Under a Hundred: Chapbook Contest in Honor of Edward Davin Vicker
Note: Next contest will be held in 2012. Check back for updated information.
Every two years, the Under a Hundred Chapbook Competition selects for recognition three poets to be included in a combined chapbook. Below are the contest rules and guidelines for the 2010 Under a Hundred Chapbook Contest.
How to Enter
Send two copies of not more than 100 lines of poetry. You may include a title page, table of contents, and acknowledgements pages. These will not count as part of the 100 line limit for poetry.
No translations.
Use a conventional typeface, such as Times Roman, in 12-point font.
Do not include illustrations.
Poems must be typed and in English.
Use only 8 ½ X 11-inch white paper.
Any subject, and in any form. However, poems must demonstrate appropriate language and good taste. In general, poems will be disqualified if found to contain indecencies, obscenities, defamations, or hateful expressions.
Place your name and address on one copy of the manuscript. No author identification of any kind on the second copy, which will be sent to the judge.
No email, text message, disc, MP3 or other electronic submissions.
Entry Fee
$10 per submission of less than 100 lines. Make check/money order payable to Georgia Poetry Society. Do not send cash.
Only one entry is permitted per person.
Entrant need not be a member of the Georgia Poetry Society.
Deadline
Must be postmarked by October 31, 2010. Late entries will NOT be considered.
Mail entries to
Georgia Poetry Society
ATTN: Under A Hundred Contest
P. O. Box 2184
Columbus, GA 31902
Three winners will be chosen. No honorable mentions or runners-up.
GPS determines printing and binding specifications and book design. Publication rights rest with GPS until the chapbook is published. After that, rights revert to the author.
Winner receives $50 and 25 printed copies of the chapbook. The author may dispose of these as s/he deems appropriate, including selling them.
GPS will print additional copies of the winning chapbook over and above those presented to the author and reserves the right to sell these copies.
Enclose a SASE if you want to know if you won prior to the official announcement.
The contest will not be judged by a GPS member. The judge's decision will be final.