The Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize

Bona Fide Books will award annually The Melissa Lanitis Gregory Prize for an unpublished collection of poems. The winner will receive publication, ten copies, a $500 cash award, and a reading at Lake Tahoe. Prizes are awarded upon publication.

The 2013 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize

Call for Manuscripts

48 to 100 pages

Accepting submissions June 1 through August 31

Guidelines:

• Submit a previously unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript of between 48 and 100 pages.

• Include two cover pages: one with the title of the manuscript only, the other with title of manuscript, name,   address, telephone number, and email address.

• Include a table of contents and, if applicable, an acknowledgments page for prior publications.

• Simultaneous submissions are permitted; please let us know right away if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. (Refunds will not be issued.)

• A reading fee of $20 (US) by check or PayPal must accompany each submission. Multiple submissions are accepted; each requires a $20 entry fee.

• More than one manuscript may be chosen for publication.

• Submit via email or post.

Email submissions

Email your submission to submissions@bonafidebooks.com.

Please submit your $20 entry fee via Paypal. 

 

If sending a check, please make it payable to Bona Fide Books, Inc.

Mail your submission and fee to:

Bona Fide Books
The Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize
PO Box 550278
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96155

All entries must be received or postmarked by August 31, 2013.

Previous winners:

Robert Krut, This is the Ocean, coming October 2013

Lexa Hillyer, Acquainted with the Cold

Jason Schossler, Mud Cakes

>via: http://www.bonafidebooks.com/contests/