Writer's Relief's video: The 2020 WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest

Hey, poet! Get your Happy Dance ready, and… Enter the WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest! First prize is $500 and PUBLICATION! Woo hoo! Plus, there’s an awesome judge… Kim Stafford, Oregon’s 9th Poet Laureate! Entry fee: $20. Deadline is November 30, 2020. Enter today at: writersrelief.com/watersedge-poetry-chapbook-contest At Writer’s Relief, we know how challenging it is for poets to get their poetry manuscripts published. So we’re very happy to sponsor the WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest and support the work of a talented poet. The Writer’s Relief office was located a mere stone’s throw from the New Jersey Meadowlands: a large ecosystem of vital wetlands in the metropolitan region. Home to many species of plant life, fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, the Meadowlands are an important bird habitat. However, located so close to urban development, the conservation of the Meadowlands is imperative. In this fragile environment that is home to numerous endangered and threatened species, the water sedge is an endangered plant struggling to survive. The efforts of water sedge to flourish despite difficult odds seems kindred in spirit to poets hoping to successfully publish their poetry books and chapbooks in an uncooperative publishing environment. With the WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest, we can help our winning poets get published and thrive. The winning poet’s chapbook will receive both print and e-book publication through our Self-Publishing Relief division. All rights and royalties belong to the winner. Contest Judge: Kim Stafford, Oregon’s 9th Poet Laureate. Opens: November 1, 2020. Deadline: November 30, 2020. Entry Fee: $20. Page count: 24-48 pages in length Enter today at: writersrelief.com/watersedge-poetry-chapbook-contest