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| Tania Hershman won in 2015 with the excellent - Nothing Here is Wild, Everything is Open |
From the Munster Literature Centre - The Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition is 'open to new, emerging and established poets from any country BUT at least one of the winners will be a debutante (with no chapbook or book published previously). Up to 25 - 50 other entrants will be publicly listed as "highly commended". Manuscripts must be sixteen to twenty-four pages in length, in the English language and the sole work of the entrant with no pastiches, translations or 'versions'. The poems can be in verse or prose. Each chapbook is guaranteed a review in Southword Journal.
The winning chapbooks will be published in February 2017 with ISBNs, barcodes and will be offered for sale internationally through our own website, Amazon, and selected independent book sellers. The winning poets will be offered a reading and given three nights' accommodation at the 2017 Cork Spring Poetry Festival. An entrance fee of €25 will be charged for each manuscript.' More details Here
1st & 2nd prize winners will each have their manuscript published, and will receive 50 complimentary copies of their chapbooks.
1st prize to receive €1000 & 2nd prize to receive €500.
Deadline: 31 May 2016.
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