2009 POETRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST!

Winnings: 50 Copies of your book PLUS $225!

Deadline : March 1, 2009: THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
See Our Previous Winners


Judge: Deborah Ager, Publisher & Poet
32 Poems Magazine 32 Poems BLOG

Send in Manuscript, $15 Reading Fee, Table of Contents, a list of previously published work, if any, and a SASE or e-mail address to P O Box 3242 Fairfax, VA 22038.

Contest Rules
1) the manuscript must be between 28-32 pages long.
2) Do not display your name on the manuscript pages. This is a blind contest, so the judge will not see your name and can judge without bias. Your name should only appear on a cover sheet. 3) Manuscripts will NOT be returned. Send a SASE for a written response, otherwise we will e-mail. Manuscripts without a SASE or e-mail address will not receive a response.
4) Manuscripts must be in English, although there may be passages or words in other languages.
5) Any manuscripts without fees will not be considered.
6) You may submit more than one manuscript, but each must be accompanied by an additional reading fee.
7) Our judge does not read all submissions. We have a cache of readers who narrow down the field to a smaller group of semifinalists, which the judge reads. Our readers give comments/feedback. Please keep that in mind.
8) Winners of the contest will get a proof copy of the text of the book before it gets printed. With the exception of punctuation and spelling, the manuscript version that the judge picks (fiction or poetry) is the version we are publishing. YOU MAY NOT RE-EDIT YOUR BOOK!
9) We encourage the winner's feedback for the cover image. If author has no ideas on cover image, Plan B Press will offer options. Plan B Press reserves the right to not create or use an image that the author requests in order to retain editorial control. We will not buy rights for an artist's work.
10) Though available, ISBNs are not included in the contest.
11) We reserve the right not to reprint the book, but will consider a reprint if books sell out. A contract will be drawn up if a reprint is agreed upon by both parties.
12) The winner's book design is copyrighted by Plan B Press. The collection may not be reprinted in the same layout without Plan B Press's consent. Any cover imagery created by Plan B Press is also copyrighted by the publisher and may not be reprinted without permission.


About the Judge
Deborah Ager's book, Midnight Voices, was a finalist for the BOA Editions A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, judged by Edward Hirsch, and will be published in March 2009 by Cherry Grove Collections/WordTech. She has published work in Best New Poets 2006, Best of the Tigertail Anthologies, Writing Poems (2007), The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel, The Bloomsbury Review, The Georgia Review, New England Review, New Letters, and Quarterly West. She has been awarded fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Jenny McKean Moore workshop and was a Tennessee Williams scholar at the Sewanee Writers' Conference.
Ager has edited and published 32 Poems Magazine for five years. 32 Poems has had poems appear in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets 2005, Best New Poets 2006 and on Verse Daily and Poetry Daily. The magazine publishes 64 poems per year.