
For National Poetry Month, The Southeast Review is holding its first inaugural Editors’ Choice Digital Chapbook Prize for Emerging Writers, judged by editors Alex Quinlan and Dorothy Chan.
The Winner Will Receive:
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Digital publication of their chapbook
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A publicity campaign through The Southeast Review website and social media
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In-print publication of selections from the winning work
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An interview published in an upcoming print edition of the journal
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A foreword written by the judges
CHAPBOOKPRIZE
The Southeast Review Editors' Choice
Digital Chapbook Prize
About the Judges


DOROTHYCHAN
Dorothy’s favorite chapbooks: Caylin Capra-Thomas, Inside My Electric City (YesYes Books, 2016); Norman Dubie, The Fallen Bird of the Fields (Zone 3 Press, 2010); Elizabeth Alexander and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Poems in Conversation and a Conversation (Sleepy Hollow Chapbook Series, Slapering Hol Press, 2008); Taneum Bambrick, Reservoir (Yemassee, 2018); Terrance Hayes, Who Are the Tribes (Pilot Books, 2011); Chen Chen, Kissing the Sphinx (Two of Cups Press, 2015); and Dana Diehl, I’m looking forward to TV Girls (New Delta Review, 2018).
ALEXQUINLAN
Alex’s favorite chapbooks: Ruth Baumann, A Thousand Ars Poeticas, (Sixth Finch, 2018); Kaveh Akbar, Portrait of the Alcoholic (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017); Tiana Clark, Equilibrium (Bull City Press, 2016); Danez Smith, black movie (Button Poetry, 2015); Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lace & Pyrite (Organic Weapon Arts, 2014); Ocean Vuong, No (YesYes, 2013).

Guidelines
We only accept submissions online. Our digital chapbook submission period runs April 2 through May 2, 2018 at 11:59 PM EST.
Chapbook manuscripts must be 25 pages max. (not including cover page, table of contents, and acknowledgements page) submitted in .docx, .doc, or PDF formats. Please include only one poem per page.
Manuscripts should be single-spaced and typed in 12-point Times New Roman (or equivalent) font with 1-inch margins.
Submissions are read blind. Please do not include your name or bio in the manuscript. This includes both the title page and text. You may provide a bio on the Submittable form, but this is optional.
Please include a title page that includes ONLY the title of your manuscript.
Poems may be previously published in journals, but the manuscript as a whole cannot be previously published. Please include publication information in the acknowledgements page.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed and even encouraged! If your manuscript has been accepted elsewhere, please withdraw it immediately.
Manuscript revisions are not permitted once the manuscript is submitted.
Multiple submissions by the same author are allowed. But each new submission must be uploaded separately, with a separate entry fee for each.
Eligibility
The contest is open to any poet who does not yet have a full-length book published or under contract. Former and current students, friends, family, and colleagues of the judges are ineligible to submit. Former and current interns and masthead of The Southeast Review are also ineligible.
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The winner and honorable mentions will be announced June 1, 2018.
Questions?
Please email us at southeastreview@gmail.com
Best of luck!
Alex + Dorothy
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