Chicago Poetry Magazine - Poets of the Midwest #1

Poets of the Midwest Contest #1 - Submission Guidelines

Additional submission opportunities can be viewed on the Wax Poetry
and Art Submissions page.

Chicago Poetry Magazine & Wax Poetry and Art present,
Poets of the Midwest Contest #1

- This is a free contest. You must live in the Midwestern United States to
submit. This includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
- This contest closes on Sunday, May 3, 2020, at midnight. The winner
will be published on or before Monday, May 18, 2020.
- This contest is a Wax Poetry and Art Champions Cup qualifying event.
C lick here to read information about the Poetry Champions Cup.

Description
Chicago Poetry Magazine invites all poets living in the Midwestern
United States, to submit to the Poets of the Midwest Contest #1.

Submission Guidelines
Please read these submission guidelines carefully. Adherence to the
submission guidelines is now part of the review process. Participants
will receive email acknowledgement that their submission has been
received. Incomplete or improperly formatted submissions will be
disqualified at the beginning of the review process. Therefore, you must
ensure that you follow these guidelines carefully.

To send a corrected or new submission, simply send an entirely new
submission, prior to the submission deadline. Your previous entry will
be discarded and your most recent submission will be used for the
contest.

Poets who require notice of whether of not their submission is correctly
formatted can pay a fee of $5 CAD. Click here to purchase a Contest
Formatting Acknowledgement for this contest. (The link opens in a new
window so you can keep your place on this page.)

You must agree with the terms on this page in order to submit poetry to
this project. Your submission will be taken as proof of your agreement
and as such, no additional contract will be required for publication to
proceed.

Your email will be added to the Wax Poetry and Art Email list. You will
receive only a few emails per year, and you can leave the list at any time
by replying to a message and asking to leave. To ensure you receive
messages, you may add "info@waxpoetryart.com" to your saved
email addresses.

You must include the following statement in your submission: "I agree
with the terms of the Poets of the Midwest Contest, and to be added
to the Wax Poetry and Art email list."

The Poets of the Midwest Contest #1 closes on Sunday, May 3, 2020.

This is a free contest and submissions are open to all persons residing
in the Midwestern states of the USA, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Submissions in a language other than
English must include an English translation.

Use of indigenous languages in the poem is acceptable, as long as
English translations are provided.

Simultaneous submissions are allowed. However, please withdraw
your submission immediately, if your poem is to be published elsewhere.
Please note that poems may not be simultaneously submitted to more
than one Wax Poetry and Art submission stream.

Submit 1 original, unpublished, titled poem, along with a biography and
your mailing address (including street address, city, province / state,
country, and postal code). Include your social media information in your
biography, if applicable.

The maximum number of lines is 35, including line spaces and title,
which are counted as lines.

Winning the Poets of the Midwest Contest #1
The winning poem will be published online in C hicago Poetry Magazine
on or before Monday, May 18, 2020 . Please note, participants will
not be notified by email when the winner is published, except for the
winner, who receives additional information. To find out who won, and to
read the winning poem, visit one of the following web pages on Monday,
May 18, 2020:
C hicago Poetry Magazine
Wax Poetry and Art
C hicago Poetry Magazine Facebook Page (external link)
Wax Poetry and Art F acebook Page (external link)

Use your smart device to set a reminder to, "Check the winner of the
Poets of the Midwest Contest on May 18, 2020." The winner may be
published earlier, so feel free to check the websites mentioned above
earlier than May 18, 2020.

The winner grants publisher Kirk Ramdath the right to the first publication
of the poem, as well as the right to republish the poem in Chicago Poetry
Magazine & Wax Poetry and Art anthologies, online and in print, without
additional permission required.

The winning poet also wins one entry into the Wax Poetry and Art
Champions Cup, also known as the Poetry Champions Cup. Click here
to read complete details about the Poetry Champions Cup 2020.

When published, an Official Print Version of the poem will be made
available for sale. The Official Print Version will be limited-edition,
numbered, and printed on cardstock in a format similar to a greeting
card. The winner will receive a 20% royalty on all print sales, as well as
a 50% royalty on electronic sales, such as of .pdf documents and tip-jar
payments. If the poem is ever collected into an online or print anthology,
the same royalty rates apply, and royalties will be shared equally among
all contributors, based on contribution. Royalties will be paid out annually
in January to anyone who is owed $10 CAD or more. There is no initial
payment.

Every poem published in this and all Wax Poetry and Art publications
qualifies for the Wax Poetry and Art Readers Choice prize of $50 CAD.
When your work is published, share the link with your social network.
The poem receiving the most unique page views during the calender
year of publication, of all poems published on the Wax Poetry and Art
Network, will be awarded a prize of $50 CAD. Poems published after
December 1st will be included in the next year's competition. Please note,
the eight finalists for the Wax Poetry and Art Poetry World Cup are not
eligible for this prize, as they will participate in their own Readers Choice
competition.

The winner also grants the publisher the right to publish parts or all of the
work on third party platforms such as Facebook and other social media,
specifically for the purpose of sharing the work with more people, and
considering the evolving and experimental nature of the Internet.

The editor reserves the right to make whatever changes are deemed
necessary, at any time, to ensure that publication occurs. Unless an
error has been made, the editor's decision is final.

Submissions must include:
-Agreement statement: "I agree with the terms of the Poets of the
Midwest Contest, and to be added to the Wax Poetry and Art email
list."
-Poem (titled, 35 lines maximum).
-Biography, maximum 100 words, including social media and www links
to share, if applicable.
-Your complete postal mailing address including street address, city,
province, country, and postal code.

The entire submission (agreement statement, poem, biography, and
mailing address) must be copied and pasted into the body of a single
email and sent to the email address shown below. Do not include any
part of your submission in an attachment.

Use, "The Poets of the Midwest Contest" as the subject header of your
email. Send your submission by midnight of Sunday, May 3, 2020,
by email to: info@waxpoetryart.com.

About the Editor
Kirk Ramdath is the publisher and editor of Wax Poetry and Art, Eleventh
Transmission, and other publications. He has been an artist and arts
activist since 2005, originally in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His first book
is Love in a Handful of Dust. Kirk now lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

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