Zone 3 Press
First Book Award for Poetry
$1,000 AND PUBLICATION IN AN EDITION OF 1,000 COPIESGuidelines:
Two hardcopies of your manuscripts of 48-80 pages.
Two title pages: one with name, address, phone number and one with title only.
Acknowledgments page may be included.
$20.00 reading fee made payable to Zone 3 Press. Reading fee includes a one-year subscription to Zone 3 Magazine.
Deadline: May 1, 2010.Eligibility and Additional Considerations:
Anyone who has not published a full-length collection of poems (48 pages or more) is eligible; those with chapbooks may participate.The final judge is Rigoberto Gonzáles.
In order to ensure the integrity of this award, current and former students and faculty of APSU are not eligible to enter. In addition, Zone 3 Press will not accept manuscripts from contestants who have previously studied with, or have a personal relationship with the announced judge. Zone 3 Press is committed to providing an ethically responsible competition; as such, the editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that display any form of ethical impropriety.
Winner will be notified by e-mail or telephone.
Please include a self-addressed postage paid postcard for confirmation of manuscript receipt. Please use a standard postcard—small index cards will not be accepted by the post office.
For contest results, please include a SASE. All manuscripts other than the winning one will be recycled.
Questions should be addressed to Blas Falconer at falconerb@apsu.edu or Susan Wallace at wallacess@apsu.
Send entries to:
Blas Falconer, Acquisitions EditorZone 3 Press
First Book Award for Poetry
Austin Peay State University
P.O. Box 4565
Clarksville, Tennessee 37044
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ZONE 3 is now accepting submissions for its 21st annual poetry awards. Your entry should include a cover page with your name, address, and the title of your poems as well as a $10 entry fee (includes a one-year subscription to Zone 3). You may submit up to three poems (with SASE) to Zone 3, APSU, Box 4565, Clarksville, TN 37044. Postmarked deadline is November 15, 2009. The winners will be announced in the spring 2010 issue of Zone 3. Prizes: $500/$300/$100 and publication.
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via apsu.edu