Sept 1, 2026 to Jan 1, 2027

Open Reading Period

Full-length (48-100 pp) Poetry Manuscripts

Particularly interested in the following: hybrid/experimental work, book-length poems, long sequences, translation, quasi-translation.

We cannot accommodate video/audio elements.

Images must be in black and white.

Should you submit a translation, original text along with proof that you have received permission from author, must be included.

Publication in 2027-2028.

$500 honorarium, ten complimentary copies with the option to purchase additional copies at a 40% discount, full publicity package, in-state book launch and reading, as well as partially paid out-of-state book launch.

If pieces from the project have been published in journals/chapbook form, then please indicate in your acknowledgements page.

Simultaneous submissions allowed.

We do not read blind. Please be sure to include your name on title page.

This is not a contest. We reserve the right not to publish any manuscripts received during this reading period.

If you have not heard back within three months, please query.

Because of the number of submissions that we receive, we cannot provide feedback on work.

Send manuscript and cover letter with 150-word max third-person bio as two separate Word .docx attachments.

Emails received without cover letter and/or bio, or with attachments sent in any other format, will be deleted un-read.

Please familiarize yourself with the work that we have published by reading our previous issues, and/or by purchasing one of our titles.

Send all materials to editor@antiphonyajournalandpress.com.