2013 Native Writers Chapbook Series Contest







The Sequoyah National Research Center is pleased to announce the return of their

Poetry Chapbook Award for emerging American Indian writers. One manuscript will

be published annually, and although there is no cash prize, the writer selected

will receive 250 copies of their chapbook to distribute at will.  The winning

manuscript  will also be archived in our prestigious Tribal Writers Digital

Library.





Guidelines are as follows:





 	 •  The Sequoyah Chapbook Award is open to any member of a federally

recognized tribe in the United States. Individual must be either enrolled as a

member of that tribe or accepted by that community as a member.





	 •  Manuscripts, which need not be Native American in theme or subject matter,

should be between 20 to 36 pages of poems, bound with a clip, single-spaced, one

poem per page, paginated consecutively, with a table of contents and

acknowledgments.  Previous journal or magazine publication (web or print) is

encouraged with acknowledgements, but we will not reprint work that has appeared

as a whole in books (self-published or otherwise).





	 •  A cover letter is required that identifies the writer’s tribal

affiliation and has all contact information, including name, complete mailing

address, email, and phone number.  A short bio would also be helpful.





	 •  We ask that you not submit manuscript simultaneously to other publishers

or contests; winner will be notified no later than June 15, 2013.





	 •  There is no reading fee, and manuscripts will not be read anonymously. 

All things being equal, we will select the work of emerging authors over

established ones.





	 •  Please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for confirmation of

receipt of your manuscript.





	 •  Manuscript must be postmarked between March 15 and May 1, 2013.  Anything

received after that reading period will be returned unread. We do not accept

email submissions.  Please mail submission to:





		 Professor Nickole Brown, Department of English

		 University of Arkansas at Little Rock

		 Little Rock, AR 72204





	 •  Questions should be emailed to Professor Brown at lnbrownATualrDOTedu

lnbrown@.... Again, please do not email poems.























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