PREVIOUS WINNERS
Sarah Grieve — 2014 — Honey My Tongue
Philip Raisor — 2013 — Hoosiers: The Poems
ABOUT PALOOKA PRESS
Along with the founding of a literary magazine comes the founding of a press to offer yet another opportunity for writers seeking a home. But this time it’s not just for a fractional space in a book, it’s for the entire thing. Every page. All of it. Yours.
HOW IT WORKS
As always, we take great pride in reading every word and giving each manuscript its due attention and thorough consideration. We consider manuscripts of all types, styles, and genres and aren’t looking for a particular aesthetic; we’re wiling to give anything a fair chance. Please send your best fiction, poetry, nonfiction, graphic narrative, or hybrid. Manuscripts should be roughly 35-50 pages, but we’re flexible with this in either direction. There is a $10 entry fee that comes with an e-Edition of our newest issue, Palooka #5. All pieces within entries are also considered for publication in the magazine.
THE WINNER RECEIVES…
*Publication by Palooka Press
*20 free copies of the book
*$150 honorarium
*A bio and photo featured on our website with an author interview about the winning manuscript
*Chapbook will be sent out for review and promotion, and author (if you’re up to it) may participate in podcast/radio/online interviews to get the word out
*All the praise and social media benefits Palooka can offer (Facebook page with over 2,000 followers)
DEADLINE: 5/15/2015
JUDGING
All submissions will be read “blind” to ensure pure contest ethics. Palooka also prohibits submissions from any friends or family of the judge.
The judge for the contest is Jonathan Starke, the founding editor of Palooka. Jonathan has published essays, stories, plays, and poetry in The Sun, Missouri Review, Threepenny Review, North American Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Brevity, River Teeth, Fourth Genre, Passages North, and Third Coast, among others.
GUIDELINES
*Amount: Multiple submissions are permitted, but each submission must be accompanied by the proper entry fee and submitted to the proper Submittable category.
*Page count: 35-50 pages, roughly, but we’re open to more or less.
*Formatting: NO AUTHOR INFORMATION ANYWHERE ON THE MANUSCRIPT. Please put author information ONLY in the Cover Letter/Bio section when submitting. 12-point font, one-inch margins, double-spaced (for prose).
*Entry fee: $10 (comes with an e-Edition of Palooka #5)
*Cover Letter/Bio section should include: manuscript title, page count, author’s name, phone number, and e-mail address.
*Simultaneous submissions are encouraged as long as you withdraw your manuscript if accepted elsewhere. As always, we will offer you a sturdy e-handshake for your accomplishment.
*It is perfectly fine if some of the works have been published elsewhere as the proper permission from other magazines/journals will be requested and cited on an acknowledgements page.
SUBMIT
CONTACT
For questions, please e-mail us at palooka@palookamag.com
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