Fiction and Poetry Contest: Third Coast

The 2011 Third Coast Fiction & Poetry Contests

Postmark Deadline: December 1, 2010

Fiction Prize: $1,000 & Publication

Poetry Prize : $1,000 & Publication

Final Judges

Fiction: Brad Watson
Poetry: Natasha Trethewey

Complete Guidelines

1. Submit one previously unpublished story of up to 9,000 words or three (3) previously unpublished poems with a $15 reading fee payable to Third Coast. Please send each entry separately and clearly mark whether it is a poetry or fiction entry.

Send entries and reading fee to:

Third Coast 2011 Fiction or Poetry Contest
Department of English
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331

2. Each $15 entry fee entitles entrant to a 1-year subscription to Third Coast, an extension of an existing subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose a complete address for subscription.

3. All manuscripts should be typed (fiction entries should be double-spaced), and accompanied by a cover letter with the author's name, contact information (address, telephone, and email address), and entry title(s). Please include entry title(s) and page numbers on all manuscript pages. The author's name and identifying information should only appear on the cover letter; identifying information must not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself.

4. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; if accepted elsewhere, we ask that work be withdrawn from the contest immediately. If a poem or story is chosen as a finalist, Third Coast requires that it be withdrawn from any other publication considerations until the winner is selected. If the poem or story is scheduled to be published elsewhere before September 2011, please do not submit it.

5. Winners will be announced in February 2011 and published in the Fall 2011 issue of Third Coast. All contest entries will be considered for regular inclusion in Third Coast.

6. Writers associated with the judges or Third Coast are not eligible to submit work to the contest.

7. No money will be refunded. Submissions will not be returned. Send SASE for results only.

About the Judges

Brad Watson won the Sue Kauffman Award for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts & Letters for his first collection, Last Days of the Dog-Men. His first novel, The Heaven of Mercury, was a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award. Watson's most recent collection of stories is Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (2010).

Natasha Trethewey is the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her book Native Guard. Her first poetry collection, Domestic Work, won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and her second collection, Bellocq's Ophelia, was named a Notable Book for 2003. Trethewey's most recent work is a book of creative non-fiction, titled Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf (2010).

Call for Submissions: ChamberFour

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: C4 MAGAZINE ISSUE #1

ChamberFour.com seeks submissions for the inaugural issue of its online/ebook magazine, C4.

For Issue #1, we're looking for:

--> fiction (short stories, flash fiction)
--> nonfiction (personal essays, memoir excerpts, travel writing)
--> poetry (traditional, experimental)
--> digital visual art

Accepted writing will be published on ChamberFour.com, and collected in an ebook, probably by January. (We can't pay you, but we'll mail you an awesome can koozie, which is better than money.)

Find full guidelines here, and check out the anthology we recently published to get an idea of our publishing process---it's at ChamberFour.com/anthology.

Send submissions to:
submissions(at)chamberfour.com (replace (at) with @) or find us on Submishmash here. We accept submissions on a rolling basis, but priority for the first issue will be given to those received by December 1, 2010.

Fiction Contest for Georgia writers: Creative Loafing

Submit a manuscript of no more than 3,000 words either as a hard copy to our offices or online. All works of fiction must in some way incorporate "X" — as a theme, a metaphor, whatever. You can use the word as any way you like; just use it well. Originality is encouraged, and the word count is enforced.

1st place, $1,000
2nd place, $250
3rd place, $100
Deadline is Fri., Nov. 19, 5 p.m.
Winners will be published in Creative Loafing and honored at an awards ceremony.

Send submissions to:
Creative Loafing Atlanta
ATTN: Fiction Contest
384 Northyards Blvd., Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30313

Or submit online
Contest is open to Georgia-residents only.

Fiction contest rules:
Stories must reference the theme, "X," in some fashion, even tangentially. Originality counts.
Writers must be Georgia residents.
Stories must be no more than 3,000 words.
Three winners will appear in the Jan. 6 issue of Creative Loafing.

If entry is being submitted via snail mail, send one copy of a typed, double-spaced, unpublished manuscript. List your name, address, phone number, e-mail address and title of the story on the cover page only. Please staple all pages together. Be prepared to submit the story electronically if chosen for publication.

One story per entrant.

Judges will make their decision based on originality, style and literary quality.Manuscripts must be the original work of the entrant, unpublished and not currently under consideration for publication. No excerpts from longer works will be considered, nor will stories previously entered in a CL Fiction Contest. Do not send originals. Entries will not be returned. Staff members of Creative Loafing, Inc. and current freelancers are not eligible to enter. The author retains copyright, but Creative Loafing reserves the right to publish entries in both its print and online editions.

