To Apply
Only submissions following these guidelines will be considered
Eligibility
Latino/a poets who have not had a book professionally published. Authors of chapbooks and self-published works are eligible, but the manuscript submitted should not have been published as a whole in any form. Manuscripts may be submitted elsewhere simultaneously, but authors must notify the Institute for Latino Studies immediately if a manuscript becomes committed to another press. It is understood that, in the absence of such notification, the winning author is committed to publishing his/her manuscript with the University of Notre Dame Press. A manuscript committed to another press is not eligible for the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. There is no entrance fee. Employees and students of the University of Notre Dame are not eligible.
- TWO copies of your manuscript must be submitted.
- Manuscripts must be of original poetry, in English, by one poet who is a citizen
or permanent resident of the United States. There are no restrictions
on the style of poetry or subject matter. Translations are not
eligible.
- The manuscript must be a minimum of 50 numbered pages and a maximum
of 100 numbered pages in length. All manuscripts must be paginated.
Each new poem must start a new page.
- The manuscript should begin with unnumbered frontmatter: a title page
that shows the book’s title and your name, address, telephone
number, and e-mail address (if you have one); a table of contents;
and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgements.
- Begin paginating the manuscript after the frontmatter. If your book
is divided into parts or has an epigraph, Page 1 will be the first
part title or the epigraph. Otherwise, Page 1 will be the first
poem.
- In formatting the manuscript, please make legibility your first priority.
If you use a word processor, choose a standard typeface (such
as Garamond or Times New Roman) in at least 10-point type. Manuscripts
should be single-spaced, or 1.5 spaced. Manuscripts may be prepared
on a typewriter instead of a word processor. Handwritten manuscripts
will not be accepted.
- A brief biography may appear at the end of the manuscript. This
information is not required and, if submitted, need not be included
in the page count.
- Each manuscript should be fastened with a binder clip; staples, report
covers, and other bindings should not be used.
- Authors who wish the ILS to acknowledge receipt of their manuscripts must
enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. A self-addressed,
stamped, business-sized envelope must also be enclosed in order
to receive notification of the winner.
- Manuscripts submitted to the contest will not be returned. Please keep a copy
of the manuscript.
The winner will receive $1000 and publication at the University of Notre Dame Press under a standard contract, as well as an invitation from the Institute for Latino Studies to read from his/her work, along with the judge, upon publication of the book, with all expenses paid.
The Institute for Latino Studies reserves the right to withhold the Andrés
Montoya Poetry Prize in any given year.
Please send TWO copies of your manuscript, via US Mail, postmarked
no later than January 15, 2008, to:
Francisco Aragón, Coordinator
Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize
Institute for Latino Studies
230 McKenna Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
