{"id":176476188,"date":"2017-09-07T01:31:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T06:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176476188"},"modified":"2017-09-07T01:31:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T06:31:19","slug":"pub-brittingham-and-pollack-poetry-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2017\/09\/07\/pub-brittingham-and-pollack-poetry-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"PUB:  Brittingham and Pollack Poetry Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176476189\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brittingham-prize-press-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">BRITTINGHAM AND POLLAK<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Times New Roman';\">POETRY PRIZE SUBMISSION GUIDE<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The University of Wisconsin Press awards the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Times New Roman';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwpress.wisc.edu\/series\/brittingham.html\">Brittingham Prize in Poetry<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Times New Roman';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwpress.wisc.edu\/series\/felix-pollak.html\">Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry.<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> Each winning poet will receive a $1,000 cash prize and publication by the University of Wisconsin Press. Prizes are awarded annually to the two best book-length manuscripts of original poetry submitted in an open competition. Each manuscript submitted will be considered for both prizes. There are no restrictions on the kind of poetry or subject matter, although translations are not acceptable. The winners will be announced and the prizes awarded in February of each calendar year, with publishing contracts to follow soon thereafter.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong class=\"largee\">Submission Guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Poets are encouraged to submit their manuscripts electronically by using our <a href=\"https:\/\/wicw.submittable.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submission manager<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SUBMISSION PERIOD:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nManuscripts submitted electronically or postmarked July 15th through September 15th of each calendar year will be considered. Manuscripts received before July 15th or after September 15th will be ineligible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">MANUSCRIPT FORMAT:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">All hard copy submissions must be unbound (no binders, clamps, etc., please), typed on 8 1\/2 x 11 paper, and should be 50\u201390 manuscript pages in length. Pages should be numbered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Manuscripts must be typed single-spaced with a double space between stanzas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Clean photocopies are acceptable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Manuscripts should have two title pages: one with the title of the manuscript only; and one with the title, poet&#8217;s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">The manuscript must be previously unpublished in book form. Poems published in journals, chapbooks, and anthologies may be included but must be acknowledged.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">No changes in the manuscript will be considered between submission and acceptance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">OTHER REQUIREMENTS:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">A <b>$28.00<\/b> non-refundable reading fee <b>must<\/b> accompany each manuscript, and covers entry to both prizes. Please make check or money order payable to &#8220;The University of Wisconsin Press.&#8221; Do not send cash or stamps. Foreign entries: please remit reading fee in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Manuscripts will not be returned. Please do not enclose return packaging.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Hard copy submissions <em>must<\/em> <strong>include a stamped, self-addressed business-size envelope<\/strong> for notification of results (no postcards please). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Simultaneous submissions to other contests are permitted provided the poet agrees to inform the Press of the manuscript&#8217;s acceptance for publication elsewhere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SELECTION PROCEDURE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Qualified readers appointed by the Press will screen all manuscripts. The final selections will be made by a distinguished poet who will remain anonymous until the winner is announced in mid-February.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SEND CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPTS TO:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\">Brittingham and Pollak Poetry Prizes<br \/>\nc\/o Ronald Wallace, UW Press Poetry Series Editor<br \/>\nDepartment of English<br \/>\n600 N. Park Street<br \/>\nUniversity of Wisconsin<br \/>\nMadison, WI 53706<br \/>\nE-mail : <a href=\"mailto:rwallace@wisc.edu\">rwallace@wisc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:<a href=\"https:\/\/uwpress.wisc.edu\/poetryguide.html\">\u00a0https:\/\/uwpress.wisc.edu\/poetryguide.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BRITTINGHAM AND POLLAK POETRY PRIZE SUBMISSION GUIDE &nbsp; The University of Wisconsin Press awards the Brittingham Prize in Poetry and the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. Each winning poet will receive a $1,000 cash prize and publication by the University of Wisconsin Press. Prizes are awarded annually to the two best book-length manuscripts of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176476188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176476188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176476188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176476191,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176476188\/revisions\/176476191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176476188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176476188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176476188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}