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Zone 3 Press
First
Book Award for Poetry
$1,000
AND PUBLICATION IN AN
EDITION OF 1,000 COPIES
Guidelines:
 | Poetry
manuscripts of 48-80 pages. |
| Two title pages:
one with name, address, phone number and one with title only. |
| Acknowledgments
page may be included. |
| $20.00 reading
fee made payable to Zone 3 Press. Reading fee includes a one-year
subscription to Zone 3 Magazine. |
| Deadline: May 1,
2008. |
Eligibility and Additional Considerations:
| Anyone who has
not published a full-length collection of poems (48 pages or more) is
eligible; those with chapbooks may participate. |
| The final judge
is Phillis Levin. |
| In order to
ensure the integrity of this award, current and former students and faculty of
APSU are not eligible to enter. In addition, Zone 3 Press will not accept
manuscripts from contestants who have previously studied with, or have a
personal relationship with the announced judge. Zone 3 Press is committed to
providing an ethically responsible competition; as such, the editors reserve
the right to reject manuscripts that display any form of ethical impropriety. |
| Winner will be
notified by e-mail or telephone. |
| Please include a
self-addressed postage paid postcard for confirmation of manuscript receipt.
Please use a standard postcard—small index cards will not be accepted by the
post office. |
| For contest
results, please include a SASE. All manuscripts other than the winning one
will be recycled. |
| Questions should
be addressed to Blas Falconer at
falconerb@apsu.edu or Susan Wallace at
wallacess@apsu. |
Send entries to:
Blas Falconer,
Acquisitions Editor
Zone 3 Press
First Book Award for
Poetry
Austin Peay State
University
P.O. Box 4565
Clarksville, Tennessee
37044
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