Poetry Competition: Mary C. Mohr Poetry Award for 2012

Mary C. Mohr Poetry Award for 2012

Submission Guidelines
Southern Indiana Review will award a prize of $1500 for poetry submitted under the following guidelines.
Download Printable Guidelines for online submissions.

Each submission must:

Be available for exclusive publication in Vol. 20, No. 1 of SIR. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the entry is published/accepted by another publication while under consideration, the author must promptly notify SIR in writing to withdraw the entry.

Include an entry fee of $20 ($5 for each additional entry submitted). This non-refundable fee includes a year's subscription to SIR. Make check or money order payable to Southern Indiana Review.

List the author’s name, street address, email address (if applicable), phone number, and title(s) of poems submitted on a cover page.

List only the title of poem(s) on each page thereafter.

Consist of no more than four poems (with an additional limit of ten total pages in 12-point font, no more than one poem per page) per each individual submission.

Be addressed to:

Southern Indiana Review, Mary C. Mohr Award
University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard
Evansville, IN, 47712

Be postmarked by October 1, 2012.

Include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgement and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled. Results will be posted on the SIR web site.

Current and former students and employees of the University of Southern Indiana are not eligible for the Award.

All submissions will be considered for publication. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible. All rights revert to the writer upon publication.