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Date: Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:27 AM<br>Subject: Best New Poets Open Competition<br>To: <a href="mailto:meridian-mail@virginia.edu">meridian-mail@virginia.edu</a><br><br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<font size="4"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><i>Best New <span><span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Poets</span></span></i>, an annual anthology of 50 emerging writers, is now accepting submissions for its open competition. See </font></font><a href="http://www.bestnewpoets.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span><font size="4" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">www.bestnewpoets.org</font></span></a><font size="4" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"> for details. Submission deadline is midnight, June 1, 2009. </font>
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<div><font size="4"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Entering poets cannot have published a book-length poetry collection by November 2009 (chapbooks do not affect your eligibility). Full eligibility requirements posted </font><a href="http://www.bestnewpoets.org/eligibility.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">here</font></span></a><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">. Entry fee: $3.50. Each entry can contain two poems. Selected poets receive five copies of the print anthology. This year's guest editor is <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">Kim Addonizio</span></span>.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">In 2009, we're taking entries through ManuscriptHub. To create your submission, </font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">1.<span> </span>Save your poems to new files that do not have your name or contact info in the text/header or in the file names.<span> </span>Save the files as either .rtf, .doc, .txt, or .pdf documents.<span> </span>Our system does not yet accept <span><span>MS Word</span></span>’s .docx file format, so use the “save as” feature to save to one of the above formats.</font></div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="4" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">2.<span> </span>Then, go to </font><a href="http://www.manuscripthub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="4" color="#800080" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><span>http://www.manuscripthub.com</span></font></a><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4"><span> </span>and either login or create a new account.</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">3.<span> </span>Click on the blue icon that says “Your <span><span>Manuscripts</span></span>”</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">4.<span> </span>Click on the “Add a New <span><span>Manuscript</span></span>” link.</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">5.<span> </span>Click on the gray “Browse” button and attach the file with your poem in it. (This button may read “Attach” on some Web browsers.)<span> </span>Enter the title of your poem and click the gray “Upload” button.<span> </span>Repeat for your second poem.<span> </span><b>However, this does not complete your submission; you still need to direct it to our competition</b>.</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">6.<span> </span>To do so, click on the blue “Submit Work” icon at the top of the screen.</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">7.<span> </span>Scroll down and click on the link that says “Best New Poets 2009”</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">8.<span> </span>Use the <span><span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">first drop down menu</span></span> to select one of the manuscripts you just uploaded.<span> </span>Use the second drop down to select the other.<span> </span>Then click “Submit.” This step takes a little while to run … be patient.</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">9.<span> Verify your submission and click </span>“pay now” to go to the University of Virginia credit card gateway.</font> </font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="4">10. After paying, you can click on the blue “Submission Status” icon to double-check that your submission went through. It should be in an “Open” status.<span> </span>You can use this icon to check back and see if the work has been read.<span> </span>We plan to announce full results by the end of July 2009 or early August.</font> </font></p>
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</p></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></div>-- <br>~~~~~<br>Ching-In Chen<br>THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press 2009)<br><a href="http://www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp">www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp</a><br>
<a href="http://www.chinginchen.com">www.chinginchen.com</a><br>