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Timeline

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• Submissions are open from March 1st 2024 until July 15th 2024.

• Finalists and winner will be announced by Driftwood editors in November 2024.

• The winning chapbook(s) will be published in 2025.

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Guidelines

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• Poetry only. Prose poetry, experimental poetry, and poetry with a visual component (color images accepted) are all welcome.

• 15-40 pages of poetry (this does not include title, section break, or acknowledgement pages). We won't turn you away if you are a few pages over or under, but please stay close to that limit.

• A standard, 12-point font is preferred. 

• Poems may have been published individually, but not as a collection.

• Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know immediately if the collection has been accepted elsewhere.

• Submit works written in English only, no translations.

• Please submit your manuscript in a .doc, .docx, or PDF format.

• We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name, email, or any identifying characteristics on the manuscript itself.

• Submission fee is $25.00 USD. Each submitter will receive a free copy of a Driftwood Press poetry chapbook of their choosing in the mail. 

 

Awards

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• The winner will receive $750 dollars and 20 copies of their chapbook.

• A print run of the winning chapbook will be sold on our website, through affiliate bookstores, and will be nationally and internationally distributed by Ingram. 

• The winner will also have the opportunity to be interviewed about their work; the interview will be published in the chapbook following the poems.

• The managing poetry editor may offer a runner-up full publication. If a runner-up is chosen, they will be awarded $350, 20 contributor copies, and the same level of marketing and distribution. 

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Past Contest Winners

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[2023 Contest]

[2022 Contest]           

[2021 Contest]

[2020 Contest]

[2019 Contest]

[2018 Contest]

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