Issue #8 of Octopus will be a print issue available in
winter of 06-07, but it is not going to be simply another print magazine.
It will be a collection of eight separately bound chapbooks presented
together. All eight chapbooks will also be available individually. The
chapbooks will be the first product of Octopus Books, the new small press created
by the editors of Octopus Magazine. Each chapbook will have a print run of
250 copies.
Submission Guidelines
- Manuscripts should be approximately 16-32
pages (more or less) of poetry (however you choose to define it).
- Any images involved in the work must be
black & white.
- Please include two cover pages, one with
only the title of the manuscript and a second with your name, address,
telephone number, email address, and title of the manuscript. Your
name should not appear elsewhere in the manuscript.
- Any poems that have been previously
published should be specifically acknowledged on a separate page.
- Enclose a SASE for notification.
Manuscripts cannot be returned.
- If you would like confirmation that your
manuscript has been received, enclose a self-addressed, stamped
postcard.
- Submission must be postmarked during the
month of April. Manuscripts postmarked after April 30, 2006, will not be considered.
- Submissions must include an $8 reading fee
for the contest. Checks are payable to Octopus Books or you can
pay with Paypal.
- If paying with Paypal,
please include a note with your mailed submission that you have done
so.
All manuscripts
will be processed by an intern who is not involved in the judging.
Manuscripts will be read blindly by an Octopus editorial board that will
choose 8 chapbooks for publication.
Multiple
manuscripts are welcome, but each manuscript must have its own reading fee.
While there are
no aesthetic parameters, you might want to familiarize yourself with work
previously published in Octopus Magazine.
All entrants
will be notified in late summer 06. Winners will receive one free copy of
the entire issue (all eight chapbooks) and additional free copies of their
own chapbook.
Send
submissions to:
Octopus
Magazine
1431 S. 18th
St. #3
Lincoln, NE 68502
If you have
further questions contact editor@octopusmagazine.com.