Deadline: September 30 annually
10-36pp ms. Prefer around 24-28pp.
$15 entry fee payable to Pudding House.
Send to
Pudding House Chapbook Competition
81 Shadymere Lane
Columbus Ohio 43213
(614) 986-1881
$2000.00 First Place
divided between author ($1,000.00) &
a shelter program for the homeless ($1,000.00)
plus publication
20 free copies; deep discounts on optional additionals
Identify author/address on cover page. Some poems may be previously published but not the collection as a whole. Include credits for those poems and assure that you own copyright or have obtained permission to reprint. Pudding House does not buy permissions. Include About the Author statement with publications bio. B&W cover images optional; cover is always up to the publisher but we like to see author suggestions/input (not ideas, but the actual art) if you'd like. This will have no impact on competition results.
We often publish additional manuscripts among those entered.
Judged by editor, Jennifer Bosveld, sometimes with editorial staff for finals.
2006 Winner, DAVID CHORLTON
Past winners of the
former National Looking Glass
Poetry Chapbook Competition
include but are not limited to:
JOHN REPP
MAGGIE SMITH
JEANNE LOHMANN
SHARON FAIN
MARY CROW
DAVID HERNANDEZ
FRANK MANTAGRANO
MARY WINTERS
MARK TAKSA
WILLIE ABRAHAM HOWARD, JR.
MICHAEL DAY, BILL NOBLE, & WILLIAM KEENER
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Pudding House is always willing to read chapbook manuscripts outside of the competition, all year. Send manuscript 10-36 pages (prefer 24-28 pages) including table of contents, credits for first appearances of anything previously published, bio, SASE, and $12 reading fee to Pudding House only via email attachment, Microsoft Word for Windows PC, Times New Roman, 11pt. If you wish to include black and white line drawing or pen and ink cover art suggestions, you may do so; however, covers are always the decision of the publisher. Unless we're traveling, immediate response is our policy. NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS FOR ANYTHING EVER. We do not usually comment on work not accepted but if you're close, we might let you know.
new since 2000
GREATEST HITS PROJECT
In 2000 Pudding House launched
POETS' GREATEST HITS
and we are publishing a series of consistant cover-image releases of the greatest hits of better-known publishing and performing poets. $8.95 cover price. These are by invitation only and therefore have no reading fee. If you'd like to be in the know, click on "Greatest Hits" on the left menu.
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