Deadline: 15 June 2011
Asia Writes's featured writer Luisa A. Igloria will be qarrtsiluni's judge for their 2011 chapbook competition. If you want to participate, below are the details:
Third Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest
Why a chapbook? Regardless of what you call it, the fact is that a pamphlet-sized collection of poetry can be an astonishingly beautiful thing. Whether they’re handmade at home with a laser printer, or designed and published like books, chapbooks are a staple of poetry publishing and have historically showcased not only the collections of poetry they contain, but creative design, and fine typography and printing.
Perhaps better known in North America than in other parts of the world, chapbooks are often the first published collection by a poet, but they’re not just for emerging poets anymore; a poet at any stage of her career might find she has a collection of work too long for a featured section in a journal and too short for a full-length book. And a chapbook designed to be read in a single sitting offers a nourishing alternative to a magazine or newspaper. With roots in the 16th century, it’s the original sleek and sexy mobile device.
OUR JUDGE for 2011: LUISA A. IGLORIA
We’re delighted to announce that Luisa A. Igloria will be our judge for 2011. Luisa is no stranger to qarrtsiluni, having been published here numerous times.
Originally from Baguio City in the Philippines, Luisa is a poet and Professor of Creative Writing and English, and Director of the MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University. She holds a doctorate in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago (where she was a Fulbright Fellow from 1992-1995), and degrees from Ateneo de Manila University (MA Literature) and the University of the Philippines (BA Humanities, cum laude).
She is the author of JUAN LUNA’S REVOLVER (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry), TRILL & MORDENT (WordTech Editions, 2005), and 8 other books. Her work has appeared or been accepted in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, The Missouri Review, Indiana Review, Poetry East, Umbrella, Sweet, qarrtsiluni, poemeleon, Smartish Pace, Rattle, The North American Review, Bellingham Review, Shearsman (UK), PRISM International (Canada), Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria), The Asian Pacific American Journal, and TriQuarterly.
National and international literary awards include the 2007 49th Parallel Poetry Prize (selected by Carolyne Wright for the Bellingham Review), the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize (selected by former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser for the North American Review); Honorable Mention in the 2010 Potomac Review Poetry Contest; Finalist in the first Narrative Poetry Contest (2009); Finalist, the 2007 Indiana Review Poetry Prize; the 2006 National Writers Union Poetry Prize (selected by Adrienne Rich); the 2006 Richard Peterson Poetry Prize (Crab Orchard Review); the 2006 Stephen Dunn Award for Poetry; the 2004 Fugue Poetry Prize(selected by Ellen Bryant Voigt); Finalist, the 2003 Larry Levis Editors Prize for Poetry from The Missouri Review; Finalist, the 2003 Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press); the first Sylvia Clare Brown Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation (2007); a 2003 partial fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg; four Pushcart Prize nominations; a 1998 Fellowship at the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers in Lasswade, the Midlothians, Scotland; and the 1998 George Kent Award for Poetry. As well, Luisa is an eleven-time recipient of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature in three genres (poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction) and its Hall of Fame distinction; the Palanca award is the Philippines’ highest literary prize.
THE FINE PRINT
Your submissions are invited for qarrtsiluni‘s third Poetry Chapbook Contest. The winner will be announced on September 1, and receive both online and print publication. All the details follow:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
* Written poetry in all forms will be considered, including prose poems, but it will be up to the judge to decide if a submission qualifies as “poetry.” Non-fictional and fictional prose will not be considered, nor will multi-media submissions.
* Chapbook manuscripts should include 20-26 pages** of poetry, but the number of poems submitted may vary from, for example, 20 to 26 single-page poems to one long poem or poem series comprising 20-26 pages in length. (**One page=no more than 40 lines of poetry, not including title.) Internal section heads (on otherwise blank pages) must be included in the 26-page count. If you are uncertain about the length or form of your manuscript, please inquire first to to Beth Adams at qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2010 [at] gmail.com.
* Anyone other than qarrtsiluni staff or close friends and family of the judge are eligible to enter, including former guest editors of the journal.
* The contest is open to all nationalities, but the poems must be submitted in English.
* Poems in the manuscript may have appeared in periodicals or anthologies, but should not have appeared in previous chapbooks or full-length works by the author.
* Submissions of collaboratively written poetry will also be accepted; multi-author anthologies will not. (Again, feel free to inquire if you’re uncertain.)
CRITERIA
There is no theme for the chapbook contest. Judging of the manuscripts will be strictly on the merit of the individual poems and the collection as an integrated whole. It will be the sole responsibility of the judge to decide which manuscript, in her opinion, is most deserving.
