Guidelines for Submission

1. Manuscripts must be typed and consecutively numbered, for a total of at least 48 pages. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Do not send manuscripts bound or enclosed in covers.

2. Manuscripts must include a cover page (with author’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and manuscript title), a title page (with no biographical information), and an acknowledgements page listing poems previously published in periodicals. The author’s name must not appear on each page of the text.

3. Manuscripts must be postmarked between May 1 and June 15 of each year. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but The University of Akron Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

4. An entry fee of $25 is required for each manuscript submission. Make check or money order payable to The University of Akron Press. The canceled check will serve as notification of receipt.

5. Contest results will be posted on our website (www.uakron.edu/uapress/poetryprizewinner.html) by September 30. No manuscripts can be returned.

6. Manuscripts should be sent to:

The Akron Poetry Prize
The University of Akron Press
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1703

Books accepted for the Akron Series in Poetry must exhibit three essential qualities: mastery of language, maturity of feeling, and complexity of thought. The University of Akron Press is committed to publishing poetry that, as Robert Frost said, “begins in delight and ends in wisdom.” Intimate friends, relatives, and current or former students of the final judge (students in an academic, degree-conferring program or its equivalent) are not eligible to enter the 2009 Akron Poetry Prize competition.