In
our 75th year, Ohio Poetry Day offers a competition for the Diamond Webb
chapbook award in lieu of our usual Poet of the Year.
Open
to Ohio natives or residents who have never been named Poet of the Year, the
award is publication of a 36-page chapbook to be produced in time for Poetry
Day, October 19–20. Manuscript must be submitted on standard 8½ x 11
paper, but the book will be printed in the usual 5½ x 8½ size, so be aware of format. Individual poems may
have been previously published, but not the manuscript in its entirety, nor may
it be under consideration elsewhere.
The
award will consist of 75 books to the winner, a plaque as the Poet of the Year
and an invitation to speak at the Ohio Poetry Day luncheon, as other Poets of
the Year have done.
Manuscript
must be sent with two title pages, one with no poet identification, the other
with name, address, and phone number (e-mail will not help the submission
process, though it may assist in publication of the winner). Pages should be
numbered and a table of contents provided. Divider pages or illustrations must
be included in the page count.
Postmark deadline is June 1, 2012, and manuscripts must be sent
with $7.50 entry fee to:
Amy
Jo Zook
3520
State Route 56
Mechanicsburg,
OH 43044
Make
check payable to Ohio Poetry Day,
with "chapbook" in the memo line. All entrants will receive a copy of
the winning book. Judge for the contest will be announced at Ohio Poetry Day.
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