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$1,000 cash prize and 50 copies

This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Manuscripts are judged anonymously

Tupelo Press will consider all finalists for publication

GUIDELINES:

This competition is open to any poet writing in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Employees of, and authors previously published by Tupelo Press, Inc. are not eligible.

Poets should submit 20 to 30 pages plus SASE and $20 reading fee. Manuscripts should be on good quality white paper, paginated consecutively, with a table of contents and acknowledgments and bound with a clip. Include two cover pages, one with only the title of the manuscript and a second with your name, address, telephone numbers, email address, and title of the manuscript. Your name must not appear elsewhere on the manuscript. Please retain a copy for your records.

Entries must be postmarked between

December 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009

No UPS or FedEx. May include SAS postcard for confirmation of your submission and SASE for notification of winner. Manuscripts will not be returned. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Tupelo Press must be notified immediately if manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

Mail manuscript and entry fee to (NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS):

Tupelo Press Snowbound Series
P.O. Box 1767
North Adams, MA 01247