Poetica Publishing Company

"A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure in which he reveals to us the inner working of his soul." - Leo Tolstoi

                      Chapbook Contest - Guidelines

 

 Current theme:

"The Spirit of Nature"

Final Judge: Michal Mahgerefteh


Michal Mahgerefteh
is the Editor-in-Chief of Poetica Magazine 
www.poeticamagazine.com

Award: $25.00 / 50 Copies / Certificate

 

 

 Official Rules:

1.   Submit up to 30 pages of poetry/prose. 
2.   Submit manuscripts by April 1st, 2010
3.   No name should appear on poems.
4.   Send two cover pages and two copies of the manuscript.
5.   One cover page clipped to poems, with title only, no identifying information.
6.   One separate cover page to contain title, name, address, phone and e-mail.
7.   Include contents page and acknowledgments of previously published poems.
8.   Please do not submit a manuscript that has been previously published.
9.   Include $20.00 reading fee, check/money order only.
10. Include SASE for results.
11. Authors retain all rights to their work.
12. Authors must own all rights to their work.
13. No manuscripts will be returned. We shred and recycle all unused work. 
14. Notification by June 2010.

 

**All entrants will receive a complimentary copy of the chapbook collection

 

The Chapbook:
5.5" x 8.5" , full color cover, glossy, saddle stapled

 

 

Please mail to:

Poetica Publishing Company
Chapbook Contest
P.O. Box 11014
Norfolk, VA. 23517