Submissions and Contests - APRIL 1 - MAY 30
Full-length Book
Chapbook
Guidelines for the 2012 Competitions.
Full Length Poetry Book Contest
Full length manuscripts must be 45 - 80 pages of poems,not including table of contents, acknowledgments page, biography, etc.
The entry fee of $15 will go towards publishing the book. We will publish 1 winner for every 50 submissions. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Final Judge will be a nationally recognized poet, included in the Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry edited by Rita Dove. Thee name will be released after the competition has closed.
You may submit more than one manuscript, but there is a separate fee for each manuscript submitted.
In the subject line of the email put your last name and 2012 Book Contest(Krawiec-2012 Book Contest). Submit completed manuscripts as 2 separate Word attachments, rich text format, single-spaced, 12 point type. Attachment one should contain a cover page with the title of your manuscript, a short biography, publication acknowledgments, and your name, address, email, and phone.
Attachment two should contain only your poems and a table of content. Nothing more. Do not put your name anywhere in the body of the manuscript. Do not include acknowledgments in this attachment. Finalists may be asked to submit hard copies. Please feel free to simultaneously submit this manuscript to other publishers and contests. Just let us know if you win.
Winning manuscripts will receive publication and a contract that pays them 10% of all sales, after publishing expenses are covered, from the first 200 books sold. This royalty escalates to 33% of all sales, after expenses, from copies 201-400 sold. Once the 400 sales figure is reached, writers will receive 50% of all sales, after expenses.
Other finalists may be offered the opportunity to publish their works cooperatively with Jacar Press. This option is entirely at the discretion of Jacar Press. Under this program, writers will split the publication cost 50-50 with Jacar Press, and also split the income 50-50 on the sales of all books, beginning with the first copy sold.
Poetry Chapbook Competition
Chapbook manuscript must be between 25-35 pages long, including table of contents, an acknowledgment page, and a page for your biography.
The submission process for the Chapbook Competition is identical to the process listed above for the Full Length Manuscript, with these exceptions. In the subject line of the email put your last name and 2012 Chapbook Contest(Krawiec - 2012 Chapbook Contest). Entry fee for the Chapbook Contest is only $10.
Winning Chapbooks will receive publication and a contract that pays them 30% of all sales after the first 200 books are sold.
Submission
Entry fee can be paid via paypal. Applicants may use the button below for either or both contests; specify which contest you are entering via the drop-down menu.
Or send check or money order, our preference, to Jacar Press at -
Richard Krawiec, Publisher
Jacar Press
6617 Deerview Trail
Durham, NC 27712