JUDGING PROCESS
Managing Editor Beth Adams will receive and process all submissions, assigning each a number, and removing any references to the author’s identity; judging will be blind. A shortlist of ten will be determined by teams of two readers each, and the chosen manuscripts turned over to Luisa for her decision.
AWARDS
From this shortlist of ten, the names of seven finalists, two runners-up, and the contest winner will be announced online on September 1.
Online publication of the winning chapbook in its entirety, and one poem from each of the other shortlisted manuscripts, will follow in the late summer/early fall of 2011.
The winning manuscript will also be printed as a professionally designed, typeset and printed chapbook with a color cover, and catalogued with an ISBN number and copyright information. We will work with the winning poet to produce an audio podcast of the chapbook, read aloud. The winner will receive 20 copies, and may purchase additional copies at a wholesale price. We cannot offer monetary prizes at this time, but hope to in the future.
All contest entrants will receive a digital (PDF) copy of the winning chapbook. Printed chapbooks will be available for sale through the qarrtsiluni site and on Amazon.com, and we will solicit online reviews.
The poems will be copyrighted by their original author, but qarrtsiluni retains the right to reprint the chapbook in whole or in part, online or in future print works or anthologies, and to submit it or any of the poems within for various awards.
SCHEDULE
* The reading period will begin immediately after this announcement, and continue over the next six weeks, with a final manuscript deadline of June 15.
* The winner will be announced on September 1, with publication to follow in the fall.
HOW TO SUBMIT
* All submissions must be made by e-mail to this account: qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com. Manuscripts should be in DOC or RTF form, sent as attachments to your email. Please remove all identifying references other than an accompanying email indicating your name and the title of your manuscript, as the judging process will be blind.
* Please do not include acknowledgments either with the manuscript or in your accompanying email. The manuscripts will be judged on their own merit.
* There is a reading and handling fee of $11 per chapbook manuscript submitted, and this must be received before the manuscript will be entered for judging. Click on the button below to pay online. The transaction will be handled by PayPal but you will be given a choice of payment methods.
Pay here >>
* The reading fee helps defray the printing, binding, and shipping costs of the chapbooks and the honoraria for our judge and cover artist.
* All queries about the contest should be directed to Beth Adams at qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com
For submissions: qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com
Website: http://qarrtsiluni.com
Asia Writes's featured writer Luisa A. Igloria will be qarrtsiluni's judge for their 2011 chapbook competition. If you want to participate, below are the details:
Third Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest
Why a chapbook? Regardless of what you call it, the fact is that a pamphlet-sized collection of poetry can be an astonishingly beautiful thing. Whether they’re handmade at home with a laser printer, or designed and published like books, chapbooks are a staple of poetry publishing and have historically showcased not only the collections of poetry they contain, but creative design, and fine typography and printing.
Perhaps better known in North America than in other parts of the world, chapbooks are often the first published collection by a poet, but they’re not just for emerging poets anymore; a poet at any stage of her career might find she has a collection of work too long for a featured section in a journal and too short for a full-length book. And a chapbook designed to be read in a single sitting offers a nourishing alternative to a magazine or newspaper. With roots in the 16th century, it’s the original sleek and sexy mobile device.
OUR JUDGE for 2011: LUISA A. IGLORIA
We’re delighted to announce that Luisa A. Igloria will be our judge for 2011. Luisa is no stranger to qarrtsiluni, having been published here numerous times.
Originally from Baguio City in the Philippines, Luisa is a poet and Professor of Creative Writing and English, and Director of the MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University. She holds a doctorate in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago (where she was a Fulbright Fellow from 1992-1995), and degrees from Ateneo de Manila University (MA Literature) and the University of the Philippines (BA Humanities, cum laude).
She is the author of JUAN LUNA’S REVOLVER (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry), TRILL & MORDENT (WordTech Editions, 2005), and 8 other books. Her work has appeared or been accepted in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, The Missouri Review, Indiana Review, Poetry East, Umbrella, Sweet, qarrtsiluni, poemeleon, Smartish Pace, Rattle, The North American Review, Bellingham Review, Shearsman (UK), PRISM International (Canada), Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria), The Asian Pacific American Journal, and TriQuarterly.
