One Early Bird special: enter before January 1st and submit 3 poems for the price of 2!
One new prize: $500 for the Honourable Mention!
Ten great chances for fame and glory: all shortlisted poems will be published online and in Arc!
Deadline: February 1, 2016. Early Bird Deadline: December 31st, 2015.
Contest Guidelines:
The entry fee is $35 CDN, and includes a one-year Canadian subscription of Arc*
Contest entry fees may be paid online or by cheque or money order mailed with your hard copy contest submissions.
*or two issues to US entrants, or one issue to overseas entrants. Entrants who are currently subscribers may pass along their contest subscription or complimentary issues to a friend. Please include the name and address to which the contest subscription is destined.
Rules:
Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or emailed no later than 11:59 pm, February 1, 2016.
Early Bird Deadline: Entries emailed or postmarked no later than 11:59 pm, December 31, 2015 may consist of 3 poems for a single entry fee. For entries emailed or postmarked after this date, only the first two poems will be considered.
Shortlist: A shortlist of 10 to 12 poems, selected by Arc’s editorial board, will be eligible for the Readers’ Choice Award. Visit us in March to read our shortlist selections and cast your vote!
Publication: All shortlisted poems will receive paid publication in an upcoming issue of Arc and on the Arc website.
Privacy Notice: Unless you indicate otherwise, Arc may share addresses of entrants to the 2016 Poem of the Year Contest with similar literary magazines or related organizations for promotional purposes.
Submit Entries:
Please email entries to poty@arcpoetry.ca
or mail you entry to:
Poem of the Year Contest
Arc Poetry Magazine
PO Box 81060
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1P 1B1
Each entry of 1-2 poems entitles the entrant to a one-year subscription of Arc.