Contest judge: Sandra Beasley This contest is for a book-length poetry collection and is open only to poets who have had no more than two full-length poetry collections published. Manuscripts being submitted may not have been published or self-published in print or online as a whole. Manuscript should be single-spaced and paginated with a minimum of 54 pages of poems, each poem beginning on a new page. This is an anonymous submission. Do not include author name or identifying information anywhere in the manuscript. Please place this information in the Cover Letter field of your Submittable submission.  Acknowledgement of previously published individual poems may appear in the cover letter or in the manuscript itself. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please withdraw your manuscript if it is accepted elsewhere. Prize is publication and a $1000 advance against royalties.  

Current or former colleagues, current or former extended-length students, and close friends or family of the contest judge are not eligible.

Submissions will be open until November 15 or until we receive 300 total submissions. We anticipate reaching the 300-submission cap by November 1, so we encourage you to submit early. There is no entry fee for this contest, but as a nonprofit press, we appreciate your donations to help us compensate our readers and staff. However, donations are not required, and neither the readers nor the final judge will know whether or not a submitter has donated.