6th ANNUAL SLOPE EDITIONS BOOK PRIZE - GUIDELINES (1 of 2)

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. Manuscripts and 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 any in-print SE book except The Other Side of Landscape; on the subject line of the check, write in the names of the 2 books you'd like and we'll mail your first choice (while supplies last). Please provide a book-sized SASE with appropriate postage so we may mail you your book. If you don't provide this, we can't mail the book.  MORE  HOME