Our contest dates have changed, so please make sure you read the guidelines!
General Submissions Guidelines
Unsolicited manuscripts ARE considered year round. Send your manuscript, between 60 and 80 pages, with an SASE if you care to have it returned (otherwise we will notify you through email), your biography, acknowlegments page, current contact information including email, and a $25 reading fee ($35 if you desire comments on your manuscript), or for an additional 2 dollars save yourself the postage, paper and envelopes and submit online.
The Contests:
The Annual Dream Horse Press Poetry
Chapbook Prize
Guidelines & Information for 2009
The postmark deadline for entries to the 2009 Dream
Horse Press National Poetry Chapbook Prize is June 1, 2009. To enter,
submit 20-28 paginated pages of poetry, in a readable font, table of contents,
acknowledgments, bio, email for results (No SASE), and a $15.00
non-refundable fee for each manuscript entered. All manuscripts will be recycled. The
winner will receive $500 and 25 copies of a handsomely printed chapbook. The 2007 winner
was Charles Sweetman for Incorporated.
Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if your
manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify Dream Horse Press
immediately. Entry fees are non-refundable. Judging will be anonymous; writers' names
should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Please include your name and biographical
information in a separate cover letter. Please be sure to include your email address.
C. J. Sage is the judge for the 2009 contest. Close friends, students (former or
present), and relatives of the judge or the press owner are NOT eligible for the contest;
the judge reads all entries and will immediately alert DHP if a close friend, student, or
relative has entered. DHP will then disqualify that entry and return the entry fee.
The Annual Dream Horse Press Poetry Chapbook Prize entries may be sent, following the
guidelines above, to:
Dream Horse Press
P. O. Box 2080
Aptos, California 95001-2080
Make checks payable to: Dream Horse Press
Questions may be addressed to the editor in email
Or, you can now submit your manuscript in email, save on postage, paper, and envelopes by paying online:
The Orphic Prize for Poetry book
prize
Guidelines & Information for 2009
The postmark deadline for entries to the 2009
Orphic Prize for Poetry is Deadline has been
changed to August 31, 2009. To enter, submit
48-80 paginated pages of poetry, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email address
for results (No SASE; manuscripts will be recycled), and a $25.00
non-refundable fee for each manuscript entered. The winner is awarded $1000 and
publication, plus 20 author copies. All entries will be considered for publication.All
styles are welcome. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are
acceptable, but if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify Dream Horse Press immediately. Fees are
non-refundable. Judging will be anonymous; writers' names should not appear anywhere on
the manuscript. Please include your name and biographical information in a separate cover
letter. Please be sure to include your email address. The winner is chosen by
the owner, J.P. Dancing Bear. Close friends, students (former or present), and
relatives of the the press owner are NOT eligible for the contest; their entry fees will
be refunded.
The Orphic Prize for Poetry entries may be sent, following the guidelines above, to:
Dream Horse Press
P. O. Box 2080
Aptos, California 95001-2080
Make checks payable to: Dream Horse Press
Or, you can now submit your manuscript in email, save on postage, paper, and envelopes by paying online:
The American Poetry Journal Book Prize
Guidelines & Information for 2010
The postmark deadline for entries to the 2010 The American Poetry
Journal Book Prize is February 28, 2010. To enter, submit
50-65 paginated pages of poetry, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email address
for results (No SASEs; manuscripts will be recycled), and a $25.00 non-refundable fee for
each manuscript entered. The winner will receive $1000, publication, and 20 copies. All
entries will be considered for publication. All styles are welcome. Multiple submissions
are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if your manuscript is
accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify The American Poetry Journal and/or
Dream Horse Press immediately. Fees are
non-refundable. Judging will be anonymous; writers' names should not appear anywhere on
the manuscript. Please include your name and biographical information in a separate cover
letter. Please be sure to include your email address. The winner is chosen by
the editor of The American Poetry Journal, J.P. Dancing Bear. Close
friends, students (former or present), and relatives of the the editor are NOT eligible
for the contest; their entry fees will be refunded.
The American Poetry Journal Book Prize entries may be sent, following the guidelines above, to:
The American Poetry Journal book prize
P. O. Box 2080
Aptos, California 95001-2080
Please make checks payable to: Dream Horse Press.
Or, you can now submit your manuscript in email, save on postage, paper, and envelopes by paying online: email