Battle Creek Press Poetry Writing Contest
There are presently no open calls for submissions.
Guidelines
1) The Battle Creek Press New and Emerging Author Anthology is meant for a wide, general audience. Write about anything you’d like; however, keep the subject matter to a Y rating or PG-13 rating. Any submission rated Y+ or R, or worse, will automatically be disqualified. Nothing pornographic, extremely violent, or horrific will be accepted.
2) Keep the language in your submission clean. Unnecessary profanity will be edited out anyway, so if you include profanity that serves no obvious literary purpose, know that it will likely be edited out if your submission is chosen to be included in the Anthology.
3) Click on the “Complete Submission” link below. Battle Creek Press uses Submishmash.com to manage our writing contest submissions and $25 reading fees. Authors may be required to create a free Submishmash account before completing their submission.
4) You are allowed to multiple submissions. However, each submission will require a separate $25 reading fee. Your submission(s) must be fresh and new. Do not submit reprints or previously published material.
5) This is a Poetry writing contest. Use the following loose definition as a guideline while creating your submission:
Poetry: A form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry takes on a number of forms, including Sonnet, Jintishi, Sestina, Villanelle, Pantoum, Rondeau, Roundel, Rondelet, Triolet, Tanka, Haiku, Ruba’I, Sijo, Ode, Ghazal, Acrostic, Canzone, Cinquain, Carmina figurata, Fixed verse, Folk song, Free verse, Gogyōka, Limerick, Lune, Minnesang, Pastourelle, Quintain, Stev, and Yoik (Wikipedia). Authors should identify the form of poetry used in their submission.
Terms
Authors will be provided with a complete Anthology Agreement for review and consideration prior to publication of accepted submissions. The following is a general, non-binding, summary of the terms under which The Battle Creek Press New and Emerging Author Anthology currently publishes submissions:
1) Only those authors who win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in each respective writing contest (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult, and Poetry) will be paid to publish their submissions. Winnings will be paid out according to the Official Rules.
2) Battle Creek Press buys exclusive first world Anthology rights, in the English language and any electronic format, for a particular release of the Anthology. There is a twelve (12) month no other publication/use provision. Rights apply only to a specific complete Anthology release, not general use of a work.
3) The complete Anthology is published in print and digitally in a variety of electronic formats; however, we also buy the non-exclusive right to republish, print, or reprint the complete Anthology in any language or format.
4) Battle Creek Press will provide professional editing to the winners of the contest. Author must cooperate with the editor and make all required changes, additions, or deletions (not all changes are ‘required’ — required changes typically relate to grammar/spelling, Chicago Style, and Anthology-series consistency issues). The editing process is done exclusively in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format; use of Word Track Changes is required.
5) All submissions are subject to the writing contest Official Rules.
1) The Battle Creek Press New and Emerging Author Anthology is meant for a wide, general audience. Write about anything you’d like; however, keep the subject matter to a Y rating or PG-13 rating. Any submission rated Y+ or R, or worse, will automatically be disqualified. Nothing pornographic, extremely violent, or horrific will be accepted.
2) Keep the language in your submission clean. Unnecessary profanity will be edited out anyway, so if you include profanity that serves no obvious literary purpose, know that it will likely be edited out if your submission is chosen to be included in the Anthology.
3) Click on the “Complete Submission” link below. Battle Creek Press uses Submishmash.com to manage our writing contest submissions and $25 reading fees. Authors may be required to create a free Submishmash account before completing their submission.
4) You are allowed to multiple submissions. However, each submission will require a separate $25 reading fee. Your submission(s) must be fresh and new. Do not submit reprints or previously published material.
5) This is a Poetry writing contest. Use the following loose definition as a guideline while creating your submission:
Poetry: A form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry takes on a number of forms, including Sonnet, Jintishi, Sestina, Villanelle, Pantoum, Rondeau, Roundel, Rondelet, Triolet, Tanka, Haiku, Ruba’I, Sijo, Ode, Ghazal, Acrostic, Canzone, Cinquain, Carmina figurata, Fixed verse, Folk song, Free verse, Gogyōka, Limerick, Lune, Minnesang, Pastourelle, Quintain, Stev, and Yoik (Wikipedia). Authors should identify the form of poetry used in their submission.
Terms
Authors will be provided with a complete Anthology Agreement for review and consideration prior to publication of accepted submissions. The following is a general, non-binding, summary of the terms under which The Battle Creek Press New and Emerging Author Anthology currently publishes submissions:
1) Only those authors who win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in each respective writing contest (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult, and Poetry) will be paid to publish their submissions. Winnings will be paid out according to the Official Rules.
2) Battle Creek Press buys exclusive first world Anthology rights, in the English language and any electronic format, for a particular release of the Anthology. There is a twelve (12) month no other publication/use provision. Rights apply only to a specific complete Anthology release, not general use of a work.
3) The complete Anthology is published in print and digitally in a variety of electronic formats; however, we also buy the non-exclusive right to republish, print, or reprint the complete Anthology in any language or format.
4) Battle Creek Press will provide professional editing to the winners of the contest. Author must cooperate with the editor and make all required changes, additions, or deletions (not all changes are ‘required’ — required changes typically relate to grammar/spelling, Chicago Style, and Anthology-series consistency issues). The editing process is done exclusively in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format; use of Word Track Changes is required.
5) All submissions are subject to the writing contest Official Rules.