Arcturus Award for Poetry

Guest Judge: Ruben Quesada, editor of Latino Poetics (forthcoming from University of New Mexico Press) and the author of Next Extinct Mammal. He is the founding member of the Latino Caucus at AWP, and his writing has appeared in Ploughshares, The Rumpus, The American Poetry Review, Southern Humanities Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere.

First Prize: $300, publication in Arcturus, and a featured interview at the Chicago Review of Books.

2–3 Finalists: Publication in Arcturus, honorary membership at the Chicago Review of Books.

Reading Fee: $5

Please submit up to 3–5 poems per submission (though multiple submissions are welcome!), no more than 10 pages total, as a single document. Please do not combine multiple poems onto a single page. We have no other requirements or stipulations, though we are passionate about publishing “new perspectives” — new ideas, new voices, new worlds, new challenges, new ways of seeing, etc. Multiple submissions allowed, as long as a reading fee is paid for each one.

 

• We will also consider all submissions for regular publication. If you do not wish to be considered for regular publication, please note that in your cover letter.
• Because multiple members of our editorial staff are currently affiliated with Columbia College Chicago, to avoid any potential conflicts of interest we are unable to accept submissions from current MFA candidates at CCC at this time.

Arcturus is a sister publication of the Chicago Review of Books, and supports its mission to make the literary conversation more inclusive through diverse voices and genres.