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The Waywiser Press is now accepting submissions of poetry manuscripts for
the fourth annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize.
The postmark deadline for submissions
is December 1st 2008.
The Winner Receives
1)
$3,000 or £1,750, paid in May 2009 2)
Publication of the winning manuscript by Waywiser both in the United States
and in the United Kingdom in the autumn of 2009.
Eligibility
1)
Entrants must be at least 18 years of age. 2)
Entrants may not have published more than one previous collection of poems, though
they may have published an unlimited number of books belonging to other genres,
and individual poems from the submitted collection may have been published in
magazines, journals, anthologies, chapbooks of 32 pages or less, or self-published
books of 46 pages or less. 3)
Nobody who has a book published by or forthcoming from Waywiser may enter. 4)
Manuscripts must be in English, and the original work of the entrant (though as
much as one third of the poems they contain can consist of public-domain or permission-secured
translations).
Judging
The
final judge's decision will be made known in May 2009, and the news will be posted
on this website at that time.
Guidelines
(i)
Format 1)
Manuscripts must be a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 100 pages. 2)
Manuscripts must be typed or word-processed – preferably in 11-point type
– on standard white paper, using one side of the paper only. 3)
Pages must be numbered consecutively, and a table of contents, as well as a list
of acknowledgements (where appropriate), should be supplied. 4)
The author's name and contact details (i.e. physical address, phone number and
email address (where possible)) must appear on the front page of the manuscript
and nowhere else. 5)
No illustrative material should be sent, unless it forms an inextricable part
of the manuscript. 6)
A list of previous publications (where applicable) should be enclosed. 7)
Manuscripts should be bound with a spring- or bulldog-clip (no paperclips or staples,
please, and no folders, files or boxes). 8)
If you would like notification of receipt of entry, please include a stamped self-addressed
postcard with the words "Hecht Prize: Entry Received" appropriately
entered. 9)
If you would like notification of the results, please include a stamped self-addressed
envelope. 10)
Faxed or emailed submissions cannot be considered.
(ii) Entry Fee
$25
for residents of the USA £15
for entrants in the rest of the world
(iii) Submission procedure
1)
Please complete the entry form (see below for instructions on how to obtain this),
combine it with your stamped self-addressed postcard and/or envelope (if required),
your manuscript and a cheque for your entry fee (made payable to The Waywiser
Press), and post to one of the two addresses shown below. As stated above, the
postmark deadline for submissions is December 1st 2008, and no late entries will
be accepted.
If
you are a resident of North America, your submission should be sent to: The
Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
The Waywiser Press
P.O. Box 6205
Baltimore
MD 21206
USA
All other entrants should send their submissions to:
The
Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
The Waywiser Press
The Cottage
14
Lyncroft Gardens
Ewell
Surrey
KT17 1UR
UK
2) Entrants can submit a manuscript elsewhere simultaneously, but must immediately
notify Waywiser of its withdrawal from the competition if it is accepted for publication
by another organization.
3)
Once submitted, a manuscript cannot be altered, though the winner of the prize
will be given the opportunity to revise before publication. 4)
Manuscripts cannot be returned. As a result, we strongly advise all entrants to
keep a copy of their submission. 5)
Waywiser cannot accept responsibility for missing submissions. 6)
If the judge is not satisfied that a high-enough standard has been met, the press
reserves the right not to award a prize in a particular year.
The decision of the judge is final.
Submission
of a manuscript will be deemed to constitute acceptance of
all of the provisions
set out above. | 
