Submit 45-80 pages of poetry with a $25 reading fee (personal check only, please; no money orders), a cover letter with your bio and your manuscript’s acknowledgments, and your email address for results (no SASEs please; manuscripts will be recycled).

IMPORTANT: Checks payable only to “CJ Sage”

IMPORTANT: SPECIAL ENTRY ADDRESS FOR BOOK PRIZE ONLY:
National Poetry Review/TNPR Book Prize
PO Box 2080
Aptos, CA 95001-2080

Postmark Deadline : August 31, 2008.

The winner of The National Poetry Review Book Prize for 2008 will receive $1000 plus publication and 15 copies of the book, which will be published in 2009. All entrants will be considered for publication. In 2006 two runners up were given publication contracts in addition to the winner. In 2007 the winner was James Haug.

Please note that students, close friends, and family of the editors are not eligible for the prize. We believe that this policy promotes objectivity in judging and fairness in publication.

The National Poetry Review is a non-profit organization.