2009 Cider Press Review Book Award

We are no longer accepting submissions to the 2008 Cider Press Book Award. The Winner of the 2008 award will be announced in early February.

The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers $1000 and publication for a full-length book of poetry. Standard publishing contract and terms and conditions apply. Manuscripts must be postmarked or date-stamped between September 1 and November 30 each year.

Judge for the 2009 award is David St. John.

Winner of the 2007 Cider Press Review Book Award

Abundance, by Robin Chapman

Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of World as Dictionary, Dog Angel, and Chartreuse remarks:

"In the poems that fill Abundance, Robin Chapman combines science and beauty in perfect proportion as she explores the natural world; the scientist in her explaining while the poet and artist renders vivid each landscape she passses through. Abundance is a truly wise and luminous  book."

Ms Chapman receives a publication contract, $1000, and 25 copies of the first print run. Her book will be released February, 2009.

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How to enter:

Manuscripts may be submitted either electronically or by mail. Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in book form (individual poems may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, and chapbooks). Contest entry fee: $25.00. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning book and a one-issue subscription to Cider Press Review.

Please review our GUIDELINES before entering. BY SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT TO THE CIDER PRESS REVIEW BOOK AWARD AND REMITTING THE ENTRY FEE, THE AUTHOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.