9th Annual Slope Editions Book Prize - Guidelines

Eligibility: Any American poet writing in English is eligible, unless that person has a close personal or professional relationship with the judge and/or Slope Editions staff. Past or current students of the judge are ineligible to enter; entry fees will be returned in these cases. Any manuscript that a) has appeared or is forthcoming as a printed book or e-book, or b) comprises the majority of an existing or forthcoming chapbook, will NOT be considered.

Manuscript Format: 40 to 90 pages, typed, and bound only by a clip. Include two title pages (one with book title, name, address, telephone and e-mail; one with book title only), table of contents, and acknowledgments page with manuscript.

Entry fee: A $20 entry fee, payable to "Slope Publishing Inc.," in the form of a check or money order, must accompany all submissions. Your fee entitles you to one copy of And I'm Not Jenny (Slope Editions, 2005). Please provide a book-sized SASE with appropriate postage so we may mail you your book. If you don't provide a SASE, we can't mail the book.

Notification: Save trees! We do NOT accept notification SASEs or postcards. Please check the Slope Editions website for the announcement of the contest winner. Notification SASEs or postcards will NOT be returned. The winning manuscript will be announced in summer 2010.

Revisions: The winner will be able to revise his/her manuscript before publication. No revisions will be considered during the reading period.

Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked no later than March 15, 2010. No Federal Express, UPS, or other overnight mail services, please. No fax or electronic submissions. Submissions should be sent by first-class mail to our editorial address:

Slope Editions 9th Annual Book Prize
c/o Christopher Janke, Senior Editor
847 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301