Your big chance to publish a poetry collection
Want to see a collection of your poetry published? Why not enter the latest Cinnamon Press competition: the closing date is 30 June.
The winning author has their poetry collection published with Cinnamon Press and receives a prize of £100. Cinnamon also publish an anthology of the best poems submitted and entry includes a copy of the winners' anthology. Several other collections have been commissioned by Cinnamon as a result of being shortlisted. There are also short-story and novella/novel writing awards. The guidelines for all genres are as follows:
Entrants for the novel/novella and poetry categories should not previously have had a novel/novella or full poetry collection published. Short story writers may have had stories, but not a single author collection published.
Entries may be made by post or submitted electronically – send as two email attachments – one with the work and the other with contact details – please ensure you have up to date virus protection and send as a .doc or .docx or .rtf file.
Submit the first 10,000 words of your novel/novella or 10 poems up to 40 lines (unpublished) or story of 2,000-4,000 words (unpublished) in a clear type script, double spaced for prose.
Entry is £16 per entry for all categories (this includes a copy of the winners anthology for the poet and short story categories, worth £8.99). Please make cheques payable to ‘Cinnamon Press’ or you can pay online at www.cinnamonpress.com/using PayPal. Work will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
