VersoFrontera
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About the Series
Series Editor: Octavio Quintanilla
In collaboration with the VersoFrontera Literature and Arts Festival, the VersoFrontera series seeks to publish one debut full-length collection per year by an emerging Latinx poet.
Submissions open each year on October 15 and close on December 15.
VersoFrontera Literature and Arts Festival
Established in 2019, VersoFrontera is an independent literary festival intended as a platform for writers and artists to showcase their creative work in an inclusive and community-oriented environment. Approximately thirty-two local, national, and international writers participate every year. Since 2022, the festival has occurred at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.
Series Editor: Octavio Quintanilla
Octavio Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collection, If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014) The Book of Wounded Sparrows (TRP, 2024), which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and of Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours, winner of the 2024 Ambroggio Prize given by the Academy of American Poets (University of Arizona Press, 2025). He served as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His poetry and visual work has been exhibited in numerous spaces. Octavio is the Founder and Director of the VersoFrontera Literature and Arts Festival, and the Founder and Publisher of Alabrava Press. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing in the M.A./M.F.A. program at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.
Submission Guidelines
General Guidelines
- Submissions are open October 15 – December 15.
- There is no fee to enter.
- Open to any Latinx poet who has not yet published a full-length collection of poetry. The author may have published chapbooks or books in other genres.
- There are no formal restrictions, we welcome poetry of any style/form.
- Poems may have been published individually in magazines or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished.
- Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Please notify TRP immediately by withdrawing the manuscript via Submittable if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Current and former students and faculty of Sam Houston State University and Our Lady of the Lake University are not eligible.
- Current and former TRP authors are not eligible.
- Submissions are accepted through Submittable only.
- The selected author will receive a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.
Manuscript Guidelines
- Manuscripts must be between 50 and 100 pages in length.
- Please include a table of contents, title page, acknowledgments page, and page numbers.
- No more than one poem per page. (Poems may exceed one page in length.)
- Submit as a .pdf, .docx, or .doc file format.
- No revisions will be accepted once the manuscript is uploaded.