WE ARE NOW CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S OPEN COMPETITION. CONTEST SUBMISSIONS MUST HAVE BEEN POSTMARKED OR SUBMITTED ONLINE THROUGH SUBMITTABLE FROM OCTOBER 1, 2013 THROUGH NOVEMBER 18, 2013.

 

 

2014 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Open Competition Awards
$4000 and publication
for two collections of poems
final judge: Adrienne Su

 

Below are the guidelines for the 2014 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition:

All unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible* (individual poems may have been previously published). (*Current or former students, colleagues, and close friends of the final judge, and current and former students and employees of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and authors who have published a book with Southern Illinois University Press or have a book under contract with Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible for the Open Competition.) For questions about judging, please visit http://www.CrabOrchardReview.siu.edu/conpo3.html.

Two volumes of poems will be selected from an open competition of manuscripts postmarked October 1 through November 18, 2013. The winners will each receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press. In addition, both winners will be awarded a $2500 prize and $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Both readings will follow the publication of the poets’ collections by Southern Illinois University Press.

SUBMISSION PERIOD / DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked or submitted online between October 1, 2013 and the end of November 18, 2013 (online entries will be accepted until 11:59:59 PM (PST) on November 18, 2013). (For postal submissions since this is a postmark deadline, there is no need to send Express Mail, Fedex, or UPS. First Class or Priority Mail are preferred.) Please do not send revisions of either postal or online submissions; the winner will be given an opportunity to work with the series editor before the manuscript is delivered to SIU Press.

ENTRY FEE: $25.00 per entry for postal submissions; $28.00 per entry for online submissions through Submittable ($25.00 plus $3.00 online processing fee). Entry fees will not be refunded for manuscripts withdrawn by the author. All entrants will receive a year's subscription to CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, beginning with the 2014 Summer/Fall CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW.

PAGE LENGTH: Manuscripts are recommended to be a minimum of 50 pages to a recommended maximum of 100 pages of original poetry (12 pt. type preferred). No more than one poem should appear on a page.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTAL SUBMISSIONS: Manuscripts should be typewritten, single-spaced. Include a Table of Contents. No more than one poem should appear on a page. Submit two title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, and daytime phone number should appear on the first title page only. The author's name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. An acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies should be placed after the second title page. A clean photocopy is recommended, bound with a spring clip or placed in a plain file folder (no paper clips or staples please). Please do not send your only copy of the manuscript since manuscripts will not be returned, and please do not include illustrations. CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW and Southern Illinois University Press assume no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts.

All postal submissions must be accompanied by a $25 entry fee (check or money order). Please make your check out to "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry."

Please address postal submissions to:

Jon Tribble, Series Editor
Open Competition
Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901 

Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of contest results. If you would like confirmation that the manuscript has been received, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard as well.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS: Online entries should be sent through Submittable (there is an additional $3.00 processing fee for online entries, making the entry fee for each online entry $28.00). Payment for online submissions must be made online.

Please submit your file in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, .pdf, .odt, or .wpf. 12-point font, Times New Roman or Times preferred. Manuscripts should be single-spaced. Include a Table of Contents. No more than one poem should appear on a page. Submit a single title page with only the manuscript title in your file. The author's name should appear nowhere in your file or in the file name.

In the place of the cover letter or biographical note in the submission process, an acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies can be included, but this SHOULD NOT be included in the manuscript file.

Please name your file the first three words of your manuscript title; for example, if your manuscript was titled “A Collection of Poems,” your file would be titled “A Collection of” or “A COLLECTION OF” (either lower or upper case is fine). If your manuscript title has fewer than three words, use what you have. Do not use your name in your manuscript file name.

All entrants submitting online through Submittable will be notified of the results via e-mail by May 1, 2014.

 

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but the series editor must be informed immediately if a collection is accepted for publication. Entry fees will not be refunded for manuscripts withdrawn by the author.

Entrants are not to contact the final judge under any circumstances; all questions should be directed to Jon Tribble, Series Editor of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.

E-MAIL: jtribble@siu.edu (e-mail preferred)
PHONE: 618-453-6833

 

 

Last Year's Open Competition Winners

Crab Orchard Review and Southern Illinois University Press are pleased to announce the selections for the 2013 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards. Our final judge, Rodney Jones, selected Dan Albergotti's MILLENNIAL TEETH and TJ Jarrett's ZION as this year's winners. Both collections will be published by Southern Illinois University Press in August 2014 and both authors will be awarded a $2500 prize and $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Both readings will follow the publication of the poets' collections by Southern Illinois University Press.