Contest Guidelines—Read Carefully!
(click here for printable pdf copy of these guidelines)
- The 2008 Motherwell Prize, for a first or second full-length
collection of poems by a woman writing in English
To be judged by Fence Books
editors, with a cash
prize of $5000 & Fall 2008 publication by Fence Books. Manuscripts remain anonymous
until a winner is selected.
General Terms:
- Poet must be a woman
- Entry form must accompany each submission (click
here for printable pdf entry form)
- Entry fee of $25 must accompany each submission; make check payable to
Fence Magazine, Inc. Fee entitles
entrant to a choice of one year subscription to Fence (to begin with the Spring 2008
issue) or a copy of the winning book. Send self-addressed 8 x 10 envelope with $2.13 postage
if you choose the book.
- Multiple submissions are acceptable, but each manuscript must be entered under separate
cover, with entry form and entry fee
- Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration
- No revisions to submitted manuscripts will be considered; the winning manuscript may be
revised before publication
- Translations ineligible
Manuscript Requirements:
- between 48 and 80 pages, paginated
- bound with a removable clip and nothing more
- one cover page with title of manuscript only; entry form (pdf) will be used for identification. No other cover letter necessary
- no acknowledgements page
Notification:
- Enclose an SAS-Postcard for confirmation of receipt of manuscript
- Enclose an SASE for notification of winner
- Do not enclose an SASE for return of manuscript; all manuscripts will be recycled at end of contest term
- International submissions must include U.S. postage; IRCs will not be honored. Go to www.usps.com to purchase US postage.
- TELL US IF YOU MOVE. Send new address to: fence.fencebooks@gmail.com.
Deadline:
Envelope must be postmarked on or between November 1st of 2007 and
November 30th of 2007. No Federal Express or UPS.
Mail manuscript, entry form, and entry fee to:
Motherwell Prize,
Fence Books
Science Library 320
University at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
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