The Teacher’s Voice
2010 Chapbook Contest
Deadline For Submissions: August 20, 2010
Book Release: December 2010
1st Prize: $200 honorarium and 50 copies
2nd Prize: $100 Book Award
3rd Prize: $ 75 Book Award$20 Contest/Reading fee All contestants receive a copy of the winning chapbookAn editorial board plus an anonymous judge to be announced after the contest will conduct the judging of blind submissions. We accept simultaneous submissions and will consider publishing several manuscriptsas well as individual pieces in upcoming issues of The Teacher's Voice.Past and present TTV staff is ineligible.*Guidelines: We will publish literary nonfiction, short stories, and poems that reflect aspects of the American educational or teaching experience. All styles and aesthetics are welcome. Please submit 16-24 pages of any combination of poetry, short story, or creative nonfiction along with a $20 check or money order reading fee. Prose needs to be double-spaced. Your name should appear on a separate title page along with your manuscript title, listing of contents, address, telephone, and email. Include an acknowledgements' page for any previously published work. No more than 50% of the manuscript may be previously published. Authors must own all rights to their work. Selected finalists will be asked to send their manuscripts as a word file. Pre-publication proofs and cover art are mailed for approval. Authors retain all rights to their work after publication. We retain the right to print up to 1000 copies; after this, a standard 10% of press run contract will be offered.
Please send your manuscript along with SASE for notification of contest results.
Manuscripts are not returned. We shred and recycle all work not used, and do not take responsibility for any manuscript that is not returned. Do not send your only copy!
Please contact editors for any further information at:editor@the-teachers-voice.orghttp://www.the-teachers-voice.org
The Teacher’s VoiceChapbook ContestP.O. Box 150384Kew Gardens, NY 11415
