Long Poem Contest

The Pelléas Long Poem Contest is open to writers in North America and abroad. The entry fee includes a discounted one-year subscription to The Modern Review. Winners will be published in their first anniversary issue in September 2006.

Electronic submissions are not accepted. All entries must be mailed to:

The Modern Review/Long Poem Contest
RPO P.O. Box 32659
Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4C 0A2
Canada

Unpublished poems only. We will accept simultaneous submissions only if we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Entry fees will not be returned.

Minimum length for entries is 200 lines and the maximum is 900. Book-length poems cannot be considered. There are no limitations on form or theme. Include a cover letter with name, address, home phone, e-mail and the titles of the poems submitted. Winners will be chosen without prejudice and based entirely upon literary virtue.