Southword are reviving their Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition. Two winners will each have their manuscript published, receive €500 in cash and fifty complimentary copies of their chapbook.
The competition is open to
new, emerging and established poets from any country BUT at least one of
the winners will be a debutante (with no chapbook or book published
previously). 25-50 other entrants will be publicly listed as "highly
commended". Manuscripts must be sixteen to twenty pages in length, in
the English language and the sole work of the entrant with no pastiches,
translations or 'versions'. The poems can be in verse or prose. Each
chapbook is guaranteed a review in Southword Online.
The winning chapbooks will be published in August 2014 with striking
cover designs, ISBNs, barcodes and will be offered for sale
internationally through our own website, Amazon and selected independent
book sellers. The winning poets will be considered for the 2015 Cork
Spring Poetry Festival programme and have their chapbooks entered for
the UK Forward Prize for best poem and anthology.
An entrance fee of €25
will be charged for each manuscript.
Entrants may enter more than one
manuscript of 16-20 pages. For full details consult www.munsterlit.ie in
December.
Judges: The winners will be selected by a panel chosen by the
management board of Southword Editions.
How many chapbooks will they publish?
Deadline: March 31st 2014.
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