Bass Clef Books BCB's InauguralGeorge DrewSophomore Chapbook ContestJan. 15-May 15, 2023Now Open!$500First Prize+10 copies General Submissions Fee: usd $12.00OpenBass Clef Books reads year round.Poets should send no more than 30 pages. Manuscripts must be submitted in a Word file, Courier or Times New Roman, 12 point font. Please include a cover page with the author's contact information, biography and list of acknowledgements for pieces previously published. We ask that the manuscript does not include multiple tabulation or other fancy inserts. Doing so, impedes prompt publication. Poets should not submit multiple manuscripts at one time--wait until you hear from us before sending another book. BCB hopes to respond in 120 depending on the volume of submissions.Simultaneous submissions are allowed; reading fees will not be refunded. Please notify us ASAP if you have placed your book elsewhere.Bass Clef Books wants to encourage those unable to pay an exorbitant fee for us to read their work. As such, a reading fee of only $12 is required. Part of this fee ensures that we can offer chosen poets to see their work in a hardback cover. Bass Clef Books may consider individual poem(s) from each submitted manuscript to be included in an anthology series which will be published at certain intervals. Publication of these poems may take up to one year. Bass Clef Books retains North American First Serial Rights and reserves the right to use part of all publications to promote this press and its authors. SubmitPoetry ContestTemp ClosedPoets who enter this contest must have only one volume of previously published poetry. Send no more than 30 pages of your best original poetry. Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word file, 12 point Courier or Times New Roman font. Please include a cover page with the author's contact information and biography and an acknowledgments page listing previous publications and the press that published the poet's first book. Write "Sophomore Book Contest" in the subject line. Bass Clef Books asks for a $15 reading fee to help fund the contest, publication of the winning manuscript and promotion. Part of this fee will go toward publishing the selected chapbook in hardback. We will accept only one entry from a poet. We attain North American First Serial Rights and reserve the right to use part of all publications to promote this press. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but entrants are asked to withdraw immediately if a manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Manuscript revisions are not permitted after submission unless warranted. We ask that the manuscript does not include multiple tabulation or other nifty formatting--doing so makes publication difficult. We do not accept manuscripts that contain visual art.Not Open