Tupelo Press $10,000 Dorset Prize for 2008
Open to All Poets Writing in English

Submission Period: September 1 - December 15, 2008 (Postmark)

Again this year, the Dorset Prize includes a cash award of $10,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press (in paper and hardcover editions), a book launch at Poets House in New York City, and national distribution through Tupelo Press and Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, Inc., Ingram and Baker & Taylor.

The 2008 Dorset Prize will be judged by Ilya Kaminsky. All finalists will be considered for publication. Personal friends as well as current and former students of Ilya Kaminsky are not eligible for this year’s Dorset Prize.

Before you submit a manuscript to a Tupelo Press competition, it’s a good idea to become familiar with the work of the poets that we publish. We look for a vivid and musical use of language, a willingness to take risks, a finely honed technique, an abundance of imagination, and the ability to convey something important about the human experience.

While the first three winners of the annual Dorset Prize, interestingly enough, were first books (the anonymous process seems to work), you need to know that we receive many, many submissions from poets with significant publishing histories and, in many cases, a number of previous books, so the competition is fierce. Please take this into consideration when deciding whether to enter a manuscript for the Dorset Prize.

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