driftwood

Timeline

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• Submissions are open from March 1st 2023 until July 15th 2023.

• Finalists and winner will be announced by Driftwood editors in October-November 2023.

• The winning chapbook(s) will be published in 2024.

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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.

• Base submission cost is $12. Additionally, we are offering a $20 dollar submission option that will include a print copy of the winning chapbook (US shipping only). We will ship once the winning submission is published.

 

Awards

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• The winner will receive $1000 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 IngramSpark. 

• 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 $400, 20 contributor copies, and the same level of marketing and distribution. 

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Past Contest Winners

           [2022 Contest]

           [2021 Contest]

[2020 Contest]

[2019 Contest]

[2018 Contest]

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