As our series title suggests, we’re looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to issues of social justice and the earth. The winning books will demonstrate an ethos that considers the human condition in inclusive love and sympathy, while offering the same in consideration of the earth. Because we believe the truth is always experimental, we’ll especially appreciate books with innovative approaches.
Interim: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics publishes two books in our annual Test Site Poetry Series contest. One title will be publicized as The Test Site Poetry Series winner, and the other, thanks to a generous gift, will be publicized as The Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award in Poetry. The authors of the winning books will both receive $1,000 and the books will be published by the University of Nevada Press.
The Test Site Poetry Series is open to all writers who are seeking to place an unpublished manuscript. All submissions must be at least 48 pages. We will consider “New & Selected” or “Collected” manuscripts including work from previously published books. If poems in the manuscript have been previously published, enclose an acknowledgments page.
Series editor Claudia Keelan, along with series board members Sherwin Bitsui, Donald Revell, Sasha Steensen, and Ronaldo V. Wilson will choose the winning books. The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2025. We prefer online submissions, but will accept mailed submissions, postmarked by Jan 15th, 2025, and sent to:
Interim
Department of English University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455011
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5011
The reading fee is $25 for each manuscript submitted. Please submit your manuscript with two title pages. One title page should include your name and contact information. The other title page should include only the title of your book. Your name and contact information must not be included anywhere else in the manuscript or it will be disqualified. This is done to ensure the transparency of the selection process. In the event that one or more of the board members recognize a manuscript as one from a student, friend, lover, etc. they will recuse themselves from casting a vote for that manuscript. The winning book will be announced in February and published by the University of Nevada Press in the Fall of 2025.
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