Island Verse Edition

Island Verse Poetry Prizes are awarded to honor a poet's chapbook.  Winners are selected from a competitive pool of manuscripts by nationally recognized poets and the Island Verse editorial board.  Winners will be published within the Island Verse Editions Chapbooks of Maine Series. 

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Winner Receives

• Chapbook publication by Island Verse Editions which are perfect bound and beautifully typeset.
• $250 honorarium
• 10 contributor copies

Requirements

• Entrants must be 18 years of age, and have NOT published  a full-length collection of poetry.
• Individual poems from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, journals, anthologies, or self-published, but must be submitted in manuscript  form.  
• Manuscript includes a table of contents, is no more than 28 pages, and has title page that includes this information: title of manuscript, your name, address, phone #, email, and a list of the poems that were previously published and where. (Please, one poem per page.)
• Include a Short Bio that tells how your manuscript informs readers.
• $20 application fee.

Island Verse Editions is drawn to original poetry that takes risks, tells stories, and conveys insights into human experiences.  

​Chapbook Prizes

• Lily's Pond Poetry Prize: Editor's Choice. 2016 Winner: Megan Alford's, Piggyfish
• Island Verse Poetry Prize: Editor's Choice.  2017 Winner: Deborah Fass, Where the Current Catches 
• Atlantic Road Poetry Prize.  2017 Winner: Steven Ostrowski, After the Tate Modern ( in pre-preproduction)
• Blackrock Poetry Prize.  Submission Deadline: TBA
• Mackerel Cove Poetry Prize.  Submission Deadline: TBA

Island Verse Story Lab endorses and abides by the Ethical Guidelines of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).

Submission Guidelines

Two ways to submit your manuscript: 

1. Via postal mail.  Be sure to include $20 application fee as a check or money order made out to Island Verse Story Lab, PO Box 321 Swan's Island, ME 04685 
2. Via Submittable: click link below

​Thank you for the honor to read and consider your work!

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​PIGGYFISH
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2016 Winner of the Lily's Pond Poetry Prize