The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, selected by Adrian Matejka
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The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry is awarded annually to one full-length manuscript of poetry. The prize includes $2,000, publication of a the work, a standard royalty contract, and an introduction written by the guest judge. Kathryn A. Morton was an author and devotee of fine literature, especially poetry.
ELIGIBILITY
This contest is open to any poet writing in English. Employees and board members of Sarabande are not eligible. Agented manuscripts are not eligible. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of less than 48 pages, or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and previously published collections are not eligible. To avoid conflict of interest, close friends of a judge or current students in a degree-granting program with a judge are not eligible.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Manuscript must be anonymous
- Manuscript must be typed, standard font, 12 pt.
- Minimum length 48 pages
- Manuscript must be paginated consecutively with a table of contents
- Cover letter or manuscript should include acknowledgements list (a list of publications in which poems in the manuscript have appeared)
- Submission must be accompanied by a $34 submission fee
Multiple submissions are permitted if submitted separately, each with a submission fee. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but please withdraw the submission if accepted elsewhere.
Sarabande Books considers all finalists for publication.