Austin Poetry Review is seeking poetry reading videos to share on our website and with our followers.
The winner will receive $150 and will be featured as our Poet of the Month, which is a new series.
Please send a video of you reading ONE poem, published or unpublished.
Please note that this contest will be recurring, so there will be more opportunities to win.
Lit Fox Books, a nonprofit press based in Austin, TX, is an organization dedicated to preserving authors’ artistic visions in a vibrant and supportive environment. We set ourselves apart with fee-free submissions, eye-catching book covers, and custom merchandise.
We are open to submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts for our annual book award.
Winner Receives:
- $1500 cash prize
- Publication with Lit Fox Books
- A blurb from our judge, Kristina Marie Darling
- An interview with Lit Fox Books
- Customized swag
- 25 author copies
- Bragging rights
Our Judge:
Kristina Marie Darling is the author of over thirty books, which include recent releases from Bloomsbury, Dzanc, Persea, and Penguin Canada. A twice-awarded Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Darling’s work has also been recognized with multiple endowed residences at Yaddo, a Villa Lena Foundation Fellowship, fourteen juried residencies at the American Academy in Rome, where she previously served as an ambassador for recruitment, and a nomination for the Distinguished Visitor Fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin. A prolific educator and public speaker with the Ovation Agency, she has held academic appointments at the American University of Rome, the University of Zadar in Croatia, the Universidade do Porto, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the European Law and Governance School, the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, the University of Cambridge, the American Research Center in Sofia, the Leysin American School in Switzerland, and the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, where she is now permanent faculty. Dr. Darling has also lectured at Yale University, Columbia University in the City of New York, the New School, Istanbul University, the University of Bangka Belitung in Indonesia, the University of Cyprus, the San Miguel Writers Conference & Literary Festival, the Leopardi Writers Conference in Recanati Italy, the United States Embassy in Togo, and many other distinguished venues in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Darling spends her summers teaching in Greece, on the islands of Kefalonia and Andros respectively, and her winters in San Michele on the Amalfi Coast.
Submission Guidelines:
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Please attach the full manuscript and include a cover letter with a biographical statement. We appreciate knowing where your poems have been published. Please note that the manuscript as a whole must be previously unpublished, and the manuscript should be at least 48 pages.
There are no specific formatting or font requirements, but please make sure it is easy to read.
There is no submission fee. Donations are highly appreciated and help us keep submissions free for those who simply cannot afford fees.
Lit Fox Books, a nonprofit press based in Austin, TX, is a woman-owned organization offering opportunities for writers that require zero fees, including a poetry book award, a poetry residency, a quarterly poetry series, and an author interview series.
The Lit Fox Poetry Series is a publication featuring one exceptional poem per quarter. Payment is $150, and the selected poem will be our featured poem for three months. As always, there is no submission fee.
Please submit 1-5 poems in a single document.