MILLER WILLIAMS POETRY PRIZE

Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize in the following summer. For almost a quarter century the press has made this series the cornerstone of its work as a publisher of some of the country’s best new poetry. The series and prize are named for and operated to honor the co-founder and longtime director of the press, Miller Williams.

Organizers: 

MILLER WILLIAMS POETRY PRIZE

Eligibility: 

Friends, family, current students, and former students of the editor should refrain from submitting.

Type of Work Accepted: 

Poetry Collection

 

Entry Fee: 

A readers’ fee of $28 must be paid at the time of submission. Major credit cards and PayPal are accepted. No checks, transfers, or cash can be accepted.

Length of Work: 

Manuscripts must be between sixty and ninety pages.

Prizes: 

$5,000 in cash in for the winning manuscript in addition to free publication.

Competition Rules:

• Individual poems may have been published in chapbooks, journals, and anthologies.
• Work in translation is not accepted.
• No more than one manuscript per author.
• No more than one author per manuscript.
• Manuscripts under publication consideration or prize competition elsewhere are allowed provided we are notified immediately of their acceptance.

• Any author who has had a manuscript published in the series should not apply again until three years after the publication date of said volume.
• Applicants should provide their name, an address, a telephone number, and an email address.
• The first page of the manuscript should start with the title of the collection, followed by a table of contents, and then the poems. Part titles and epigraphs may be included. Dedications, acknowledgments, or any personal information should not be included.
• Submissions are judged anonymously. Your name and contact info should be submitted on this submission page but nowhere in the uploaded file. Do not include any specific identifying information anywhere in the manuscript.
• We recommend authors submit their manuscripts as a PDF, which offers the most reliable representation of what is seen on the writer’s computer. Microsoft Word documents (.doc) and Rich-Text Format documents (.rtf) are also acceptable but may display text and formatting differently when opened on the judge's computer.
• No revisions will be accepted once the application is complete and the manuscript is uploaded.
• The winner and the finalists, whose work will be published, will be notified by 15 July 2017.

Deadline: 

The Closing Date for the competition is 30th September, 2016.

To Apply click here