Congrats to our 2023 finalists!
(in no particular order)
Paul Hackley, Old Rag
J. Eric Smith, Ubulembu and Other Stories
Ruyan Meng, The Morgue Keeper
Joan Wilking, After the Fire
Michelle Ephraim, GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare
Antonio Elefano, Lolita Rising
Hannah Kennedy, The Little Book of Modern Farce
Khanh Ha, An Artist's Legacy
Lena Zycinsky, Bela
Suzanne Heagy, The Five Time Wife
S. K. Stringer, The Big Belt of Happiness
JoeAnn Hart, Arroyo Circle
R. Simon, Bird, Bone, Blood
Josh Rivera Jiménez, DINNER PARTY FROM HELL
Morgan Christie, Oceans Full of Water
Robyn Carter, Impossible Object
Alex Stanley, The Other Night
Ryan Ridge, The Weird Years
Emily Hyland, Divorced Business Partners
2024 submissions open soon
Book Prize
PRIZE: $1,000 & OPTION TO PUBLISH WITH UNLEASH PRESS
UPDATE: Submission window is closed. We will open again soon. Guidelines will be the same as below (with adjusted dates). In the meantime, write well.
Details:
$1,000 advance and standard contract from Unleash Press for one winning manuscript. Novels, poetry collections, short story collections, and creative nonfiction manuscripts are accepted.
Full-length, completed manuscripts only.
Guidelines:
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Submissions will be accepted until December 15, 2023.
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We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere and you wish to withdraw it from consideration.
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There are no refunds if you withdraw a submission.
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Please include a cover letter with a summary. Your name and contact information may appear in the cover letter area. Please leave all identifying information off of the manuscript as the first round of reading is blind.
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The minimum length of a manuscript is 30,000 words for prose or 70 pages for poetry.
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Genres accepted include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and experimental/hybrid.
Formatting:
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Please include page numbers.
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Please double-space and use a 12pt font.
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Submit as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or PDF file format
Submit here.
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FINAL JUDGE: Richard C. McPherson, author of Man Wanted in Cheyenne (Unleash Press, 2023)



2022 Book Prize Winner
Bronwen Carson, MAGPIE
Bronwen is an award-winning generative director, writer, and autism spectrum advocate. Magpie will be released in spring 2023. Pre-orders coming soon ...
Congrats to our 2022 finalists
Shortlist
Julie Benesh, Flyover Girls: Stories
Mickey Revenaugh, The Airport Series
Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross, Inadequate Methods of Self-Preservation
Longlist
Julie Benesh, Flyover Girls: Stories
Joshua Bernstein, Lives of the Mind
Efrosini Camatsos, The Duct-Tape Diary
Will Clattenburg, Flood the Garden
John Loonam, Music the World Makes
Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross, Inadequate Methods of Self-Preservation
Ruyan Meng, Scent of the City
Rafael Moscatel, The Bastard of Beverly Hills
Midge Raymond, Rogue Valley: Stories
Brandy Reinke, Great Deaths of the Con
Mickey Revenaugh, The Airport Series
Joe Taylor, Don't Be Lonely, Lone Ranger
