Deadline: Aug 15.
Submit to The Poetry Mail‘s 2016 RL Poetry Award for a chance to publish your poetry manuscript. You should submit eight to 10 poems from your currently working on or completed manuscript. Your manuscript can consist of only unpublished poems, or it can be a mix of both published and unpublished poems. Your entry would be just one single Word document.
Indicate on the cover page your name, country, nationality, manuscript title, each individual poem title, including if they’ve been published before. Write your entry in Times New Roman, size 12, left aligned. Place each poem on separate pages, with clear title.
You can only participate if you’re a poet, above the age of 18, who hasn’t had a poetry book previously published by a large press are eligible. Send your entry to submission@thepoetrymail.com.
The Trust will longlist 12 Indian poets and 12 international poets. Longlisted poets will then have to submit their full manuscript. Then, it will shortlist six Indian poets and six international poets. From the shortlist, it will select an Indian winner and an international winner.
The Poetry Mail reserves the right to not publish any manuscript if it isn’t satisfied with the quality of work submitted. It would also not cater to inquiries about the award selection process.