Guidelines for the 2007 Autumn House Poetry Contest judged by Mark Doty:

The winner will receive book publication,$1,000 advance against royalties, and $1,500 travel grant to participate in the 2008 Autumn House Master Poets
Series held in Pittsburgh.

All finalists will be considered for publication.

We ask that all submissions from authors new to Autumn House come through our annual contest.

The postmark deadline is June 30th of each year.

The contest is open to all full-length collections of poetry 50-80 pages in length. If poems have been previously published, then acknowledgement must be given to other publishers, and poet must control rights to all previously published material.

Twenty-five dollar handling fee (check or money order) must be enclosed.

MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED. Please include self-addressed stamped envelope for notification of contest results.

Send manuscript and $25.00 fee to:

Autumn House Press
P.O. Box 60100
Pittsburgh PA 15211