CHAPBOOK CONTEST, March-April
The Chapbook Contest runs every spring. The winning poet receives $1,000, 25 copies, and distribution of the published chapbook to subscribers. This beautiful, professionally-designed chapbook becomes the Spring issue. Sow's Ear Poetry Review Chapbook Contest is open to adults around the world. The judge is Sam Rasnake.
You may send your Chapbook Contest entry one of two ways. Either electronically or through the mail.
Electronic submissions, please send:
- E-mail to SEPoetryReview@gmail.com a PDF copy of 22-26 pages of poetry, including a title page and table of contents - all without your name. Each poem should start on a new page. In the body of your e-mail, please include: the chapbook title, your name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and publication credits for submitted poems (if any).
[nota bene: do not include an acknowledgements page in your chapbook pdf, place acknowledgments in your e-mail along with contact information, as mentioned above.]
- A reading fee of $30 for U.S. addresses. You may pay on PayPal or by check (made out to "Sow's Ear Poetry Review" and sent to Sarah Kohrs, Managing Editor, 1748 Cave Ridge Road, Mt Jackson VA 22842). If you are elsewhere in the world, please send $40 in U.S. currency by PayPal. The fee entitles you to a one-year subscription to Sow's Ear.
Mailed submissions, please send:
- 22-26 pages of poetry, including a title page and table of contents - all without your name and with the pages clipped together. There are no length limitations for the poems. Each poem should start on a new page.
- A separate sheet, indicating the chapbook title, your name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and publication credits for submitted poems (if any).
- A reading fee of $30 for U.S. addresses. You may pay on PayPal or by check (made out to "The Sow's Ear Poetry Review"). If you are elsewhere in the world, please send $40 in U.S. currency by PayPal. The fee entitles you to a one-year subscription to Sow's Ear.
- A self-addressed, stamped envelope, only if you want to be notified via snail mail.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if your chapbook is accepted elsewhere, you must withdraw promptly from our competition [nota bene: the reading fee will not be returned]. Poems previously published are acceptable if you hold publication rights. Entries will not be returned. The winning chapbook will be announced in July.
In March or April, send your chapbook manuscripts and requested information to the Managing Editor: Sarah Kohrs, 1748 Cave Ridge Road, Mount Jackson VA 22842. Entries must be postmarked by May 1. Or, follow the directions above for Electronic submissions.
