2019 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards
$2500 and publication for two collections of poems
final judge: Allison Joseph (online submissions through SUBMITTABLE only)
Two volumes of poems will be selected from an open competition of manuscripts submitted online through Submittable September 28 through December 3, 2018. The winners will each receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press. In addition, both winners will be awarded a $1000 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.
All unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or person who has DACA/TPS status are eligible* (individual poems may have been previously published).
(*Current or former students, colleagues, and close friends of the final judge, and current and former students and employees of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and authors who have published a book with Southern Illinois University Press or have a book under contract with Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible for the Open Competition.)
Entry Fee: $20.00
Complete guidelines are available here.
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