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2007 Chapbook Competition Guidelines:

Elixir Press is sponsoring a chapbook contest open to all fiction writers and poets writing in English. There will be one competition for poetry, fiction, and multi-genre works.

The prize is $1000 plus 25 copies of the chapbook to be published by Elixir Press. All finalists will be considered for publication.

Chapbook publication DOES NOT make you ineligible for our full-length book contests.

• Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the page and on standard paper.
  
  
• Please use a 12- to 14-point font.
  
  
• Send a business size SASE for reply only. Manuscripts cannot be returned.
  
  
• Do not send the only copy of your manuscript.
  
  
• Enclose a cover sheet stating the name of the manuscript and the author's name, address, and telephone number and a cover sheet with the title alone.
  
  
• Manuscripts must be paginated and include a table of contents and an acknowledgments page, if appropriate.
  
  
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome, so long as Elixir is notified immediately if a manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
  
  
• Poetry manuscripts should be 18 to 24 pages in length.
  
  
• Fiction manuscripts should be 18 to 70 pages in length. Fiction manuscripts may be a collection of short or short-short stories, a long short story, a novel excerpt, or any other form or combination of fiction. Pretty much anything goes for a multi-genre manuscript. Any artwork included must be in black and white.
  
  
• Please secure your manuscript with either a paper clip, binder clip, or file folder. Do not otherwise bind your manuscript.
  
  
• An SAS postcard for receipt of manuscript is optional.
  
  
• The entry fee is $20.
  
  
• The postmark deadline is May 31, 2007.

Submit to:
Elixir
P. O. Box 27029
Denver, CO 80227