2007 Cider Press Review Book Award

The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers $1000 and publication for a full-length book of poetry. Standard publishing contract and terms and conditions apply. Manuscripts must be postmarked or date-stamped between September 1 and November 30.

Judge for the 2008 award is Dorothy Barresi*.

How to enter:

Manuscripts may be submitted either electronically or by mail. Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in book form (individual poems may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, and chapbooks). Contest entry fee: $25.00. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning book.

Use our convenient online submission form, and pay your entry fee now using Pay Pal. We STRONGLY suggest one-word file names with no spaces or punctuation to avoid upload problems. MS Word 2007 users: please save your files as 2003 compatible before uploading.

All entrants are invited to pay their entry fee online with PayPal.
Entrants may also remit the entry fee by check to the address below.

Send mail submissions to:

Cider Press Review Book Award
777 Braddock Lane
Halifax, PA 17032

Please review our GUIDELINES before entering. BY SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT TO THE CIDER PRESS REVIEW BOOK AWARD AND REMITTING THE ENTRY FEE, THE AUTHOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

*Originally-scheduled judge Lucille Clifton was forced to cancel her participation
due to work load and scheduling conflicts.

Winner of the 2007 Cider Press Review Book Award

Abundance, by Robin Chapman

Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of World as Dictionary, Dog Angel, and Chartreuse remarks:

"In the poems that fill Abundance, Robin Chapman combines science and beauty in perfect proportion as she explores the natural world; the scientist in her explaining while the poet and artist renders vivid each landscape she passses through. Abundance is a truly wise and luminous  book."

Ms Chapman receives a publication contract, $1000, and 25 copies of the first print run. Her book will be released February, 2009.

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