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Submissions are now closed. The 2010 winning chapbook, Letter to Frank O’Hara by Steve Turtell, was published in February 2011 as Number Three in the series. Number Four, Collin Kelley‘s Slow to Burn, was published on August 4. Number Five, Louis McKee‘s No Matter, came out on November 21, and Number Six, Jeffery Beam‘s Midwinter Fires, was released on December 21. Copies of the first two titles, Notes from the Red Zone by Christina Pacosz and Ordinances  by Naomi Lazard, are also available. Thank you for spreading the word about this opportunity to nominate out-of-print chapbooks that you’d like to see published in new editions.

PLEASE NOTE: The submission guidelines for the ReBound Chapbook Series are changing: there will no longer be a reading fee nor an annual deadline, but we will be open to submissions year-long and will review nominated chapbooks each spring and fall. Please stay tuned for complete updated guidelines and our new submission form.

Past Guidelines (for 2011-2012):

The ReBound Series expands the mission of Seven Kitchens Press to bring new and/or underappreciated writers to a broader audience by reprinting out-of-print chapbooks in select new editions. Each title in the series features an introductory foreword by a nominating writer (who will be given the opportunity to edit the introduction); self-nominations are not accepted. As with all our titles, the authors (if available) will work closely with the editor in the production process; each chapbook will feature a full-color cover and ISBN, and will be printed in an initial set of 125 copies. (Subsequent printings will follow if the initial print run sells out.) Here are the complete guidelines:

• The ReBound Series will select one to two out-of-print chapbooks each fall to publish in new editions the following autumn.
• Each chapbook submitted for consideration must be accompanied by a two- to five-paragraph nomination, completed by a writer other than the author. This nomination may be sent separately, and will be edited to serve as the introductory foreword to the chapbook.
• The 2011 reading period will extend from September 1 – October 15, and the selected title(s) will be announced on or before December 1, 2011.
• Each winning author will receive fifty (50) copies of his or her hand-trimmed, hand-tied chapbook. Additionally, the publisher will distribute ten review copies to reviewers, libraries, and organizations at the author’s recommendation.
• Nominated chapbooks may not exceed 27 pages in length (excluding front matter).
• Chapbooks published within larger bound works (i.e., as a section in a literary journal or as part of an omnibus volume) are eligible. Chapbooks published online are not eligible: we are looking to revive out-of-print work.
• Submit an original copy of the chapbook, along with a cover letter of nomination by a second writer. [NOTE: The nomination letter may be sent separately, but must be sent by the closing deadline of October 15.]
• Chapbooks may be submitted by either the author or nominator, but must be accompanied by a $12 reading fee, payable by check to Ron Mohring or via PayPal to sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com.
• Do not include SASE or SAS postcard for acknowledgment; work received will be publicly logged by title and manuscript number on the Seven Kitchens web site.
• Manuscripts will not be returned. If you do not wish to send a rare copy of the chapbook, please send a clean, legible photocopy of all pages, including the front and back cover.
• Each manuscript must be accompanied by a signed statement from the author, nominator or literary executor, attesting that the work is out of print.
• Winners will be responsible for securing reprint permission from the original publisher and a revised foreword by the nominating writer no later than May 15, 2012. (We will work with you on editing the foreword.)
• Each entrant will receive one copy of the winning chapbook (if more than one winning title is selected, entrants may choose which title they would like to receive).
• Entrants are responsible for keeping the press informed of changes in address or contact e-mail.
• Because of the nature of this contest, it is impossible to exclude work that may be previously familiar to the judge; however, every effort shall be made to select the finest representative titles from a wide aesthetic range. The goal of the ReBound Series is not to reward friends and acquaintances, but to bring deserving poetry titles back into print, where they will gain an extended readership.
• Send all materials to: Ron Mohring; Seven Kitchens Press; PO Box 668; Lewisburg PA 17837.
• Contest entrants may purchase a copies of any titles in the series at a special discounted rate of $5 each.