The PSA Chapbook Fellowships

The PSA Chapbook Fellowships

Four renowned poets will each choose a winning chapbook manuscript for publication and distribution by the Poetry Society of America. Winners will receive $1000. Winners will also have the option of teaching a single class at Purchase College for $1,000 under the sponsorship of the Royal and Shirley Durst Chair in Literature.

The Two Categories

–The PSA National Chapbook Fellowships
Judged by Harryette Mullen and Mark Strand

This contest is open to any United States resident who has not published a full-length poetry collection.

–The PSA New York Chapbook Fellowships
Judged by Rae Armantrout and Kevin Young

This contest is open to any New York City resident (in the five boroughs) who is 30 or under and has not published a full-length poetry collection.

*Note: Poets may apply to one contest only.

Additional guidelines for both categories:

To download a copy of these guidelines click here. Or, to have a copy sent to you, provide your email address and press the ‘email me’ button:

1. Manuscript page length: between 20-30 pages. Poems must be typed on 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper and bound with a spring clip. No illustrations may be included. Do not include photocopies of poems from magazines or journals. Please submit only one copy of your manuscript. Manuscripts should include no more than one poem per page.

2. A complete submission should include:

a. Title page with contest name (The National Chapbook Fellowship or The New York Chapbook Fellowship), your name, address, telephone, email, and any other relevant contact information. Your name should not appear elsewhere in the manuscript.

b. A title page with just the title of the manuscript.

c. An acknowledgements page. Poems included in your manuscript may be previously published, but please include an acknowledgements page listing specific publications. Note: previous publications and/or the inclusion of published poems will not serve as a determining factor in the screening or judging of manuscripts.

d. A complete Table of Contents.

e. Payment of a $12.00 non-refundable entry fee (check or money order payable in U.S. dollars to Poetry Society of America). This fee is not waived for PSA members. Please do not send cash. While you may not submit to both The National Chapbook Fellowship and The New York Chapbook Fellowship, multiple submissions to one contest are accepted. Please note: we require separate entry fees for each manuscript you submit.

f. Self-addressed stamped post card for confirmation of receipt and a self-addressed stamped envelope for announcement of the winners.

3. Manuscripts by more than one author will not be accepted.

4. Translations will not be accepted.

Entries will be accepted between October 1st and December 23rd, of 2006. Entries postmarked later than December 23rd, 2006 will not be accepted. Manuscripts will not be returned. Electronic and faxed submissions will not be accepted. If your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, you must notify the PSA. Submission to the Chapbook Fellowship Program does not prohibit you from applying to the PSA Annual Awards.

Mail all entries to:
Poetry Society of America
15 Gramercy Park
New York, NY 10003

Hollis Summers Poetry Prize

Hollis Summers Poetry Prize

Named after the distinguished poet who taught for many years at Ohio University and made Athens, Ohio, the subject of many of his poems, this competition invites writers to submit unpublished collections of original poems. The competition is open to both those who have not published a book-length collection and those who have.

Submission Period
Manuscripts must be postmarked by October 31. Those postmarked later will be returned unread. Format Manuscripts of 60 to 95 pages should be typed on standard sized paper or be a clean photocopy. Do not send your only copy. Name, address, and phone number should appear on the title page. Acknowledgments should appear on a separate page. Individual collections must be the work of a single author. Translations are not accepted. Manuscripts should be submitted in final form; revisions or emendations to acknowledgments will not be considered during the contest. Multiple submissions to other publishers are acceptable provided we are informed if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. The manuscript should be submitted in a plain 9 x 11 1/2 manila folder. Please do not submit manuscripts bound in ring binders or plastic holders.

Return of Manuscripts
Because we cannot guarantee the return of the manuscripts, all entries become the property of Ohio University Press and those not chosen will be recycled. Do not include a self-addressed stamped envelope. All contestants will be notified following the final selection. Include a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish acknowledgment of receipt.

Entry Fee
Submissions should include a check for $20 made out to Ohio University Press to help defray administrative costs.

Judging
The final judge for the competition will be named when the winner is announced in April. Individual criticism of manuscripts cannot be given.

Prize
The winning manuscript will be published by Ohio University Press the following year and will be awarded a cash prize of $1000.

Send all materials to:
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
Ohio University Press
19 Circle Drive
The Ridges
Athens, OH 45701

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill–Visiting Writer

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kenan Visiting Writer. The Department of English & the Creative Writing Program seek to bring an emerging talent to campus for a one-year teaching appointment as the Kenan Visiting Writer, a position that alternates between poetry & prose.

For the 2007-2008 academic year, beginning August 2007, the Program requests applicants in PROSE, fiction and/or literary non-fiction. Requirements: significant publication in major
literary magazines; applicants should have published one recent book or have one book under contract, no more; previous college teaching experience; willingness to relocate to Chapel Hill for one year; MFA degree preferred but not required.

