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Chapbook

Chapbook is an organization that recognizes one or two juniors or seniors who submit a 28 to 40-page collection of poetry, fiction or the combination of both. The winner has his/her book published by the St. Andrews Press and receives 50 copies of the 300 printed.

If interested, the submission process goes as follows:

1. Regarding poetry submissions - the page limit is 20 pages. The poems should be single spaced. The students are not limited to one poem per page at this stage of the competition, but should they win, the professors in charge may ask them to pick and choose which poems will be included in the final product. The entries should represent a student’s very best work. And students should be willing to edit themselves before the submission, and to understand our publishing needs if they should win. In the final product, the chapbook will only contain one poem per page. Last year's winners featured in the neighborhood of 30 total poems.

2. Regarding fiction entries - the page limit is 40 pages. It should be double spaced and 12 point font with one-inch margins. Again, this should represent the students’ best work, and they should be willing to edit and make hard decisions on members available to offer suggestions.

3. Regarding the judging process: The professor and student directors are in charge of the "front end" of the project. Final judges of the top tier entries are two professional writers who have no acquaintance with the student entrants.

The person in charge of Chapbook to contact with any questions is Molly McCaffrey.