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slipstreampress.orgSlipstream Press
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About the press
Sponsors an annual Poetry Chapbook Contest offering $1,000 prize and 25 copies. Details at www.slipstreampress.org/guide.html . Deadline January 1st, annually.
Publishing focus
PoetryChapbook
Selected authors
Sherman Alexie, Neil Carpathios, Douglas Goetsch, Terry Godbey, Gerald Locklin, Jason Irwin, Beth Anne Royer, J.P. Dancing Bear, Robert Cooperman, David Chorlton
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Manuscript submissions
Reading periodJan 1 to Dec 31
Reading feeYes
Response time3 to 6 months
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsYes
We prefer contemporary urban themes—writing from the gut that is not afraid to bark or bite—and shy away from pastoral, religious, and rhyming verse.
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