Writing Competition: The Richard Mathews Prize for Poetry

The Richard Mathews Prize for Poetry

Book Publication • $2,000 Award
Selected Poems published in Tampa Review

1. Manuscripts must be previously unpublished. Some or all of the poems in the collection may have appeared in periodicals, chapbooks, or anthologies, but these must be identified.

2. Manuscripts must be at least 48 typed pages; we prefer a length of 60-100 pages but will also consider submissions falling outside this range. Manuscript pages should be consecutively numbered.

3. Entries should include a separate title page with author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available).

4. Entries must include a table of contents and a separate acknowledgments page (or pages) identifying prior publication credits.

5. Submissions are due December 31. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but the University of Tampa Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

6. A nonrefundable handling fee of $25 is required for each manuscript submitted. Submissions are not complete until this fee has been sent using any major credit card via our secure online service. (There is an additional small electronic payment processing fee.)

7. The winning entry will be announced in the subsequent fall. Online submissions will be acknowledged by email.

8. All entries receive one free issue of Tampa Review. (Mailed to any U.S. address; international subscribers will receive a digital issue.)

9. Judging is conducted in accord with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Contest Code of Ethics by the editors of Tampa Review. Submissions are not accepted from current faculty or students at the University of Tampa. Editors will recuse themselves from judging entries from close friends and associates to avoid conflicts of interest.

Submit your entry here.