Contest sponsors have been accepting nominations from writing progams and magazines until now. But I just recently received an announcement that open submissions are being accepted through Manuscript Hub.

For $3.50 you can upload two poems, which have to be unpublished or not published before April 15, 2008.

Submissions are due by midnight, June 1, 2009. Entrants cannot have a book-length poetry collection in print before November 2009. However, chapbooks are OK.

Judges do not want to see your name on the poems you submit. When you submit through Manuscript Hub, your submissions will be linked to your contact information listed in your account (you have to sign up for an account at Manuscript Hub). See my review of Manuscript Hub here. A suggestion from Manuscript Hub:

(From the release) You can either upload the two poems in one file or upload them as separate files (which allows you to submit and withdraw the same poems to/from other magazines on the system).

The guest editor of Best New Poets this year is Kim Addonizio. For more information on the competition, visit www.bestnewpoets.org.