Are you a poet who has sent to us before, looking for a home for that unique manuscript?
If so, you may qualify to send again during our May Reading Period: any book-length collection, including the same manuscript you have submitted before.
Each of our submission periods uses a
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Annik Adey-Babinski asks
what it means to try to be an American citizen in this day and age...
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different evaluation process, so each constitutes a fresh, new opportunity to be published.
All May submissions go straight to our editors, with no intervening layers of readers. W
e'll pick up to five books for publication in 2018.
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Ann Pelletier's brave and haunting poems examine the meaning of disappearance.
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This year we have a full board of six editors, and any one of us could fall in love with your book. May books are offered a standard publishing contract and promotional support.
You are eligible to submit if you:
- Have ever been a semi-finalist or finalist in one of our book contests;
- Have ever been eligible to submit to the Hilary Tham Capital Collection;
- Have already been published by The WORD WORKS;
- Have been nominated by any of the fine poets who have judged contests for us in the past.
If you are not sure whether you can submit, email Nancy at
Check out the submissions guidelines:
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Fritz Ward's poems tell of love's many collision courses.
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Submit your poetry manuscript of 48-80 pages, online before midnight on
May 31, or send a paper version postmarked 6/1
or before.
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Amber West upends patriarchy and patriotism till only the poets can win... |
Each manuscript is read by our own editors only. This is the fastest-growing portion of our long-established press.
FOR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS:
- Visit WordWorksBooks.org/submissionmanager.
- Create an account or re-use your old one.
- Use the genre dropbox to select "May Reading Period: Our Community of Poets."
- Entry fee of $20 is paid through Paypal.
FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
- Any biographical information should be in a cover letter only.
- Entry fee: $20 US drawn on a US bank, payable to The Word Works.
- Send c/o Nancy White, 1337 County Route 59, Cambridge NY, 12816.
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