---- Submission Guidelines ----

$500 and 50 copies of the winning chapbook will be awarded for the finest collection of poetry received. Everyone is allowed to submit regardless of previous publication history. Every entrant will receive the equivalent cost of the entry fee in Pavement Saw Press titles.

The chapbooks are published in an edition of 400 copies. While chapbooks rarely receive exposure, ours have been reviewed in Poets and Writers, Publishers Weekly, The Georgia Review, Small Press Review and many others. Our previous winners have had subsequent full length books appear from a bevy of publishers including Curbstone Press, Cleveland State University Press, Bear Star Press, Blazevox Books, University of Georgia, and Hanging Loose Press.

Submit up to 32 pages of poetry. Include a signed cover letter with your name, address, phone number, e-mail, publication credits, a brief biography and the title of the chapbook. Include a cover page with your contact information and the chapbook title. Include a second page with the chapbook title only. Do not include your name on any pages inside the manuscript except for the first title page. No need for a contents page. All chapbooks are selected anonymously. Entry fee: $12.

Make all checks payable to: Pavement Saw Press. Every entrant will receive at least twelve dollars in books which we will pay to mail. Do not include an SASE. All manuscripts will be recycled. Manuscripts will be considered until December 31st, 2007 for the prize. This year the editor will be the judge and, as it should be, he promises not to chose former students, former or potential sexual partners, press interns, or people that can make him famous.

If you wish to send via regular mail your manuscript should be accompanied by a check in the amount of $12.00 made payable to Pavement Saw Press. All US contributors to the contest will ,receive books, chapbooks and journals equal to, or more than, the entry fee. Add $3 (US) for other countries to cover the extra postal charge. Do not include an SASE for notification of results, this information will be sent with the free book. Do not send the only copy of your work. All manuscripts are recycled and individual comments on the manuscripts cannot be made. Entries should be sent to our address at the bottom of the page.

If you wish to submit electronically, use the appropriate PayPal button below:

Chapbook Award US Entries Only

Chapbook Award International and Canadian Entries Only

We will then send you an e-mail confirmation as well as where to e-mail the manuscript. Electronic submissions need to be sent as PDF files or as word (.doc) files. Other formats are not accepted. The extra cost is to cover the paypal fees as well as the time, labor, ink, and so on, to print out your manuscript. In addition to the prize winner, sometimes another anonymous manuscript is chosen, if enough entries arrive. This manuscript will be published under a standard royalty contract. A decision will be reached in March.

Entries should be sent to:

Pavement Saw Press
Chapbook Contest
321 Empire Street
Montpelier, OH 43543
USA

---Winners Since 1996---