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The Third Annual Camber Press
Poetry Chapbook Award
Submissions to Camber Press

Submissions
Camber Press is pleased to announce the return of our poetry chapbook award. Our ethos is to publish contemporary poetry exhibiting lucid delivery while not sacrificing emotional depth, mastery of craft, or originality.

Deadline:
July 15, 2007

First Prize:
$1,000 and publication of chapbook

Judge:
Stephen Dobyns


Submission guidelines:

The winning poet will receive $1,000 and have his or her manuscript published by Camber Press, Inc. Only typed manuscripts no greater than 24 pages of original English-language poems will be considered. Manuscripts must include a cover page listing the author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and manuscript title. Names should not appear anywhere else. A title page with no biographical information and a table of contents should follow. Simultaneous submissions are allowed if Camber Press is immediately notified of acceptance elsewhere. Submissions will be recycled, not returned. Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard if you wish acknowledgment of receipt. A $15 entry fee payable to Camber Press must accompany all submissions. International submissions are $15 provided they are in US funds on a US bank. Submissions must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2007. The winner will be announced no later than October 1, 2007, on the Camber Press Web site. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to receive a print announcement of the winner. E-mail us for more information.

Send entries to:
Poetry Contest
Camber Press
1160 Midland Avenue
Suite 1M
Bronxville, NY 10708


Other details:

• If some or all poems in your manuscript have been previously published in literary journals or reviews, please include this information in an acknowledgments page. Any manuscript previously published as a whole in book form is not eligible.
• Multiple manuscripts by the same writer will be accepted if submitted with a corresponding entry fee for each work.
• If the poet's name is present anywhere on the manuscript aside from the cover page, the entry will be disqualified.
• If the poet needs to refer to his/herself during the poem, a pseudonym must be used.
• Please do not send corrections or additions. The winner will be allowed to make revisions before publication.
• Submissions postmarked after July 15, 2007 will not be considered for the contest.
• Total manuscript pages do not translate to an equal number of book pages. Line length, stanza breaks, book sections, type size, margins, and other factors affect the number of pages a finished book will be. If unsure how many pages your book will be or if your manuscript is too long, visit your local library. Look at Camber Press titles and poetry chapbooks from other publishers. By comparing these with your own poems, you can estimate the approximate book length of your manuscript.
• Covers, tables of contents, dedication pages, acknowledgements pages, etc., do not count toward the total of 24 pages.
• "No greater than 24 pages" does not mean your manuscript need be 24 pages. To date, no poet submitting 24 pages has won the Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award. Please think of your best poems first, manuscript flow second, and "24 pages," if ever, last.
• If you wish to bind your manuscript(s), please use a paperclip. Folders, binders, "bullnose" clips, and staples are not encouraged.
• Please do not send your manuscript via a carrier requiring a signature for delivery. Not only is this is an unnecessary expense for writers, we find the USPS does a more than adequate job of delivering to our location.
• Submissions will be recycled, not returned. Do not send a return envelope or return postage. Never send your only copy of your manuscript anywhere.
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About our judge, Stephen Dobyns
Stephen Dobyns has published twelve poetry collections (including Velocities: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1992 and Mystery, So Long), ten novels (including The Church of Dead Girls and Boy in the Water), one collection of short stories (Eating Naked), ten mysteries in his Charlie Bradshaw detective series, and the highly recommended nonfiction book Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry. His poetic works count among them a Lamont Poetry Selection (Concurring Beasts), a National Poetry Series award winner (Black Dog, Red Dog,) and a Melville Cane Award winner (Cemetery Nights). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.

A PDF of the above submission guidelines is available here.