaining entry fees/gallery sales of winning chapbook.
PRIZES: The winner of the contest will receive 25 copies & $50 minimum.
-Each contributor to the contest will receive a copy of the winning chapbook
-In the event of a tie, each winner will receive 15 copies & $25 minimum.
JUDGES: Guest Judges Andrew Rihn and T.M. Göttl with Chapbook
Editor/Judge Tina Puckett
Andrew Rihn is the author of several slim volumes of poetry, including recent chapbook "Outside the Clinic" (Unlikely Stories) and forthcoming chapbooks from New Sins Press, sunnyoutside press, and Pudding House. Andrew was the 2008 First Place Stan and Tom Wick Undergraduate Poetry competition winner and runner-up in the 2009 Working Peoples' Poetry Competition. He has run poetry workshops at both Kent State at Stark and a domestic violence shelter. His online blog can be read athttp://arihn.wordpress.com/.
T.M. Göttl is a member of the Buffalo ZEF creative community and recently-elected vice president of the Ohio Poetry Association. Her work has appeared in Pudding Magazine, Verse Wisconsin, Common Threads, The Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology, Opium Press, The Poet’s Haven, Deep Cleveland, The Mill, Waynessence, and others, as well as on 91.3 WAPS The Summit and 89.7 WOSU radio. Her first full-length collection, Stretching the Window, was published in 2008. She can be found online atwww.buffalozef.net.
Tina Puckett is the author of six chapbooks, most recently “Crushed Sunlight” from Spare Change Press. She also served as a Poetry Editor and Editor-In-Chief (1994-1998) for then national literary journal, Canto, at Kent State at Stark where she also studied in numerous creative writing and poetry workshops with poet Robert Miltner. Her most recent individual publication appeared in MUSE and most recent poetry award was with The University of Akron’s Women’s Studies 2010 Poetry Competition.
Entry Guidelines:
Target Contributors: At least somewhat experienced, beginners also welcome; contributors limited to residents of the United States
Pages: Fifteen to Twenty, Single-Side 8.5 x 11 Pages of Poetry (not number of poems) Per Manuscript, use 1” page margins, no special page formatting (formatting within poem is acceptable), indicate if poem continues (i.e., continued with line break, continued without line break), size 10 Arial font
-Electronic Entries including Entry Form - must be in .rtf format only
-In addition, include completed Entry Form as well as one Title Page with only title (Editor/judge may see author info for tracking purposes only/2 additional judges will be 100% blind guest judges); name not to appear on manuscript itself
-Copies must be clean and legible (please also spell-check and proofread); poems must be based primarily in the English language
-No previously published manuscripts – individual poems can be published/
must be acknowledged on a separate Acknowledgments sheet and permission for re-publication from previous publisher must be obtained (or first rights for author must have been retained); Simultaneous submissions are accepted and entrant is expected to notify competition immediately if submission is accepted elsewhere.
-Self-addressed, stamped postcard must be sent if confirmation of manuscript receipt is wanted; Electronic entries will receive email confirmation. No late entries will receive response. All manuscripts will be recycled after final judging.
**No staff or routine volunteers of SRCA (defined as those volunteering on a consistent monthly basis or on a basis of 6-12 months of the year) nor judges will be permitted to enter to allow for fair judging. Judges can opt not to score due to any conflict of interest if a bias might occur. Judges must opt not to score if submitter is a known student or relative of the judge. “Opt-out” can be marked on the response sheet to prevent scoring issues upon final score tallies.
Rights:
SRCA will reserve rights to print/reprint and sell chapbook only – all first publication rights to the individual poems will return to the author(s). Additional author rights include the ability to make additional copies at author’s expense. Additional rights to SRCA are the ability to reprint chapbooks and receive all profits from sale of chapbooks other than author’s initial copies or author’s subsequent self-paid copies, from which author may profit free and clear from SRCA. No additional revenue aside from initial 25 copies and initial cash prize will be received by author from SRCA.
***Please indicate on Entry Form that your rights and organization’s rights have been understood. Hard copies must be signed/dated by author. Emails will be considered electronically signed/dated. No publication can take place without this agreement.
Judging Criteria – Scoring of 1-10 on the following criteria:
*No Hallmark verse (overly sentimental; light, inspirational) or hate poetry
*Cohesiveness of the manuscript/success of theme if there is an actual theme (strong seam?)
*Vivid and/or innovative use of language and imagery (Have our brains been tickled? Do we see a film of what your words say?)
Publication specifics:
Finished product will be 5.5 x 8.5 chapbook printed on 24# acid-free fine linen or fine parchment paper stock with a card stock cover, saddle stitch stapled
Cover sheet, acknowledgments page, and contents will be published; Chapbook will also include a brief synopsis of contest including short bio about each judge & a brief overview of SRCA. There is a possibility that printer’s logo may appear on back cover.
This event will be promoted through Facebook, press outlets, flyers, and bulk e-mailings.
Standing Rock staff will not be responsible for any loss or damage during submission process. Submitting an entry to this competition constitutes an understanding and agreement with all conditions. Entries will be recycled upon judging completion. Please do not send any only original copies!
Standing Rock Cultural Arts assumes the right to use quoted lines of poetry from the winning chapbook in promotional materials. Any quotes used will be
credited to the poet(s).
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Standing Rock Cultural Arts is a non profit art and educational organization located at 257 N. Water St. in downtown Kent, Ohio, whose mission is to build community through the arts. We always welcome donations to assist in the operation of our programs, and all donations are tax-deductible. Checks may be mailed to:
SRCA
257 N Water St
Kent OH 44240
330.673.4970
info@standingrock.net
Chapbook inquiries to: SRCAChapbook@gmail.com
Thank you for supporting the Arts! Good luck to our chapbook competitors!