Eligibility + GUIDELINES
+ The Maine Chapbook Series Cover Art Contest is open to all current Maine residents (including part-time, seasonal residents who grew up in Maine and have a regular presence in the state and/or those who own a second home in the state).

+ SUBMISSIONS will be open March 14 through April 28, 2024.

+ All entrants should submit up to 5 images of any visual art that could be cover art for a chapbook of stories.
+ Only one application per artist, please. There is no entry fee.
+ In concert with a professional graphic designer and the author, MWPA will make the final decisions on the graphic design of the cover. The artist's chosen image will be credited in the book and be treated with respect by the design. The winning artist will be asked to read the chapbook manuscript (approximately 60 pages) and have a chance to talk with the writer and the MWPA staff about the cover after the selection process.
+ The winning artist will receive a $500 stipend and 5 copies of the published chapbook.
+ On our website, there's an excerpt from the winning chapbook. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• There is no fee to enter.
• The competition is open to all Maine residents.*
• Please follow the submission instructions carefully. Incomplete or late applications cannot be considered.
• Submit up to 500-words max (including the opening line, but not your title) as a Word or PDF document via MWPA’s Submittable. 
• Submissions will only be accepted online through Submittable. If you  do not have a Submittable account, you will be required to register,  which is free and requires only your name and email.
• Your name and contact information not should appear on your submission (which may be a Word doc or PDF).
• Deadline April 28, 2024

 *Employees of MWPA and their families are not eligible

QUESTIONS?
Phone: 207-228-8263
Email: info@mainewriters.org

The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is now distributing Ex Libris Maine, an e-newsletter that exclusively profiles recently released books by MWPA members, twice per month. The newsletter is sent to a large group of recipients, including our entire MWPA membership and numerous literary organizations, bookstores, libraries, and Maine media contacts.

Inclusion in Ex Libris Maine is free for individual MWPA members to feature their own books. Publisher members may submit any and all books they publish.

PEASE NOTE: Ex Libris Maine is a members-only benefit and exclusively features books published within the current month or the two previous months. For example, the April, 2023 editions can feature titles published in April as well as March and February of 2023. In order to maintain Ex Libris Maine as a resource for newly released titles, we are not able to include books older than this window of time. Ex Libris Maine is published on the second Monday and last Monday of each month; submissions for each month must be received by 5:00 PM on the Thursday prior to the last Monday of the month to qualify for inclusion in a given month’s late edition.

MWPA reserves the right to make editorial changes to Ex Libris submissions to clarify content and ensure all profiles follow a similar format. In rare instances, if a submitted title does not align with MWPA's mission to support all Maine writers and foster an inclusive, representative literary community (You can read more about this purpose here), MWPA may decide not to feature a member's submitted book in a forthcoming Ex Libris.

If you have any questions, please contact Samara Doyon at exlibris@mainewriters.org.

Please fill out the application, include a statement of intent/need, and attach a work sample.

QUESTIONS?
Contact MWPA at programs@mainewriters.org or 207-228-8264.

DEADLINE:
Deadline May 17, 2024

QUESTIONS?
Contact MWPA executive director Gibson Fay-LeBlanc at director@mainewriters.org or 207-228-8264