All entries must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. No exceptions, so don't ask.
Finalists will be contacted by email or phone on or around Dec. 22.
No phone calls please.

Call for Submissions: Anthology of "Bad Dates"

Editors for the anthology, 50 Worst Dates, are soliciting nonfiction accounts about real-life "bad date" experiences. Did your date have terrible manners? Overshared? Drank too much? Or was there just a series of bad events?

Entries should be between 200-800 words and give a quick but detailed overview of the most uncanny, strange, humorous, embarrassing, or downright awful encounter you've ever had on a date.

Deadline is Dec. 15, 2010.

Entries accepted for publication will be collected in an anthology of brief takes about experiences with the dating world, published in Ebook form. All published entrants will receive a byline and short bio. Unless you choose to remain anonymous, your name and city of residence will be included with your accepted story. Please understand that the editors may make slight changes to the length, vocabulary, and/or title of your story; however, if your piece is chosen for the anthology, the general content and meaning will remain the same.

Email submissions to:
50worstdates (at) comcast.net (Replace (at) with @)

Residency: Artsmith Artist Residency on Orcas Island

The fifth annual Artsmith Artist Residency is open for applications
until November 1, 2010, for the upcoming residency the week of February
25 to March 4, 2011. The residency includes lodging and continental
breakfast on Orcas Island in Washington State.

To learn more about the residency and to apply, please visit our website.

Call for Submissions from Women Writers: damselfly press

damselfly press, a prize-winning online literary journal for women, is pleased to announce the publication of our thirteenth issue and call for submissions for the fourteenth issue. We are seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by female writers only slated for online publication in Jan 2011. 

The deadline to submit for the fourteenth issue is Dec 15th.
These are the e-mails per genre editor:

Fiction- jennifer(at)damselflypress.net
(replace (at) with @)

Poetry- lesley(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)

Nonfiction- nonfiction(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)

Poetry Prize: Bellday Books

Bellday Books, Inc.                                                          
BELLDAY POETRY PRIZE
$2,000 PRIZE TO WINNING POET 
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2011

CONTEST FINAL JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI.
Elaine Equi has published 11 books of poetry, including her most recent work Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems (2007) and Voice-Over (1999), which won the San Francisco State Poetry Award. Her work is widely anthologized and appears in Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology and in The Best American Poetry (1989, 1995, 2002). She lives in New York with her husband and teaches creative writing in the Master of Fine Arts programs at City College of New York and The New School.

Bellday Books will publish the winning book and award $2,000 and 25 copies of the book to the winning author.

CONTEST RULES·        
Submit a manuscript of 60-90 pages of original poetry in any style in English. The manuscript must not have been published in book or chapbook, but may contain poems that have appeared in print or on the Internet.  Entries may consist of individual poems, a book-length poem or any combination of long or short poems.

Submitted manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Include a table of contents page, but do not send an acknowledgements page.

Manuscript must be typed single-spaced, paginated and bound with a spring clip.
Enclose an SASE for announcement of the winner. Manuscripts cannot be returned.
Postmark deadline: March 15, 2011.
Include a check or money order for $25 reading fee, payable to BELLDAY BOOKS.
Bellday Books reserves the right not to select an award winner, in which case all reading fees will be refunded.


CONTEST MAILING ADDRESS:
Bellday Books, Inc.
P.O. Box 3687
Pittsburgh, PA 15230

Questions may be directed to: office(at)belldaybooks.com
(replace (at) with @)
 

Fiction Contest: SmokeLong Quarterly

30-Word Story Contest: SmokeLong Quarterly

In honor of SmokeLong Quarterly’s 30th issue, we are holding a 30-word story contest. From November 1 to November 30, we will be accepting submissions of 30-word stories on any topic. The top 5 stories will be published in our 30th issue due out at the end of December.

The rules:

•Thirty words exactly—no less, no more.
•You MUST have a title for your story, though the title does not count toward the word count.
•You can submit up to three stories, but please submit each story SEPARATELY.
•No entry fee.
•Submissions open from November 1 to November 30.

The final judge for this hint fiction contest is Robert Swartwood, the editor of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer, due out by W. W. Norton in November 2010.

The link to our site.

