Palettes & Quills First Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition
Open to All Writers
Entry Guidelines: Manuscript page length: between 20-30 pages. Poems must be typed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper and bound with a spring clip. Use a standard 12 pt font (Garamond, Arial or New Times Roman). 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 (maximum length is 39 lines per page, including title and stanza breaks. Poems longer than 39 lines must go to a second page and cannot share that page with another poem. Poems longer than two pages are discouraged.
A complete submission should include:
A separate cover sheet with the contest name (The Palettes & Quills Poetry Chapbook Contest), your name, address, telephone, email, and any other relevant contact information. You must also include a statement that all poems are your own original work. Your name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript.
A title page with just the title of the manuscript.
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.
A complete Table of Contents.
Payment of a $20.00 non-refundable entry fee (check or money order payable in U.S. dollars to Palettes & Quills). Please do not send cash. Multiple submissions are accepted, but please note: we require separate entry fees for each manuscript you submit.
Self-addressed stamped post card for confirmation of receipt and a self-addressed #10 stamped envelope for announcement of the winners. (International submissions must include an international mailing coupon)
Manuscripts by more than one author will not be accepted. Translations will not be accepted.
Place the coversheet on top of your entry and mail FLAT to Palettes & Quills Poetry Chapbook Contest, 1935 Penfield Road, Penfield, NY 14526. Winners will be announced on this website December 2008. Manuscripts will not be returned and no electronic or faxed submissions will be accepted. Note: if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, you must immediately notify Palettes & Quills.
Prize: A $200 cash award, plus 50 copies of the published book. Additional copies available at an author’s discount. All finalists will receive one copy of the published book.
Deadline: September 2, 2008. Manuscripts postmarked after September 2 will not be read.
Judging: All manuscripts will be read by published poets. Final judging will done by prize-winning poet and author Ellen Bass, whose fourth book of poems, The Human Line, was just published by Copper Canyon Press in June 2007.