We are pleased to announce the first annual Zone 3 Press Broadside Competition. This competition is a collaboration between Zone 3 Press and The Goldsmith Press & Rare Type Collection of Austin Peay State University. The winning poem will be featured on a broadside designed by and printed on the letterpress in Austin Peay’s Art & Design department.

The prize is $100 and 5 copies of the custom, limited edition broadside. The winning poem will be published in Zone 3, a literary magazine. We will be open for submissions October 1st to December 1st, 2019. The winner will be announced in early 2020. The broadside will be revealed at the 2020 AWP conference and later available for purchase on our website.

We welcome submissions from a wide variety of aesthetics from both emerging and established writers. All submissions will be considered for publication in Zone 3. Full guidelines can be viewed on our submission page.

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Founder of the Goldsmith Press, Cindy Marsh says “The Goldsmith Press and rare Type Collection at Austin Peay State University (APSU) is a unique letterpress facility that includes thousands of hand-carved wood letters, typesetting materials, and antique printing presses. The wood type was originally created for a New England advertising company, Metropolitan Showprint, established in 1890. The collection was purchased in 1997 with a grant from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at APSU.”