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Guidelines:
Slipstream is a not-for-profit press, established in 1980. Our annual poetry chapbook contest offers a $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of your book. Deadline to enter is Dec. 1.
There is a $20 reading fee to enter the contest, which is handled through PayPal if you submit online. Everyone who enters the competition receives a copy of the winning chapbook plus an issue of Slipstream magazine (a $20 value).
To enter, send up to 40 pages of poetry: any style, format, or theme (or no theme). If submitting your manuscript by U.S. mail, include a $20 check, bank draft, or money order for the reading fee. Due to recent increases in the cost of mail, manuscripts will no longer be returned. Send only copies of your poems, not originals.
Please do not submit poetry manuscripts via email (use email for inquiries & correspondence only).
Contestants must provide a U.S. mailing address to participate.
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SUBMIT YOUR CHAPBOOK MANUSCRIPT ONLINE:
Or mail to:
Slipstream Poetry Contest
Dept. W-1
PO Box 2071
Niagara Falls, New York 14301
Simultaneous submissions are okay as long as you keep us informed of status. Previously published poems with acknowledgements are also acceptable. If you are sending us copies of your poems via mail, please provide legible typewritten or computer-printed copy only. Photocopies that are easy on the eyes are fine.
Everyone who enters the poetry contest receives a copy of the winning chapbook plus one classic issue of Slipstream magazine. In order to receive your books, you must provide a U.S. mailing address.
The winner of the contest is announced in late spring/early summer. The winner is featured prominently on the Slipstream website for one year, as well as in all Slipstream catalogs, press releases, and promotional materials.
Winning chapbooks are submitted by Slipstream for review by various national and international poetry/writing publications and may also be featured in the Grants and Awards section of Poets & Writers magazine.
Deadline for the poetry contest is . . . Dec. 1 every year
Past Winners of the Slipstream Poetry Contest:
- 2023—"Those Last few Moments of Light"
J. R. Thelin (Buena Vista, VA)
- 2022—"Buddah's Not Talking"
Jeanne-Marie Osterman (Indianapolis, IN)
- 2021—"All Animals Want the Same Things"
Jeanne-Marie Osterman (New York, NY)
- 2020—"Poems for the American Brother"
Max Stephan (Orchard Park, NY)
- 2019—"A Midwest Girl Thanks Patti Smith"
Pam Davenport (Flagstaff, AZ)
- 2018—"Exit, Stage Left"
Robert L. Penick (Louisville, KY)
- 2017—"Blue Velvet"
Alan Catlin (Schenectady, NY)
- 2016—"Not All Fires Burn the Same"
Francine Witte (New York, NY)
- 2015—"The Function of Sadness"
Neil Carpathios (Portsmouth, OH)
- 2014—"Another Mistake"
Nicole Antonio (Oakland, CA)
- 2013—"Town Crazy"
John Cullen (Big Rapids, MI)
- 2012—"The Bones We Have in Common"
Sudasi Clement (Santa Fe, NM)
- 2011—"Three Crows Laughing"
Moriah Erickson (Duluth, MN)
- 2010—"The Real Politics of Lipstick"
Mary Carroll-Hackett (Greenville, NC)
- 2009—"From the Age of Miracles"
David Chorlton (Phoenix, AZ)
- 2008—"Rescue Conditions"
Carrie Shipers (Lincoln, NE)
- 2007—"Your Whole Life"
Douglas Goetsch (New York, NY)
- 2006—"Behind Every Door"
Terry Godbey (Maitland, FL)
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- 2005—"Some Days it's a Love Story"
Jason Irwin (Astoria, NY)
- 2004—"Radio Dreams"
Beth Anne Royer (Providence, RI)
- 2003—"Trading Futures"
Nikki Roszko (Philadelphia, PA)
- 2002—"What Language"
J. P. Dancing Bear (San Jose, CA)
- 2001—"The Eyes of a Vertical Cut"
Ronald Wardall (Brooklyn, NY)
- 2000—"Breaking the Captives' Fetters"
Laurie Mazzaferro (Pittsburgh, PA)
- 1999—"Dancing with the One-Armed Man"
Alison Pelegrin (Fayetteville, AR)
- 1998—"Longing Fervently for Revolution"
Renny Christopher (Turlock, CA)
- 1997—"Gravel"
Leslie Anne Mcilroy (Pittsburgh, PA)
- 1996—"The Nietzsche Itinerary"
Matt Buys (Indianapolis, IN)
- 1995—"Hubba Hubba"
Katharine Harer (San Francisco, CA)
- 1994—"The Insomniacs"
David Chorlton (Phoenix, AZ)
- 1993—"Shock Treatment"
Kurt Nimmo (Canton, MI)
- 1992—"I Would Steal Horses"
Sherman Alexie (Wellpinit, WA)
- 1991—"The Color of Poison"
Serena Fusek (Newport News, VA)
- 1990—"The Trial of Mary McCormick"
Robert Cooperman (Pikesville, MD)
- 1989—"The Fatboy with No Imagination from Down the Block"
Richard Amidon (Owosso, MI)
- 1988—"A Constituency of Dunces"
Gerald Locklin (Long Beach, CA)
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Deadline for the poetry contest is . . . Dec. 1 every year
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