National and international literary awards include the 2007 49th Parallel Poetry Prize (selected by Carolyne Wright for the Bellingham Review), the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize (selected by former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser for the North American Review); Honorable Mention in the 2010 Potomac Review Poetry Contest; Finalist in the first Narrative Poetry Contest (2009); Finalist, the 2007 Indiana Review Poetry Prize; the 2006 National Writers Union Poetry Prize (selected by Adrienne Rich); the 2006 Richard Peterson Poetry Prize (Crab Orchard Review); the 2006 Stephen Dunn Award for Poetry; the 2004 Fugue Poetry Prize(selected by Ellen Bryant Voigt); Finalist, the 2003 Larry Levis Editors Prize for Poetry from The Missouri Review; Finalist, the 2003 Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press); the first Sylvia Clare Brown Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation (2007); a 2003 partial fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg; four Pushcart Prize nominations; a 1998 Fellowship at the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers in Lasswade, the Midlothians, Scotland; and the 1998 George Kent Award for Poetry. As well, Luisa is an eleven-time recipient of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature in three genres (poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction) and its Hall of Fame distinction; the Palanca award is the Philippines’ highest literary prize.
THE FINE PRINT
Your submissions are invited for qarrtsiluni‘s third Poetry Chapbook Contest. The winner will be announced on September 1, and receive both online and print publication. All the details follow:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
* Written poetry in all forms will be considered, including prose poems, but it will be up to the judge to decide if a submission qualifies as “poetry.” Non-fictional and fictional prose will not be considered, nor will multi-media submissions.
* Chapbook manuscripts should include 20-26 pages** of poetry, but the number of poems submitted may vary from, for example, 20 to 26 single-page poems to one long poem or poem series comprising 20-26 pages in length. (**One page=no more than 40 lines of poetry, not including title.) Internal section heads (on otherwise blank pages) must be included in the 26-page count. If you are uncertain about the length or form of your manuscript, please inquire first to to Beth Adams at qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2010 [at] gmail.com.
* Anyone other than qarrtsiluni staff or close friends and family of the judge are eligible to enter, including former guest editors of the journal.
* The contest is open to all nationalities, but the poems must be submitted in English.
* Poems in the manuscript may have appeared in periodicals or anthologies, but should not have appeared in previous chapbooks or full-length works by the author.
* Submissions of collaboratively written poetry will also be accepted; multi-author anthologies will not. (Again, feel free to inquire if you’re uncertain.)
CRITERIA
There is no theme for the chapbook contest. Judging of the manuscripts will be strictly on the merit of the individual poems and the collection as an integrated whole. It will be the sole responsibility of the judge to decide which manuscript, in her opinion, is most deserving.
JUDGING PROCESS
Managing Editor Beth Adams will receive and process all submissions, assigning each a number, and removing any references to the author’s identity; judging will be blind. A shortlist of ten will be determined by teams of two readers each, and the chosen manuscripts turned over to Luisa for her decision.
AWARDS
From this shortlist of ten, the names of seven finalists, two runners-up, and the contest winner will be announced online on September 1.
Online publication of the winning chapbook in its entirety, and one poem from each of the other shortlisted manuscripts, will follow in the late summer/early fall of 2011.
The winning manuscript will also be printed as a professionally designed, typeset and printed chapbook with a color cover, and catalogued with an ISBN number and copyright information. We will work with the winning poet to produce an audio podcast of the chapbook, read aloud. The winner will receive 20 copies, and may purchase additional copies at a wholesale price. We cannot offer monetary prizes at this time, but hope to in the future.
All contest entrants will receive a digital (PDF) copy of the winning chapbook. Printed chapbooks will be available for sale through the qarrtsiluni site and on Amazon.com, and we will solicit online reviews.
The poems will be copyrighted by their original author, but qarrtsiluni retains the right to reprint the chapbook in whole or in part, online or in future print works or anthologies, and to submit it or any of the poems within for various awards.
SCHEDULE
* The reading period will begin immediately after this announcement, and continue over the next six weeks, with a final manuscript deadline of June 15.
* The winner will be announced on September 1, with publication to follow in the fall.
HOW TO SUBMIT
* All submissions must be made by e-mail to this account: qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com. Manuscripts should be in DOC or RTF form, sent as attachments to your email. Please remove all identifying references other than an accompanying email indicating your name and the title of your manuscript, as the judging process will be blind.
* Please do not include acknowledgments either with the manuscript or in your accompanying email. The manuscripts will be judged on their own merit.
* There is a reading and handling fee of $11 per chapbook manuscript submitted, and this must be received before the manuscript will be entered for judging. Click on the button below to pay online. The transaction will be handled by PayPal but you will be given a choice of payment methods.
Pay here >>
* The reading fee helps defray the printing, binding, and shipping costs of the chapbooks and the honoraria for our judge and cover artist.
* All queries about the contest should be directed to Beth Adams at qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com
For submissions: qarrtsiluni.chapbook.2011 [at] gmail.com
Website: http://qarrtsiluni.com
