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The Pacific Northwest Chapbook Contest
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The Pacific Northwest Chapbook Contest is an annual contest run by the Sapperton Press and judged by our editorial team.
Please note that there is a non-refundable submission fee of $25 to help us cover the cost of running the contest.
The winner of the contest will receive:
$300 cash prize
A publication contract with The Sapperton Press for a 100-copy initial print run of your chapbook, with the potential for additional print runs
15 author copies of your chapbook
Distribution of your chapbook online and in independent Canadian bookstores
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Please ensure you follow our submission guidelines. Entries that do not adhere to these guidelines will not be considered.
Chapbooks should include 10-30 poems max.
Do not include your name anywhere in the document.
All entries must have a title page, table of contents, and page numbers.
Use 12pt. font Times New Roman or Garamond, single-spaced.
If your submission includes uniquely formatted poems, please submit BOTH a .doc or .docx AND a .pdf file.
Each poem should start on a new page and be clearly titled.
Your entry should not, in part or in full, have made use of Artificial Intelligence.
If individual poems have been previously published elsewhere, in print or online, you must hold the publication rights for these poems. Please include an acknowledgments page for previously published poems.
While individual poems may have been previously published, your chapbook in its entirety may not have been published previously (either self-published or by a different press).
Poets entering our contest must be a Canadian citizen or currently residing in Canada. We are not accepting international submissions at this time.