Announcing the 2nd Annual Charles Potts Poetry Award

The Charles Potts Poetry Award is a yearly award presented to a writer for their first book of poetry. The criteria is simple. It must be the author’s first book of poetry with a total page count of 80 pages or more. Age, race, religion, sex, location, etc. are not important. Only one book can be submitted per author. Submissions are required to be sent via email in a file format that can be opened in Word or similar programs. We will work with the winning author on the cover design, etc. We will provide the ISBN.
At this time there is no reading fee required for submissions. 
Award:
The award will include monetary compensation of $1,000 US dollars paid directly to the author. The award will also include publication of the book by Hand to Mouth Books. Digital publication through Amazon will also be included.
Time:
 
The official announcement will be released on August, 28th each year. The website domain www.charlespottspoetryaward.com has more info and how the author should submit their writing.
All entries must be submitted by March 31st, 2027. We will announce the winner before the end of the calendar year and schedule publication of the book for the spring of the following year.

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