Writing Competition: The Autumn House Press Contests

The annual Autumn House Press Contests award publication of full-length manuscripts in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. 

 

Each winner also receives $2,500 ($1,000 advance against royalties and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote the book). The postmark deadline for entries is June 30, 2017.

 

To submit online, please visit our online submission manager. When submitting, note the following:

 

• All finalists will be considered for publication.
• Poetry submissions should be approximately 50-80 pages, Fiction & Nonfiction 200-300 pages.
• Contest results will be announced on our website.
• Please include with manuscript: Cover letter with all current contact information (name, address, phone number, and email address), table of contents, acknowledgments of previously published poems, and SASE.
• Autumn House Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts.
• All entries must be clearly marked “Poetry Prize,” "Fiction Prize," or "Nonfiction Prize," on the outside envelope.
• Thirty dollar handling fee (check or money order) must be enclosed.
• MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
• Send manuscript and $30.00 fee to:

 

Autumn House Press
PO Box 5486
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

 

Though we are open to all styles of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, we suggest you familiarize yourself with previous Autumn House publications before submitting. We are committed not just to publishing the prominent voices of our age, but also to publishing first books and lesser-known authors who will become the important writers of their generation. Many of our past winners have been first-book authors. We encourage writers from all backgrounds to submit; it is our goal at Autumn House to develop a rich and varied literary tradition.

 

For further questions:

 

infoATautumnhouseDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

The judges for the 2017 contest are:

 

Poetry: Alberto Ríos
Fiction: Amina Gautier
Nonfiction: Alison Hawthorne Deming