Creative Nonfiction Prize: Anderbo

Elizabeth Wurtzel to Judge 2011 Anderbo Creative Nonfiction Prize

Winner receives $500

Guidelines:
–The creative nonfiction piece should be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the writer's name and contact information on the upper right corner of the first page, and the writer's name on every page
–Entries must be postmarked by June 15, 2011
–Limit one entry per writer
–Writer must not have been previously published on anderbo.com
–Mail submissions to:

Anderbo Creative Nonfiction Prize,
270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1412
New York, NY 10012

–Enclose self-addressed stamped business envelope to receive names of winner and honorable mentions
–All entries are non-returnable and will be recycled
–Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe

Elizabeth Wurtzel
2011 Anderbo Creative Nonfiction Prize Judge
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel, an American writer and journalist, is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. She published her groundbreaking memoir of depression, the cultural phenomenon Prozac Nation, at the tender age of 26.

Complete guidelines http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/andernonfictionprize2011.html

Call for Submissions: The Whistling Fire

The Whistling Fire is proud to announce our on going Guest Editor Themed Months.

Our January Guest Editor is Chema Guijarro
Submission Deadline December 20th
Dear Writers,

If, like me, you’ve forced your voice or your characters’ voices into something mainstream-American readers can relate to, you’re in luck: Whether you prefer the get-me-if-you-can approach of Junot Díaz, the slang-and-gibberish-loving style of Julio Cortázar, the future/alternate-reality speak of Anthony Burgess and Michael Chabon, or the non-patronizing elegance-in-translation magic of Mary Yukari Waters… now’s your time to show The Whistling Fire what you’ve got.

I will be looking for fiction and non-fiction that any English-speaking reader can appreciate in spite of a language barrier.

Looking forward to reading your work,

Chema Guijarro

Rules: Please send your fiction or non-fiction to:
whistlingfire(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @).

 Word limit: No More than 3000 words. Please include the words “January Contest” in your subject line. No more than two submissions per author. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Previously published work is also allowed as long as the author retains the rights. Please include a short third person bio for our contributor’s page. Submissions Close December 20th. For more information go here.

About the Editor:
Chema Guijarro left a nascent career in print journalism for a career in fiction writing. He received an MFA from University of California, Riverside’s Graduate Extension campus in Palm Desert, CA, and has taught creative writing at the high-school level. Growing up between Calexico, CA, and Mexicali, B.C., his fiction focuses on the border region, the immigrant and emigrant experience and Latin-American culture as a whole. His work will be featured in You Don't Have a Clue, an all-Latino YA-mystery anthology by Arte Público Press, due to be released in 2011.

Call for Submissions: Prairie Wolf Press

The editors of Prairie Wolf Press, a new online journal, will continue accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and media until November 30, 2010. Please note below the changed email address for prose submissions.

Prairie Wolf Press values the density of language; the impact of the wisely considered word. All submissions to Prairie Wolf Press must be 1,000 or fewer words in length.

Submit your best work: judge for yourself.
Please send prose submissions to:
prairiewolfpress(at)me.com
and poetry submissions to:
yellowpineavenue(at)gmail.com.
Replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail submissions.

Fiction and Poetry Competition: Third Coast

The 2011 Third Coast Fiction & Poetry Contests

Postmark Deadline: December 1, 2010
Fiction Prize: $1,000 & Publication
Poetry Prize : $1,000 & Publication
Final Judges

Fiction: Brad Watson
Poetry: Natasha Trethewey

Complete Guidelines

1. Submit one previously unpublished story of up to 9,000 words or three (3) previously unpublished poems with a $15 reading fee payable to Third Coast. Please send each entry separately and clearly mark whether it is a poetry or fiction entry.

Send entries and reading fee to:

Third Coast 2011 Fiction or Poetry Contest
Department of English
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331

2. Each $15 entry fee entitles entrant to a 1-year subscription to Third Coast, an extension of an existing subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose a complete address for subscription.

3. All manuscripts should be typed (fiction entries should be double-spaced), and accompanied by a cover letter with the author's name, contact information (address, telephone, and email address), and entry title(s). Please include entry title(s) and page numbers on all manuscript pages. The author's name and identifying information should only appear on the cover letter; identifying information must not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself.

4. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; if accepted elsewhere, we ask that work be withdrawn from the contest immediately. If a poem or story is chosen as a finalist, Third Coast requires that it be withdrawn from any other publication considerations until the winner is selected. If the poem or story is scheduled to be published elsewhere before September 2011, please do not submit it.

5. Winners will be announced in February 2011 and published in the Fall 2011 issue of Third Coast. All contest entries will be considered for regular inclusion in Third Coast.

6. Writers associated with the judges or Third Coast are not eligible to submit work to the contest.

7. No money will be refunded. Submissions will not be returned. Send SASE for results only.

About the Judges

Brad Watson won the Sue Kauffman Award for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts & Letters for his first collection, Last Days of the Dog-Men. His first novel, The Heaven of Mercury, was a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award. Watson's most recent collection of stories is Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (2010).

