Dear Poet,
This is a call for manuscripts. Nightboat Books is
looking to publish a book-length manuscript by an
emerging or established poet. If you have a great
unpublished manuscript, please send it to us. If you know
someone who has written a deserving manuscript, please
forward them the guidelines listed below. Previous
publication is not a consideration in awarding this prize.
We are simply looking for fresh, dynamic, high quality work.
The winning poet will receive $1,000 plus 10 copies of the
published book. The book will be announced in national
publications, and sold on-line and in East and West coast
bookstores. (Hit Reply to tell us of your favorite bookstores!)
Below you will find the complete guidelines.
Thanks, and good luck with your writing!
The Editors
THE NIGHTBOAT POETRY PRIZE!
DEADLINE: November 30, 2004 postmark date.
CONTEST JUDGE: Jean Valentine
Current National Book Award Nominee for Door in the Mountain:
New and Collected Poems, Wesleyan University Press.
ELIGIBILITY: Any poet writing in English who is not an affiliate
of Nightboat Books is eligible. Age and previous book publication
are not considerations for eligibility. Poems published in print
or on-line periodicals, anthologies, or chapbooks may be included
in the manuscript, but the manuscript itself must be unpublished.
Original work only; translations are ineligible.
FORMAT: At least 48 typed pages, single-spaced, paginated, no
more than one poem per page, one side of the page only. The
manuscript must be typed (clear photocopies are acceptable) and
bound only by a clip. Include two title pages (one with book title,
name, address, telephone and email; one with book title only), table
of contents, and acknowledgments page. The author's name should not
appear anywhere in the manuscript except on the first title page.
Biographical note (optional) should be included at the front of
the manuscript and will be removed before judging. Begin paginating
after the frontmatter. If your book is divided into parts or
has an epigraph, Page 1 will be the first part title or epigraph.
Otherwise, page 1 will be the first poem.
NOTIFICATION: Enclose a standard business-size SASE for winner
notification. We will not return manuscripts. Please do not send
your only copy. Send a self-addressed, stamped postcard (optional)
for notification of manuscript receipt; small index cards will not
be accepted by the post office.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.
Please notify Nightboat Books immediately if your manuscript is
accepted elsewhere.
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: Submission of more than one manuscript is
acceptable. Each manuscript must be submitted separately, each
with a separate entry fee and SASE.
REVISIONS: The winner will have the opportunity to revise the
manuscript before publication. No revisions will be considered
during the reading period.
ENTRY FEE: A $20 entry fee in the form of a check or money order,
payable in US funds, to Nightboat Books must accompany all
submissions. In the event that the judge does not find an entry
suitable for publication, reading fees will be returned to all
entrants.
DEADLINE: Submissions should be postmarked no later than
November 30, 2004.
SEND SUBMISSIONS by first-class mail to:
Nightboat Books
PO Box 656
Beacon, NY 12508
No Fed Ex, UPS, or other overnight mail services within the US.
No fax or electronic submissions please.
International submissions only should be sent with entry fee and
international postage coupon via FedEx, DHL or UPS to:
Nightboat Books,451 Main,Street, 3rd Floor,Beacon, NY 12508.
MORE INFO: Send questions/comments to [email protected].
Thanks and good luck!
___________________________________________________________________
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Kazim Ali, Jennifer Chapis, Sarah Heller,
Prageeta Sharma, Jane Sprague, Jean Valentine, Kevin Vaughan-Brubaker.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Lucille Clifton, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Melissa
Hammerle, Brenda Hillman, Galway Kinnell, Alberto R�os, Anne Tardos.
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT: Leslie Scalapino