How to use this Page

• One story per submission
• Up to 3,300 words
• Double-spaced
• One-inch margins, all sides; 0.5-inch paragraph indent; left justified
• 12-point type in Times New Roman or Arial

• Submit the file in .doc .docx or .rtf,

and, MOST IMPORTANT:

REMOVE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFO *COMPLETELY* from your manuscript FILE/DOCUMENT BEFORE you UPLOAD.  Submissions with identifying info will be rejected when reviewed.  The file you upload should be completely blind of contact info and name, contain ONLY the TITLE and work itself.

DO NOT INCLUDE A COVER PAGE with, or in, your FILE/DOCUMENT that you upload.  The submission process includes a text entry box titled “COVER LETTER” where you will type the following information:

• name, address, email, phone, title, word count and a brief (50 or fewer words) bio.
• *WHERE did you hear about the Bacopa Contest?

Note: Judging for contest is blind. Provide your contact information, per above guidelines, in the COVER LETTER text entry box ONLY. (Manuscripts with identifying information cannot be considered.)

Contest entries are judged blind – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY the following instructions about submitting so your work will not be disqualified for containing your NAME in the document submission.

• Up to 40 lines per poem
• Up to three poems per submission
• Poems need not be double-spaced
• 12-point type in Times New Roman or Arial

• Submit the file in .doc .docx or .rtf,

and, MOST IMPORTANT:

REMOVE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFO *COMPLETELY* from your manuscript FILE/DOCUMENT BEFORE you UPLOAD.  Submissions with identifying info will be rejected when reviewed.  The file you upload should be completely blind of contact info and name, contain ONLY the TITLE(s) and work itself.

DO NOT INCLUDE A COVER PAGE with, or in, your FILE/DOCUMENT that you upload.  The submission process includes a text entry box titled “COVER LETTER” where you will type the following information:

• name, address, email, phone, poem title(s), line count(s) and a brief (50 or fewer words) bio.
• *WHERE did you hear about the Bacopa Contest?

Note: Judging for contest is blind. Provide your contact information, per above guidelines, in the COVER LETTER text entry box ONLY. (Manuscripts with identifying information cannot be considered.)

Contest entries are judged blind – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY the following instructions about submitting so your work will not be disqualified for containing your NAME in the document submission.

• One piece per submission
• Limit 3,300 words
• Double-spaced
• One-inch margins, all sides; 0.5-inch paragraph indent; left justified
• 12-point type in Times New Roman or Arial

• Submit the file in .doc .docx or .rtf,

and, MOST IMPORTANT:

REMOVE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFO *COMPLETELY* from your manuscript FILE/DOCUMENT BEFORE you UPLOAD.  Submissions with identifying info will be rejected when reviewed.  The file you upload should be completely blind of contact info and name, contain ONLY the TITLE and work itself.

DO NOT INCLUDE A COVER PAGE with, or in, your FILE/DOCUMENT that you upload.  The submission process includes a text entry box titled “COVER LETTER” where you will type the following information:

• name, address, email, phone, title, word count and a brief (50 or fewer words) bio.
• *WHERE did you hear about the Bacopa Contest?

Note: Judging for contest is blind. Provide your contact information, per above guidelines, in the COVER LETTER text entry box ONLY. (Manuscripts with identifying information cannot be considered.)