Contestant must be a Wisconsin resident 18 years of age or older. A resident is a person who maintains a permanent residence in Wisconsin or who has lived for at least six continuous months in the state during the contest year. A contestant does not need to be a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
2. The contest opens December 1, 2009. The entry form must be completed in full, included with the submission and entry fee, and postmarked by the contest DEADLINE, which is February 1, 2010.
3. Chapbooks may be entered by the author or the publisher, must be sixteen to forty-seven pages (of actual poems) long, and published in 2009. Chapbooks may be self-published. Online chapbooks do not qualify.
4. The non-refundable entry fee is $10.00 per chapbook. Mail chapbook, entry form, and check (made out to WFOP Literary Fund) to:
WFOP/chap/Dethlefsen
422 Lawrence Street
Westfield, WI 53964
5. The prizes are: First Place—$300.00; and one Honorable Mention—$100.00. Prizes will be awarded only if there are sufficient entries and the contest judge determines that an entry warrants a prize.
6. The contest will be judged by a writing professional who resides outside the state. This year’s judge will be Oliver de la Paz.
7. Only the winners will be notified prior to the WFOP Spring Conference in April. The First Place and Honorable Mention winners are invited to attend the awards presentation luncheon as guests of WFOP. The winners will be published in the WFOP Museletter and on its website at www.wfop.org.
8. The First Place winner of the WFOP Chapbook Prize will be ineligible to enter that contest again for three years. Plagiarism disqualifies the contestant.
9. The WFOP is not responsible for lost books. Do not send a SASE. Entries will not be returned and there will be no notification if an entry is disqualified for failure to follow any of the above rules.
10. Author retains all rights to his/her work.
11. Address questions to Bruce Dethlefsen: bpdethlefsen@gmail.com.
