New England Poetry Club Contest Rules NEPC contests are open to all members in good standing except board members. Only one poem per contest. Entries must be original unpublished poems in English. No poem may be entered in more than one contest, nor should it have won a previous contest. Poems should be typed and submitted in duplicate, with the author s name and address on one copy.
Label poems with the name of the contest.
No entries will be returned, and NEPC will not engage in correspondence regarding poems submitted or contest decisions. Judges are well-known poets and sometimes are winners of previous NEPC contests. For a poem in traditional form, including sonnet, villanelle, and sestina. For the best published poem of the previous year. Send 2 copies of up to 4 poems, with dates and names of publications, author s name on one copy.