GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION 

·        manuscript by a single author

·        48-70 pages of poetry, counting any section title pages, but not counting front matter

·        typewritten or computer printed, NO illustrations

·        no author identification anywhere in manuscript

·        pages numbered, one poem, one column per page

·        may include previously published poems (acknowledgments on separate sheet)

·        simultaneous and multiple submissions permitted

·        enclosed in a plain file folder and/or held by a manuscript clip, NO staples or binding 

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. 

Manuscripts will NOT be returned. Entrants who enclose a business-size self-addressed, stamped envelope, or provide an email address, will be notified of the results in January 2011. 

Do NOT send by certified or registered mail. Do NOT send disks. 

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 and elsewhere in June 2011.

Address for Submissions:

Jeremy Downes, Chair
NFSPS Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition
832 Tacoma Dr.
Auburn, AL 36830  

Submission Period: August 1-October 15, 2010 (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 

Recent Winner:  Copies of the current winning volume of the Stevens Competition series, Come in, We’re Open, by Sara Ries, are available through the NFSPS website.