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View Your Submissions Autumn House Press 2024 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize Ends on $35.00 $35.00 Guidelines for 2024 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize Guidelines Submit to 2024 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize For the 2024 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Kazim Ali . The winner receives publication of their full-length manuscript and $2,500. The submission period opens May 1, 2024, and closes June 30, 2024 (Eastern Time). We will announce the finalists and the winner of the contest by October 1, 2024. Guidelines for the Autumn House Poetry Prize The winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 honorarium, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book All finalists will be considered for publication Poetry submissions should be approximately 50-80 pages Each new poem should start on a new page Illustrations are strongly discouraged and should not comprise more than a quarter of the book The reading fee is $35 (We will waive the submission fee for those undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Before you reach out to request a waived fee, please read our full statement and instructions here . If the guidelines are not followed, we will not be able to offer a waived fee.) The book should be previously unpublished We only accept original manuscripts; AI-generated or AI-supported works are not accepted Do not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript; if your name appears within the body of the text, please omit it or black it out (first name is fine, but last name must be omitted) You may include a brief bio in the cover letter” section of Submittable Do not include a bio or an acknowledgments page in the manuscript Feel free to include a table of contents (This does not count as part of your final page count) Simultaneous submissions permitted Friends, family members, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships. Former employees of Autumn House, including interns, may not submit to the contest. If you have any questions, please check our FAQ page. Autumn House Press Technical Help | Privacy...