Natasha Trethewey is the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her book Native Guard. Her first poetry collection, Domestic Work, won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and her second collection, Bellocq's Ophelia, was named a Notable Book for 2003. Trethewey's most recent work is a book of creative non-fiction, titled Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf (2010).

Commerce Department Seeks Comment on Protecting Copyrighted Works on the Internet

Department's Internet Policy Task Force leads effort to keep Internet open for innovation
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Internet Policy Task Force today issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comment from all interested stakeholders - including rights holders, Internet service providers, and consumers - on the protection of copyrighted works online and the relationship between copyright law and innovation in the Internet economy. 

“The Department of Commerce has played an instrumental role in the development of policies that have helped digital commerce flourish,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said. “These policies explicitly recognize the legitimate rights and expectations of those whose creation and distribution of digital works strengthen our economy, expand our exports, and create jobs in America. Our ongoing challenge and commitment is to align the flexibility needed for innovation in the Internet economy with effective means of protecting copyrighted works that are accessible online.”

Considering the vital importance of the Internet in today’s society, the Department of Commerce has made it a top priority to ensure that the Internet remains open for innovation.  The initiative on Copyright Policy, Creativity and Innovation in the Internet economy seeks to identify policies that will:

1) Generate benefits for rights holders of creative works accessible online and make recommendations with respect to those who infringe on those rights;

2) Enable the robust and free flow of information to facilitate innovation and growth of the Internet economy; and

3) Ensure transparency and due process in cooperative efforts to build confidence in the Internet as a means of distributing copyrighted works.

The comments gathered through this NOI will be used by the Internet Policy Task Force in preparing a report that will contribute to the administration’s domestic policy and international engagement in the area of online copyright protection.

Today’s announcement and NOI represent one of many issue areas being tackled by the department’s Internet Policy Task Force, which Locke launched in April. The Task Force is comprised of staff members from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the International Trade Administration (ITA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and is coordinated through Commerce’s Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, which reports to the Secretary.

Prior to releasing this NOI, the Task Force held dozens of listening sessions with a wide range of stakeholders over the first half of the year to better understand the current and most complex questions related to online copyright protection and the broader impact of content issues on innovation in the Internet economy.  The Task Force also convened a public meeting on July 1 to address these issues further, which included 20 speakers and representatives from a range of stakeholder groups.
Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by e-mail to copyright-noi-2010@ntia.doc.gov.  Comments filed in response to this NOI will be made available to the public on the Internet Policy Task Force website at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/internetpolicytaskforce.  For this reason, comments should not include confidential, proprietary or sensitive business information.


More details concerning the NOI can be found in the Federal Register notice at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-24863.pdf.

Writing Competition: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry

2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Open Competition Awards
$3500 and publication for two collections of poems
final judge: Yusef Komunyakaa

Below are the guidelines for the 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition:

All unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible* (individual poems may have been previously published). (*Current or former students, colleagues, and close friends of the final judge, Yusef Komunyakaa, and current and former students and employees of Southern Illinois University and authors published by Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible for the Open Competition. For questions about judging, please visit our site.

Two volumes of poems will be selected from an open competition of manuscripts postmarked October 1 through November 16, 2010. The winners will each receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press. In addition, both winners will be awarded a $2000 prize and $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Both readings will follow the publication of the poets' collections by Southern Illinois University Press.

Manuscripts should be typewritten, single-spaced, and between 50 and 80 pages long. No more than one poem should appear on a page. Dot-matrix printing that is not letter-quality is not acceptable. A clean photocopy is recommended. Please do not send your only copy of the manuscript since manuscripts will not be returned, and please do not include illustrations. Crab Orchard Review and Southern Illinois University Press assume no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts. All submissions must be accompanied by a $25 entry fee. Please make your check out to "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry." All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW.

Submit two title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, and daytime phone number should appear on the first title page only. The author's name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. An acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies should be placed after the second title page.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED OCTOBER 1, 2010 through NOVEMBER 16, 2010. (Since this is a postmark deadline, there is no need to send Express Mail, Fedex, or UPS. First Class or Priority Mail are preferred.)

Please address entries to:

Jon Tribble, Series Editor
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
(Open Competition Awards)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901

Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of contest results. If you would like confirmation that the manuscript has been received, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard as well. Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but the series editor must be informed immediately if a collection is accepted for publication.

