2025 Concrete Wolf Louis Poetry Book Award
[Opens August 1, 2025]
Louis Award for a full-length poetry collection by a poet age 50 or older regardless of publication history.
This award is named in honor of Lana Hechtman Ayers' grandfather, who began writing poetry in English very late in life. Grampa Louis' words helped inspire Lana's love of poetry.
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2025
Prize: 100 Copies of a full-length, perfect-bound book distributed by Ingram
Reading Fee: $15.
Final Judge: Donna Hilbert [https://www.donnahilbert.com]
Submission Guidelines
We like a collection that feels more like a whole than a sampling of work. We have no preference as to formal or free verse.
48 to 60 pages of poetry, plus a table of contents and acknowledgements (if applicable).
Please number all your pages.
Please do not include your name or any identifying information in the manuscript.
Only entrants with a U.S. Mailing address that accepts UPS shipments are eligible to enter.
Close colleagues, friends, students, or associates of the Final Judge are not eligible to enter.
Simultaneous and multiple submissions okay.
Notify us by email if you need to remove your book from consideration.
Let us know if you need additional info: ConcreteWolfPress@gmail.com
For a copies of our previous publications, see our publications page.
Submissions via Submittable.
