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2009 Many Mountains Moving Press Poetry Book Contest Guidelines [08/01/2009]
Prize: The winner receives $1,000 and publication by MMM Press in 2010.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: September 22, 2009 (postmark on the autumn equinox). Printable guidelines
Entry fee: $25
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Final Judge: TBA
Eligibility:
• Open to all poets and writers whose work is in English.
• Staff and their family members are not eligible to enter.
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed if the poet agrees to notify MMM
Press of acceptance elsewhere.• Entries may not be previously published, but individual poems and
chapbook-length sections may have been if the previous publisher
gives permission to reprint. (More than half of the ms. may not have
been published as a collection.)
Submission Checklist & NEW email submission guidelines:
• A typed ms. of 50-100 pages of original poetry, single- or double-spaced.
(The author’s name must NOT appear anywhere on the ms.)• A cover letter with the title of the collection, a brief bio, your name,
address, phone number, and e-mail address(es).• Acknowledgments may be included in the ms. but are not required.
• A $25 check or money order payable to Many Mountains Moving Press.
• An SASE for the winner announcement. Mss. will not be returned.
• The order form for contest entrants with a choice of any available free back issue and discounts on subscriptions and books.
(This order form is on the the second page of the printable guidelines.)
Or via e-mail, send an attachment (RTF, Word, WordPerfect or PDF) to [email protected] without any identification in the ms. itself.
Send a cover letter on paper along with the paper order form to the address below with a check and identification of the ms. etc.
As with any paper submission, mss. will be acknowledged as received as soon as the check and order form arrive.
Send to:
Many Mountains Moving Poetry Book Contest
Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Senior Poetry Editor
Many Mountains Moving Press
1705 Lombard Street
Phila. PA 19146
UPDATED: 2009 Many Mountains Moving Poetry & Flash Fiction Contests {Printer-friendly guidelines}
Preliminary reading before the process of the final judging is going on now!
NEW 2009 Poetry & Flash Fiction Contests:
EXTENDED Deadline: Postmark deadline—June 20, 2009.
Winners announced by September, 2009.
Eligibility:
* Open to all poets and writers whose work is in English.
* Entries may not be previously or simultaneously published.
* All MMM staff members and family of staff members are ineligible.
Prizes:
* $250 cash prize for the best poem & $250 cash prize for the best flash fiction.* Publication in the 2009-2010 MMM print annual.
* Finalists in each genre will also be considered for publication.
Anonymous judging:
* Do not put your name on your work(s). All entries will be read anonymously.
* Include in your cover letter: (i) your name, (ii) e-mail address and phone number(s), (iii) mailing address, & (iv) the title(s) and genre of your submission.
* If you enter in both categories, please send them in separate envelopes.
* Mark “poetry contest” or “fiction contest” on the envelope.
* Mss. cannot be returned; do not send your only copies.
* Include an SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) to receive the announcement of the winners.
* NEW REQUIREMENT: paper entries must be sent in duplicate.
Entry Fees:
$15 for as many as 5 poems per entry (total submission cannot exceed 10 pages).$15 for as many as 2 flash fictions (or short-short story under 1,000 words, typed double-spaced).
Entrants get a free subscription!
Make checks payable to: Many Mountains Moving.
Final Poetry Judge: Patricia SmithFinal Flash Fiction Judge: Thaddeus Rutkowski
Send to:
Many Mountains Moving
(Poetry or Flash Fiction) Contest
1705 Lombard St.
Phila. PA 19146Or via e-mail, send an attachment (RTF, Word, WordPerfect or PDF) to [email protected] without any identification in the ms. itself. Then send a paper cover letter along with a check for $15 exactly as you would with a regular paper submission. (See above). Ms. will be acknowledged as received as soon as the check arrives.