Swan Scythe Press, founded by poet Sandra McPherson, and now under the management of poet James DenBoer, announces its 2010 Poetry Chapbook contest. Submissions will be accepted up to June 1st, 2010. Any poet writing in English is eligible to submit.

We require submissions in the following format:

• Title page with author’s name, address, phone number, and email address
• Another title page without any identifying information; book title only
• Table of contents
• Acknowledgments page (optional)
• 20 to 36 pages of poems
• All pages must be numbered
• Submit manuscript bound only by a spring clamp

Please include with your manuscript:

• Reading fee check for $15 made out to Paperwork (not to Swan Scythe Press); “Paperwork” is James DenBoer’s business checking account
• Stamped SASE for announcement of winner(s)
• No SASE for manuscripts, which will be recycled

Send your manuscript to:

James DenBoer, Managing Editor,
Swan Scythe Press
515 P Street, Apartment 804,
Sacramento CA 95814.

Email: jimzbookz@yahoo.com if you have further questions.

Failure to follow format rules as recommended, or postmark deadlines, will remove the manuscript from judging.

We do not accept submissions online.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted as long as you inform us if your manuscript wins another prize or is accepted for publication elsewhere.

Manuscripts must be postmarked no later than June 1st, 2010.

Contest rules and conduct will follow the CLMP Code of Ethics: http://www.clmp.org/about/monographs.html