Deadline: March 31, 2022
About the contest
Driftwood Press is a paying small press specializing in fiction, poetry, visual arts, and comics. Whether you have short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry chapbooks, or comic collections, we can’t wait to take a look. We also offer our poetry submitters a premium option to receive an acceptance or rejection letter within one week of submission. We use submission fees to pay our writers, offering $400 for novellas; we offer year-round contests with medium to large awards, and our In-House fiction contest has a shorter response time than most press’ contests. Please see our site for more details: www.driftwoodpress.net!
How to enter the contest
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40 – 100 pages of poetry (if you are a few pages under or over, no problem).
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Experimental poetry, hybrid work, poetry with a visual element, prose poetry, and any avant-garde poetry are welcomed! We love work that thoughtfully pushes poetry into new realms and realities.
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Submissions should be primarily in English, but collections with a moderate bilingual component will of course be considered.
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A standard, 12-point font is preferred.
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Please submit your manuscript in a .doc, .docx, or PDF format.
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We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name, email, or any identifying information within the manuscript itself.
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Please include a Table of Contents page.
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Individual poems from your manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished.
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You may include an Acknowledgements page, but none is necessary.
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Winners will be notified in August 2022.
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Winning collection(s) will be published in 2023 and/or 2024.
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1 – 3 collections will be chosen for publication during this submission period.
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Each winner will receive $500 USD, 20 copies of their collection, a standard royalties package, and a spotlight interview.
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Winning collections will be sold online, in bookstores, at events, and distributed through IngramSpark.
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Depending upon scheduling and availability, winners may also have the opportunity to take part in an author signing & reading at a future AWP convention.
- Submit your entry here.
