Submissions


TRP does not accept unsolicited submissions via mail or email. We only consider manuscripts submitted through Submittable to our Open Reading Period, Contests, and Series.

Current and former TRP authors should contact the press directly when submitting new work.


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The Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize

$1,000 + Publication

2024 Judge: Carolyn Hembree

Established in 2001, The Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize highlights one book a year that excels in the chapbook format. Since 2024, the Prize comes with a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.

Submissions open each year on January 1 and close on March 31.

Guidelines, Submissions, and List of Previous Winners

Winner of the 2023 Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize:

Dumb Luck & other poems, by Christine Kitano

Selected by Alison Pelegrin


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The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize

$1,000 + Publication

2024 Judge: Steven Dunn

Established in 2001, The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize highlights one book a year that excels in the novella format. Since 2024, the Prize comes with a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.

Submissions open each year on January 1 and close on March 31.

Guidelines, Submissions, and List of Previous Winners

Winner of the 2023 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize:

The Mary Years, by Julie Marie Wade

Selected by Michael Martone


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The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series

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Series Editor: J. Bruce Fuller

The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series highlights a first full-length collection by emerging authors from each state in the southern U.S.

Submissions open each year on December 1 and close on March 1. Submissions for Kentucky open December 1, 2023.

Guidelines and Submissions

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The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize

$10,000 + Publication

2023 Judge: Richard Blanco

Established in 1998, The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize highlights one full-length collection of poetry per year. The Prize comes with a $10,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.

Submissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30.

Submission Guidelines and List of Previous Winners

Winner of the 2023 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize:

The Book of Drought, by Rob Carney

Selected by Richard Blanco


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The George Garrett Fiction Prize

$1,000 + Publication

2023 Judge: Manuel Muñoz

Established in 1998, The George Garrett Fiction Prize highlights one book a year for excellence in a short story collection or novel. The Prize comes with a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.

Submissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30.

Guidelines, Submissions, and List of Previous Winners

Winner of the 2023 George Garrett Fiction Prize:

Lady Without Land / Señorita Sin Tierra, by Krystal Anali Vazquez

Selected by Manuel Muñoz


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Open Reading Period

Submissions open each year on April 1 and close on April 30. Submissions cap at 300.

Guidelines and Submissions

TRP publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly works. Topics we are interested in include 20th/21st Century American Poetry, Environmental Writing, Ecopoetics, Contemporary Poetics, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Southern Literature, Southern Issues, Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas/Louisiana Literature, Texas/Louisiana History, Folklore, Cajun-Creole Studies, African-American Literature, African-American Studies, Latinx Literature, Latinx Studies, & Texas/Mexico History.

Poetry, Fiction, and General Interest Nonfiction Proposals should include a title, cover letter, a short author biography, and the complete manuscript. 

Scholarly Works Proposals should include a title, cover letter, abstract, 2 sample chapters, an estimated word count, a short author biography, and a CV/Resume. We are not interested in unrevised dissertations; dissertations should be revised for a general audience and formatted in Chicago Style. If interested, the editors will request the entire manuscript.


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The Sabine Series in Literature

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Series Editor: J. Bruce Fuller

The Sabine Series in Literature highlights work by authors born in or working in Eastern Texas and/or Louisiana. There are no thematic restrictions; TRP seeks the best writing possible by authors from this unique region of the American South.

Submissions open each year on April 1 and close on April 30. Submissions cap at 300.

Guidelines and Submissions

Books in this series:


The Southern Poetry Anthology

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Series Editor: William Wright

The Southern Poetry Anthology highlights poetry by authors from each state in the southern U.S.

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Books in this series: