15TH ANNUAL POETRY BOOK COMPETITION - 2009
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONPOSTMARK DEADLINE
November 30, 2009. Submissions with a later postmark date will be discarded.
FREE BRIGHT HILL PRESS FULL-LENGTH POETRY BOOK
Include sturdy padded 6 x 9 or sturdy 9 x 12 envelope with $2.50 postage, and we will send you a free, award-winning Bright Hill Press Poetry Book.NOTIFICATION DATES
Results will be announced in 2010; publication 2011MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
Send 48-64 pages, plus bio, table of contents, acknowledgments page, and title page. No dot-matrix, but good photocopies acceptable. Manuscript must be paginated and secured by bulldog or spring clip; no bound manuscripts or manuscripts in book form.MANUSCRIPTS WILL BE JUDGED ANONYMOUSLY
1.Include 2 title pages: one with title only; one with title, author's name, address, and telephone. Poems may be published in journals or anthologies; attach acknowledgments page to title page with author's name, address, telephone, and e-mail.
2. Manuscripts will not be returned; include SASE for results only.
3. More than one manuscript may be submitted but each requires a reading fee.
4. Simultaneous submissions are accpetable but Bright Hill Press must be notified if the manuscript is taken elsewhere.READING FEE
$25; $17 Word Thursdays/Bright Hill Press members (for information on how to join the organization, e-mail us at