Mail to: P.O. Box 478880 Chicago, IL 60647-9998 877-394-5061 or Email to: info@guildcomplex.org

• Submit one poem written by you.

• Do not write your name on the poem.

• Submissions must be typed in 12pt Times Roman font or equivalent.

• You must be able to perform your poem in 4 minutes or less comfortably. You will be timed the night of the performance. Those who exceed the 4 minute limit will be eliminated from the competition. No props or musical accompaniment are allowed.

• Your name, address, telephone number, email address and the title of your poem must be typed on a separate cover sheet and sent with the submission.

• If you do not have an email address, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for response.

• A $5 entrance fee must accompany each poem. Submissions not accompanied by the fee will not be forwarded to the curators. Click the "DONATE NOW!" button on the left to pay your entrance fee through PayPal.

Deadline for submissions is Monday June 16, 2008. E-mail submissions must be received by 5:00pm or if sent through US mail, must be postmarked June 16th. Submissions may not be made in person.

Guild Prose Series & Awards

The Guild Complex features Chicago's emerging, mid-career and established prose writers for an evening of reading. From an open submission process, guest curators select the strongest work to be read by the authors themselves at readings throughout the year. Selected pieces are then included in a semi-finalists' pool from which finalists are selected in each genre. From this finalists' pool, the Guild Complex Fiction and Nonfiction Award winners are selected. Each winner receives a $500 prize.

If you have questions, please call 877-394-5061 or email us at info@guildcomplex.org