1. Entries must be postmarked no later than November 15 for the fall competition and February 15 for the spring.
2. Entries must be ORIGINAL, typewritten using no smaller than a 12-point font and not exceeding THIRTY-SIX lines (including stanza break lines), single-spaced, on one side of a single sheet of 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper, unless otherwise stated. No staples, please.
3. An entry must consist of two parts:
a. A title page on 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper, with the following
information:
· the name of the competition
· the title of the poem
· author's name
· author's postal address
· author's email address
b. The text of the poem, with the name of the competition and title
of the poem at the top of the page. The author’s name and
address must not appear on the page carrying the text of the
poem.
4. An author may submit only one poem for each competition.
5. A poem may not be entered in more than one competition at the same time. A poem which has failed to win in a competition may later, after the results of the first competition have been made public, be submitted for any other competition for which it is suitable.
6. PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED POEMS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE as entries, except for the Skylark Prize. Poems must not be under consideration elsewhere.
7. Authors grant PSSC first publication rights to prize-winning work. Authors retain all re-publication rights and are free to reprint the work in any publication, subject to acknowledging original publication in The Poetry Society of South Carolina Yearbook. The author guarantees that the submitted work has not previously been published elsewhere.
8. The winner of a prize is ineligible for the same prize the following year.
9. Submit entries to:
PSSC Competitions
PO Box 1090
Charleston, SC 29402
10. At the discretion of the judges, one or two honorable mentions may be awarded in any contest.
11. Poems entered for contests cannot be returned. They will be destroyed after the awards are announced.
12. PSSC reserves the right to withhold any announced prize.
NOTE: Members submit their poems for free. Non-members must pay $5 for each poem.
