Kundiman Poetry Prize

Kundiman and Alice James Books are accepting submissions of poetry manuscripts for The Kundiman Poetry Prize electronically and by regular mail through March 1, 2012. The Kundiman Poetry Prize welcomes submissions from emerging as well as established Asian American poets. Entrants must reside in the United States. The winner receives $1000, book publication and a New York City feature reading.   Guidelines for Manuscript Submission: Manuscripts must be typed, paginated, and 50 – 70 pages in length (single spaced). Individual poems from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks of less than 25 pages, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible. No multi-authored collections, please. Manuscripts must have a table of contents and include a list of acknowledgments for poems previously published. The inclusion of a biographical note is optional. Your name, mailing address, email address and phone number should appear on the title page of your manuscript. MANUSCRIPTS CANNOT BE RETURNED. Please do not send us your only copy. No illustrations, photographs or images should be included. Send one copy of your manuscript submission with two copies of the title page. Use only binder clips. No staples, folders, or printer-bound copies. The Kundiman Poetry Prize is judged by consensus of the members of Kundiman's Artistic Staff and the Alice James Books Editorial Board. Manuscripts are not read anonymously. Learn more about our judging process. For notification of winners, include a business-sized SASE. If you wish acknowledgment of the receipt of your manuscript, include a stamped addressed postcard. Winners will be announced in June 2011. Entry fee for The Kundiman Poetry Prize is $28. Checks or money orders should be made out to Alice James Books. On the memo line of your check write The Kundiman Poetry Prize. Manuscripts may be submitted online or by regular mail.  Mail hard copy entries to: Kundiman, P.O. Box 4248, Sunnyside, NY 11104.  To submit your manuscript online, click here. Checklist for entry: One (1) copy of manuscript enclosed, with acknowledgements Two (2) copies of title page $28 entry fee Business-sized SASE Stamped, addressed postcard Postmarked by March 1, 2012 2010 Prize Kundiman and Alice James Books are delighted to announce the winner of the 2010 Kundiman Poetry Prize:  Pier by Janine Oshiro of Kaneohe, HI. Janine Oshiro holds degrees from Whitworth College (now Whitworth University), Portland State University, and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.  She is a Kundiman Fellow and the recipient of a poetry fellowship from Oregon's Literary Arts.  She lives in Hawaii and teaches at Windward Community College. Finalists for the Prize were:     * Serena Chopra     * April Naoko Heck     * Kirun Kapur     * Caroline Kim-Brown     * Michelle Young-Mee Rhee     * Ira Sukrungruang     * R.A. Villanueva     * Shawn Wen     * Lynn Xu