Submit 45-80 pages of poetry with a $25 reading fee (personal check only, please; no money orders), a cover letter with your bio and your manuscript's acknowledgments, and your email address for results (no SASEs please; manuscripts will be recycled. Check website for winners.) Please do not bind, fasten, or clip your manuscript in any way.

IMPORTANT: Checks payable only to "TNPR"

ENTRY ADDRESS FOR BOOK PRIZE ONLY:

THE NATIONAL POETRY REVIEW

PO Box 2080

Aptos, CA 95001-2080

Postmark Deadline : September 30, 2011.

OR you can submit and pay online:

First, click "Buy Now" to transmit your fee.

Then, email your entry, put your name in the subject line, include a copy of your PayPal paid receipt, and send to editor@nationalpoetryreview.com.

The winner of The National Poetry Review Book Prize will receive $1000 plus publication and 15 copies of the book. All entrants will be considered for publication. In 2006 two runners up were given publication contracts in addition to the winner.

http://nationalpoetryreview.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~sagecj/tnprbookprize.html

Click on the link above and go to the contest official site