Submissions


TRP does not accept unsolicited submissions via mail or email. We only consider manuscripts submitted through Submittable. Our Open Reading Period, Contests, and Series submission schedule is below.


Open Calls for Submissions

Open to all eligible contributors during the scheduled submission windows.

 January – March

April

July – September

August – September

Additional details linked and below.


Targeted Calls for Submissions

Open only to select audiences based on role, affiliation, or call criteria.

TRP Authors and SHSU Faculty

Current TRP authors and Sam Houston State University faculty may submit works for consideration outside of our open calls.

Submissions to these forms from writers who are not current TRP Authors or SHSU faculty will not be considered.

TRP Author Submission Portal

SHSU Faculty Submission Portal


Nonfiction/Anthology Proposals

Proposals for Scholarly and Trade Nonfiction Books, Edited Anthologies, and Edited Series may be submitted for consideration outside of our open calls.

Submissions to this form of single-author creative works of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction will not be considered.

Proposal Submission Portal


Prizes

 

Link to The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize submissions guidelines

The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize

$10,000 + Publication + Residency at Vermont Studio Center

2025 Judge: TBD

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

Recent judges include Diane Seuss, Richard Blanco, Kimiko Hahn, Kazim Ali, Maggie Smith, and Marilyn Nelson.

Guidelines & Submissions

Winner of the 2024 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize:

Fenestration, by Othuke Umukoro

Selected by Diane Seuss


Link to The George Garrett Fiction Prize submissions guidelines

The George Garrett Fiction Prize

Winner Receives: $2,000 + Publication

2025 Judge: TBD

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

Recent judges include Kaveh Akbar, Manuel Muñoz, Vi Khi Nao, Selah Saterstrom, Joe Wilkins, and John McNally.

Guidelines & Submissions

Winner of the 2024 George Garrett Fiction Prize:

About, Above, Around: 50 Prepositions, by Mark Mayer

Selected by Kaveh Akbar


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The Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize

$1,000 + Publication

2025 Judge: KB Brookins

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

Recent judges include Carolyn Hembree, Alison Pelegrin, Taylor Johnson, Benjamin Garcia, Esther Lin, and Gary Jackson.

Guidelines & Submissions

Winner of the 2024 Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize:

6 Lineage Poems, by Fernando Trujillo

Selected by Carolyn Hembree


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The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize

$1,000 + Publication

2025 Judge: Fatimah Asghar

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

Recent judges include Steven Dunn, Michael Martone, Renee Gladman, Leslie Jill Patterson, Hannah Pittard, and Rita Bullwinkel.

Guidelines & Submissions

Winner of the 2024 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize:

On Remembering My Friends, My First Job, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD, by Francisco Delgado

Selected by Steven Dunn


Free Submissions

 

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Open Reading Period

Submissions open each year on April 1 and close on April 30. 

Submissions cap at 300.

Guidelines & Submissions


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The Sabine Series in Literature

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.

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Guidelines & Submissions


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The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series

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.

The Virginia winner is Everything is Water, by Chelsea Krieg.

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Guidelines & Submissions


The Southern Poetry Anthology

Series Editor: William Wright

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

Browse the series

Guidelines & Submissions


VersoFrontera

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 poet.

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

Guidelines & Submissions