Writing Competition: 2019 New Issues Poetry Prize

The 2019 New Issues Poetry Prize 

$1,000, publication, and a paid reading at Western Michigan University for a first book of poems

Judge: Jericho Brown

Guidelines:

• Eligibility: Poets writing in English who have not previously published or self-published a full-length collection (40+ pages) of poems.

• Please include a $25 reading fee. Checks should be made payable to New Issues Press.

• Postmark Deadline: December 30, 2018. The winning manuscript will be named in May 2019 and published in 2020.

• Submit a manuscript at least 40 pages in length, typed on one side, single-spaced preferred. Photocopies are acceptable. Please do not bind manuscript. Include a brief bio, relevant publication information, cover page with name, address, phone number, and title of the manuscript, and a page with only the title.

• Enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification that the manuscript has been received. For notification of title and author of the winning manuscript enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Manuscripts will be recycled..

• A manuscript may be submitted that is being considered elsewhere but New Issues should be notified upon the manuscript’s acceptance elsewhere.

Send manuscripts and queries to:

The New Issues Poetry Prize
(or) The Green Rose Prize
New Issues Poetry & Prose
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5463