• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author.

• Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may have appeared in a chapbook, but poems should not be previously published in full-length manuscript form.

• Open to all writers not associated with Moon City Press, its editors, or its judges, past or present. Students, faculty, alumni, and staff of Missouri State University, past or present, are ineligible.

• No AI-generated material will be considered.

• Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages long.

• Manuscripts should be submitted via Submittable, https://mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit

• A $27 entry fee is due via Submittable at the time of submission; entry fees are nonrefundable.

• Simultaneous submissions are permitted, though manuscripts should be withdrawn immediately if accepted elsewhere.

• Extended deadline: June 1, 2024. Fiinalists will be notified in Spring 2025, and the winner will be published in Fall 2025.

• First prize: $1000, publication by Moon City Press (including international distribution through the University of Arkansas Press and the Chicago Distribution Center), and a standard royalty contract. Ten additional finalists will be named and considered for publication.

• For questions, please contact Series Editor Karen Craigo at karen.craigo@gmail.com.