Deadline: January 31 Prize: $500, publication of chapbook and 50 gorgeous copies Reading fee: $20 Submit: 16-36 pages of poetry
Electronic submissions only. Submit here: https://graysonbooks.submittable.com/submit
Simultaneous submissions are permissible if we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Multiple submissions are also permitted; a fee must accompany each entry.
Do NOT put identifying information on your manuscript. That will go on a separate form. The judge receives anonymous manuscripts to consider.
Including acknowledgments of previously published poems is acceptable but not required. When a manuscript is chosen for publication, we will request acknowledgments.
We do not accept work that was created—entirely or partially—with AI software.
This year's judge, Christopher Buckley, has published 30 books of poetry. His work was selected for Best American Poetry 2021, and he is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, two NEA grants, a Fulbright Award in Creative Writing, four Pushcart Prizes, and a number of other awards.