Conditions of appointment: one-year non-renewable appointment; salary, $28,000; will teach one undergraduate creative writing course per semester, probably on an introductory level; must give one major public reading & otherwise participate fully in the life of the Creative Writing Program.

Materials needed: c.v.; three letters of reference, two of which should be written by
people familiar with the applicant’s teaching abilities & who ccan evaluate applicant’s suitability; up to ten pages of published work; one-page personal statement indicating how an appointment of this sort would serve the applicant’s needs & endeavors.

Deadline, February 1, 2007. Mail applications & all supporting materials to:
Bland Simpson,
Director, Creative Writing Program / Visiting Writer Search Committee
Greenlaw Hall CB# 3520
UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520.

Lantern Books Essay Competition

Lantern Books Essay Competition

The aim of our essay competition is to allow new thinking to emerge on the key subjects of Lantern’s publishing program and to encourage new voices to step forward to shape the debate of the future.

Subject
This year, we’re giving participants 3 topics to choose from:

We’ve just been through five years of focus on terrorism and September 11th. What are the most pressing issues for the U.S. or the world in the next five years?

Given today’s political climate, what are the best/most effective forms of activism?

Describe a turning point in your consciousness. Why do you believe what you believe?

Guidelines
We encourage those wishing to enter to familiarize themselves with Lantern’s core subject areas by exploring the Lantern website and reading the 2005 Winning & Runner-Up Essays. Past winners and runner-ups may not participate.

Judges will be looking for originality of vision, knowledge of the subject, skill in presenting an argument, and literary merit.

Essays should be 1500 words or less, and submitted to essay@lanternbooks.com by December 31, 2006. Please include your name, email address, snail mail address, phone number and essay title in the body of the email.

Prizes
$1000 first prize
$500 second prize
$250 third prize
Winners will be announced in March 2007.
Prize money will be paid by check in US dollars.
Winning essays may be published in the next Lantern catalogue, on the Lantern website, and in other venues (information will be forthcoming).

Judges
The panel of judges is to be announced. Go write, we’ll find great judges to read.

CRAB ORCHARD SERIES IN POETRY OPEN COMPETITION AWARDS

CRAB ORCHARD SERIES IN POETRY OPEN COMPETITION AWARDS

$3500 & PUBLICATION
$2000 & PUBLICATION

Two poetry books will be selected. Both winners receive publication with Southern Illinois University Press plus $1500 for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. First prize: $2000. Second prize: $500. $25 entry fee. Postmark deadline: November 16, 2006.

Mail to:

Crab Orchard Series Open Competition
Faner 2380 – Mail Code 4503
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901

For guidelines, visit: www.siu.edu/~crborchd/conpo.html

THE WAYWISER PRESS – ANTHONY HECHT POETRY PRIZE

THE WAYWISER PRESS – ANTHONY HECHT POETRY PRIZE

The Waywiser Press is now accepting submissions of manuscripts for the second annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, which is open to poets who have published no more than one previous collection.

Prize: $3,000 or £1,750 and publication by Waywiser in USA & UK
Deadline: December 1st 2006
Entry Fee: $25 or £15

For guidelines & entry form please go to:
www.waywiser-press.com/hechtprize2006.html

or send SASE to:
The Waywiser Press,
P.O. Box 6205, Baltimore, MD 21206

OR:

9 Woodstock Road, London N4 3ET, UK

Inquiries may be emailed to: waywiserpress@aol.com

ONE PARAGRAPH WRITING COMPETITION

ONE PARAGRAPH WRITING COMPETITION

First prize: round-trip ticket anywhere in the continental U.S.

The paragraph of the day (tpotd) is sponsoring CONTEXT, a writing competition in which contestants are asked to write and submit a single paragraph. The paragraph should be written as it would appear in the context of a longer work — a novel, short story, memoir, essay, newspaper article, work of history, or analytical writing : any piece of prose. But the longer work need not actually exist.

The submission should include two or three sentences describing the work from which the paragraph is derived (even if the longer work is entirely imaginary). Paragraphs must come from a work that has not been published.

Paragraphs that win first, second, and third place will be posted on the tpotd website and will be sent to readers of the paragraph of the day. In addition, the top three submissions will win these awards:

First place: a round-trip airline ticket anywhere in the continental United States (subject to some restrictions on available dates);

Second place: a one-year subscription to Granta magazine;

Third place: a copy of The Best American Essays of the Century, Robert Atwan and Joyce Carol Oates, eds.

Submissions to the CONTEXT writing competition should be made using the “Contact Us” button on the paragraph of the day website, http://www.tpotd.net. Entries are due December 31, 2006. Winners will be announced on or before March 1, 2007.

Include with your submission your name, address, and e-mail address. And don’t forget to include a short description of the underlying work, real or imaginary. Please, only one submission per person.

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