$26.00

Submit 50-90 page poetry book manuscript with title page and table of contents. No personal  identification on manuscript. You may include a brief bio on the submission form. If you wish to include acknowledgments of previously published poems, you may--it's not required, though.  Deadline is August 15. Simultaneous submissions are fine if we are notified immediately of acceptance elsewhere.  Multiple submissions are fine; each must be accompanied by a fee.
      We do not accept work that was created—entirely or partially—with AI software.

This year's judge is Alberto Ríos. His many poetry collections include Not go Away Is My Name, A Small Story About the Sky, The Dangerous Shirt, and others. Among his awards are the Walt Whitman Award and the Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award. He was Arizona’s first state poet laureate.

 
 

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