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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE
POETRY SOCIETIES, INC
http://www.nfsps.com
2011 STEVENS POETRY MANUSCRIPT
COMPETITION
awarding $1000 + publication +
50 books
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
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48-70
page poetry manuscript by a single author
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Typewritten or computer printed, NO illustrations
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No
author identification anywhere in manuscript
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Pages
numbered, no more than one poem per page
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May
include previously published poems (acknowledgments on separate sheet)
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Simultaneous and multiple submissions permitted
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Enclosed in a plain file folder and/or held by a manuscript clip, NO staples or
binding
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No
certified or registered mail; no disks
Include two title pages, one with no author ID, the other with name, address,
phone number, email address, and, if applicable, state poetry society
membership. Include a table of contents.
Entrants who provide an email address or who enclose a business-size
self-addressed, stamped envelope will be notified of the results in January
2012. Manuscripts will be recycled.
Notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
All manuscripts will be reviewed for compliance with guidelines and overall
quality by the competition chair. Approximately 100 will be sent, without
identification or acknowledgments, to an independent judge, who will remain
anonymous until the results are announced.
The winning manuscript will be published by the NFSPS Press, and the book will
be available for sale at the NFSPS annual convention, on the web, and elsewhere
in June 2012.
Address for Submissions:
Jeremy Downes, Chair
NFSPS Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition 832 Tacoma Dr.
Auburn, AL 36830
Submission Period:
August 1-October 15, 2011 (postmark deadline)
Entry Fee: $20
for NFSPS members, $25 for nonmembers
(Members of state poetry societies affiliated with NFSPS are members.)
Past Judges:
David Baker, Michael Dennis Browne, Michael Bugeja, Anne Marx, Sue Brannan
Walker, Kenneth Brewer, David Sutherland, Donna Salli, Bruce Eastman, Ruth
Berman, Peter Meinke, Lawson Inada, Patricia Fargnoli, Jeff Gundy, Carolyne
Wright, Ralph Burns, Lola Haskins
Recent Winner:
Copies of the current winning volume of the Stevens Competition series, Rawdon
Tomlinson's Lines from the Surgeon's Children, 1862-1865, are available
through the NFSPS website.
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