Call for Submissions and Contest: Cutbank Literary Magazine

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO CUTBANK
Now in its 37th year, CutBank Literary Magazine is once again looking for great work to publish in issues 74 and 75. From October 1 through February 15, we're welcoming original, unpublished works of poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction from established and upcoming writers alike. Over the years, we've been privileged to feature work by Wendell Berry, William Kittredge, Louise Erdrich, Aimee Bender,Richard Hugo, Seamus Heaney, Chris Offutt, Virgil Suarez, Steve Almond, and many others. As editors, we're looking first and foremost for excellent writing. We love to read, and are always looking for work that startles us, engaging us emotionally and challenging us intellectually - and we work hard to cull the majority of content for our issues from unsolicited submissions. We're always excited to feature new writers!

Furthermore, we’re happy to announce that we’re now accepting online submissions! Beginning this fall, all submissions will be handled by Submishmash, a great online system that will simplify the submitting process for writers and streamline our editorial work. Go to cutbankonline.org for more information. We look forward to reading your work!

BIG FISH ONLINE CONTEST: FLASH FICTION & PROSE POETRY
In an effort to keep our online content fresh, promote some of the less-traditional genres that we love, and reward some of the many deserving writers out there, we've also revamped the structure of our online contests for 2010/2011. We're now offering two awards, beginning October 1 with the
Big Fish Online Contest: Flash Fiction and Prose Poetry


(deadline November 1). A prize of $200 and online publication will be given for the best piece of writing under 500 words that we receive. Flash fiction, short-shorts, micro-prose, prose poems, poetic prose, just plain short stories--whatever you call your briefest prose pieces, send them our way! It's only $9 to enter, and all submissions will be considered for the print journal.

For more information and to learn more about our other exciting ventures this year, visit
cutbankonline.org. Thank you! We’re looking forward to another year of tremendous literature, and two new, beautiful issues.

2010 Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest - Now Open!
We will award $2500 in total prizes, including the $1000 cash grand prize. 10 Merit Award Winners will receive $150 Franklin-Christoph writing instruments.
Submission Period
Entries accepted Oct. 1st - Dec. 31st, at midnight EST, 2010.

What to Submit
Original, unpublished poem of any theme. Limit of 2 entries per contestant. Entries should not exceed 100 lines each.

Prizes
First Prize, $1,000 cash and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com
Ten Merit Award Winners, each to receive a $150 Franklin-Christoph writing instrument, and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com. Winners announced by March 15th, 2011.

Entry is Free
There will be no fee or other obligation for entering this contest.

Deadline
December 31st, 2010. Your entry must be submitted online by this date.

Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poems by email. Provide your contact information within your email. Be sure to include your actual name and address, as we will not be able to send prizes to alternate names and addresses after winners have been announced.It is okay to use a pen name with the poem as well, and we will review with you how you would like your specifics to read before publication. It is best to avoid complex formatting, such as centered text or italic type, though alterations can be made in this regard before publication. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations, fancy fonts or decorative borders.

How To Submit
For 2010 we are requiring all submissions to be via email in order to better manage them internally.
Email to:
fcpoetrycontest(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)
Please include your poetry and name and address within the body of the email. Attachments will no longer be accepted. *Note, this is a new email address from previous years. Contact name is Lauren Taylor.
Please include your name, address and contact number at the top of your email. We will hold original copies at our headquarters, and submit anonymous copies to our panel of judges.

Entries Must Be Original and Unpublished
Your entries must be original, written by you, unpublished (either in print or in an online journal), and not have received a monetary award from any other contest. Self-published work is not eligible. Exceptions: Poems posted to the web outside of online journals, such as to a bulletin board, email list, personal web page, critique site or public forums are eligible for entry. Please email us if you're unsure of eligibility. Our staff will research all submissions for prior publication.

Simultaneous Submission Allowed
You may submit your poems simultaneously to this contest and to other contests and publishers. Please notify us if one of your entries wins an award in another contest or is published elsewhere.

English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible.

Privacy
We respect your privacy. Franklin-Christoph does not sell or rent customer or contestant information to third parties, nor do we use it for solicitation of any kind. If you would like to sign up for our fine pen email, you can choose that option, or also follow us on Twitter for all Franklin-Christoph content.

Copyright
You retain the copyright to your submission. If you place as Merit Award Winner or better, Franklin-Christoph only requests permission to publish your work on Franklin-Christoph.com, in our email publications and in our press releases. Any other potential use will be negotiated with you.

Judging
Franklin-Christoph will utilize a panel of independent judges from a staff at a local college. Members of the FC Staff, or other economically affiliated persons are not eligible to enter. Neither are family or associates of the panel of judges.

Form
We are open to poetry in all forms, on all subjects, short or tall, large or small. (within 100 lines)

Thank you for you participation, and we look forward to receiving your entry.