1. Submissions deadline: Aug. 31, 2012.The winner will be announced by Dec. 31, 2012. Each poet will be notified via email. The competition is open only to poets over 60 years of age.
PLEASE SEND A LETTER CONFIRMING YOUR AGE. WITHOUT THIS, YOUR MANUSCRIPT WILL GO UNREAD.
2.The winner will receive $1000 and publication.
3. Manuscript must be typed, paginated, and 50 – 70 pages in length (single spaced). We do not accept double-sided manuscripts.
4. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks of less than 35 pages, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible. No multi-authored collections, please.
5. Manuscripts must have a table of contents and include a list of acknowledgments for poems previously published. MANUSCRIPTS CANNOT BE RETURNED. Please do not send us your only copy.
6. Send one copy of your manuscript submission with two copies of the title page. On the first title page print the title and all contact information: Name, address, phone, email. On the second title page print only the book’s title, no name or contact information. Use only binder clips. No staples, folders, or printer-bound copies.
7. No illustrations, photographs or images should be included.
8. For notification of the winner, include a business-sized SASE. If you wish acknowledgment of the receipt of your manuscript, include a stamped addressed postcard. Winners will be announced in December 2012. Entry fee for the Off The Grid Press Competition is $25. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Off The Grid Press.
9. Manuscripts should be submitted by mail. Mail entries to:
Off The Grid Press
24 Quincy St.
Somerville, MA
02143
Send inquiries to offthegridpress@gmail.com. 24 Quincy St.
Somerville, MA
02143
10. If, in our judgment, no submission is worthy of publication, the press reserves the right not to publish any book.
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