Contests:

SLAPERING HOL PRESS Annual Chapbook Competition
Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition

The prize for the 2008 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.

2008 GUIDELINES

• This competition is open to writers who have not published a collection of poems in book or chapbook form. Entrants should submit a collection of poems, or one long poem, limited to 16-20 pages.
  
  
• Manuscripts should include a title page (title only), and a separate cover sheet with the title of the work, the author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, a bio, and acknowledgments. Manuscripts will not be returned.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Enclose a $15 reading fee. Poets may submit more than one collection, but a $15 reading fee must accompany each entry. Make checks payable to The Hudson Valley Writers' Center.
  
  
• If you would like a copy of one of our previous winners, which we will select for you, enclose an 8 x 10 or larger envelope with $1.82 in postage affixed.
  
  
• Entries must be postmarked by May 15, 2008. The winner will be announced in September 2008.

Send entries to:

Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition
The Hudson Valley Writers' Center
300 Riverside Drive
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591