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The
prize for the annual SHP Chapbook Competition is a $1000 cash award, publication,
ten books, and a reading at The Hudson Valley Writers' Center. At the discretion
of the judges, a second chapbook may be selected for publication with an award
of $250. SHP uses a blind judging system and subscribes to the CLMP contest code
of ethics.
2012 Guidelines and Rules
- The
Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition is open to all writers who have not yet
published a collection of poems in book or chapbook form.
- Individual
poems can be previously published, but poems should not have been published as
a group in any form, including self-published collections.
- Manuscripts
may be either a collection of poems or one long poem and should be a minimum of
16 pages and a maximum of 20 pages (not including the title page, table of contents,
or cover sheet).
- All
poems should be single spaced and typed in size 12, Times New Roman font. Handwritten
manuscripts will not be considered.
- Manuscripts
should include a title page (bearing only the title of the manuscript), a table
of contents, a separate cover sheet with the title of the work, the author's name,
address, phone number, email address, bio, and acknowledgments, and a completed
SHP
Manuscript Submission Form.
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Entrants names should not appear anywhere on the manuscript except for the cover
sheet.
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Each manuscript should include a title page. This should only have the title of
the collection on it and should come before the poems and after the cover sheet.
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Each manuscript should be accompanied by a $15 reading fee. Poets may submit more
than one collection, but a $15 reading fee must accompany each entry. Please make
checks payable to The Hudson Valley Writers' Center.
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If requested, a copy of a previous published SHP chapbook (chosen by SHP) will
be sent to the entrant provided an 8x10 envelope with $2.20 in postage is sent
in with the contest manuscript.
- Enclose
a self-addressed, stamped envelope for results only. If you would like a notification
of receipt of manuscript, include a self-addressed and stamped postcard.
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The reading period for the competition begins on February 15. Entries must be
postmarked by May 15. Submissions will only be considered if received between
those dates.
- The
author of the winning manuscript will be announced in September.
Questions
and submissions can be e-mailed to ryan@writerscenter.org
or
sent by mail to:
SHP Chapbook Competition
300 Riverside Drive
Sleepy
Hollow, NY 10591
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to the SHP
Chapbook Competition: |
Complete
the SHP Manuscript Submission Form:
Submision
Form
Mail
your application form
and
submission to:
SHP
Chapbook Competition
HVWC
300 Riverside Drive
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Complete
payment of your submission fee via PayPal:
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