1 . College Undergraduate Poetry (CUP) Competition

AWARDS

Two winners will be chosen for the College Undergraduate Poetry Competition, one receiving the Edna Meudt Memorial Award; the other receiving the Florence Kahn Memorial Award. For each winner, prizes include:

●$500 cash prize.

●Publication of the manuscript (原稿) as a book & marketed through Amazon.com.

●75 free copies of the book.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

●Application and Manuscript. Complete the application form and upload your manuscript file online at https://nfsps.submittable.com/submit.The manuscript must be a single document that contains only your title page followed by ten poems. Once you have uploaded the file, you cannot make edits.

●Fees.There is a $10 contest submission fee and no charge to open an account at Submittable.com.

●Submission Period. From the first minute of December 1 to midnight on January 31.

MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

Not following ALL guidelines disqualifies a submission.

●No Identification. There must be no author identification on any page of the manuscript.

●Title Page and Ten Poems. The manuscript will include only the title page and 10 original, unpublished poems.

●Titles. Except for haiku and related Japanese forms, each poem must be titled.

JUDGING and NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

●Judging.Up to 60 entries will be sent to a judge who will remain anonymous (匿名的) until the winners are announced. Manuscripts are judged blind (identified only by machine-generated number). Decisions are final.

●Notification of Winners. Winners will be announced in the April issue of Strophes, available at nfsps.com.

●Contact Information. If there is any change in your contact information, please contact Jessica at jessica.NFSPS@gmail.com.

1. What is different for the two winners?

A．Cash prize.	B．Copies of the book.
C．The title of the awards.	D．Publication of the manuscript.

2. What kind of manuscript will be disqualified?

A．Once published poems.

B．Only the title page and 10 originals.

C．No author identification on the manuscript.

D．Some related Japanese forms without a title.

3. How will the entries be dealt with before being sent to a judge?

A．They will be announced online.

B．They will be judged by machine first.

C．They will be given a number randomly.

D．They will be classified according to the content.