$15.00
Louis Award for Poets Age 50 and above, regardless of publication history
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2025
Prize: 100 Copies of a full-length, perfect-bound book distributed by Ingram
Reading Fee: $15.
Final Judge: Donna Hilbert
Submission Guidelines
We like a collection that feels more like a whole than a sampling of work. We have no preference as to formal or free verse.
48 to 60 pages of poems, one poem to a page, plus a table of contents and acknowledgements (if applicable).
Please number all your pages.
Do not include your name or any identifying information in the manuscript.
Only entrants with a U.S. address that accepts UPS shipments are eligible to enter.
Close colleagues, friends, students, or associates of the Final Judge are not eligible to enter.
Simultaneous and multiple submissions okay.
Notify us by email if you need to remove your book from consideration.
