Wick Chapbook Competitions for Ohio Poets

2011 Wick Chapbook Competitions for Ohio Poets

Poets currently residing in Ohio may enter the Open Competition. Poets currently enrolled in Ohio institutions of higher education may enter the Student Competition. In the spring, one manuscript from each competition will be selected for publication in the Wick Chapbook Series, published by the Kent State University Press. The winners will also give a reading at Kent State University. Catherine Wing is the judge and general editor of the series.

Entry Requirements

• Poets may enter only one of the competitions. There is a $15 reading fee for each manuscript sent to the Open Competition. A check or money order should be made payable to the Wick Poetry Center. There is no reading fee for the Student Competition. Manuscripts must include 15 to 25 pages of poetry, typed on one side only, with no more than one poem per page.

• The manuscript as a whole must not have been published previously, but it may contain poems that have been published individually; these should be listed, with publisher, on a separate acknowledgments page. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the poet must obtain permission from previous publishers.

• The manuscript may be submitted simultaneously to other publishers, but poets must notify the Wick Poetry Center immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere.

• All manuscripts will be recycled after judging. Poets should enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard if they want confirmation of receipt; to be notified of the final winning selections, poets should enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Winners will be announced in the spring of 2012.

• Manuscripts must be postmarked by October 31, 2011. No late entries will be considered.

Send submissions to:

Wick Poetry Chapbook Competitions
Wick Poetry Center
301 Satterfield Hall
Kent State University
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001