| Arthur Dawson and Rebecca Lawton will serve as
judges for this competition.
GUIDELINES:
- Submit a manuscript of 16-24 pages of poetry with a
strong sense of place, focusing on the natural world,
culture, history, or personal experiences of a region.
The theme will be broadly interpreted.
- This will be a blind judging: Do not include your name
on the poems.
- Submission window: postmarks from January 2, 2009 to July 1, 2009.
- Submit one cover page clipped to the manuscript with
title only, and a separate title page with name, address
and e-mail.
- Manuscript should be paginated, secured with a clip
and include contents and acknowledgements for previously
published work (these and title page not included in
16-24 page count).
- Simultaneous submissions accepted, but you must notify
us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- Include a reading fee of $15 with your submission.
Checks only, payable to “Kulupi Press.”
- Include a SASE for results only. No manuscripts will
be returned.
- Winner will be announced on or before September 1.
- The winner will be invited to hold a poetry reading
during the Sonoma Valley Watershed Walk in October 2009,
or at a local venue of their choice. An honorarium for
this reading will be given in addition to the above prize.
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