Poetry publisher offers prize & publication

Four Way Books, located in New York City, is looking for some quality poetry through their annual contest. Four Way is a non-profit literary press that publishes about a dozen books of poetry and short stories annually. They’ve been operating for about 20 years.

Their 2013 Four Way Book Levis Prize in Poetry (absurdly long name) offers $1,000 and publication to the winner, as well as a featured reading in New York City. Not a bad deal.

Fee: Entry fee is $28(US) and you can submit either online or through snail mail. Entry is a two-step process; first you pay for your entry, then you register and submit your work. (When you submit, you need a confirmation number that you receive when you pay.)

Requirements:

• Material in your manuscript may have been published previously in a chapbook, magazines, journals or anthologies, but the work as a whole must be unpublished
• Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible
• There are no length requirements but they note that book-length collections of poetry usually run between 45 and 80 pages of text
• The contest is open to any poet writing in English

Deadline is March 31.

For more information or to get details on where to submit go to:  http://fourwaybooks.com/contest.php