Poetry Book Collection or Chapbook Manuscript
Manuscript guidelines for poetry submissions--including chapbooks
- Use a separate cover sheet for your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
- Center your book title and byline about halfway down the page.
- Include your last name and page number in the top right margin (header) of the first and each subsequent manuscript page.
- Include a table of contents.
- Begin each poem on a new page, single-spaced with double spacing between stanzas.
- Leave at least a 1-inch margin on all sides of the page.
Note: We consider chapbooks to be at least 15 pages (of text) and at most 40 pages long. Longer works we consider to be full-length book manuscripts.
If the manuscript is accepted, authors will receive a standard publishing contract, with royalties, and a number of author copies (no charge).