Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award:The work submitted must be a book published between September 15, 2006 and September 15, 2007. Manuscripts, CDs, and chapbooks are not accepted.

Kate Tufts Discovery Award:  The work submitted must be a first book published between September 15, 2006 and September 15, 2007. Manuscripts, CDs, and chapbooks are not accepted.

Work must be original poetry written originally in English by a poet who is a citizen or legal resident alien of the United States.

The work may be submitted by its author or, with the poet's consent, by a publisher, agent, or other representative.

Previous winners of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award are not eligible. 

Poets who wish to be eligible for the awards must agree at the outset to:

• Grant permission to reproduce portions of the work honored in publicizing the award.
   
• Attend the 2008 awards presentation.
   
• In the case of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner, spend, within six months of the award presentation, one week in residence at Claremont Graduate University for lectures and poetry readings in Claremont and greater Los Angeles.