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.
Calls for Submissions
January – March
- The Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize
- The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
- The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series (December – March)
April
July – September
December – March
The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize
$10,000 + Publication + Residency at Vermont Studio Center
2024 Judge: Diane Seuss
Submissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30.
Recent judges include Richard Blanco, Kimiko Hahn, Kazim Ali, Maggie Smith, and Marilyn Nelson.
Winner of the 2023 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize:
The Book of Drought, by Rob Carney
Selected by Richard Blanco
The George Garrett Fiction Prize
$2,000 + Publication
2024 Judge: Kaveh Akbar
Submissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30.
Recent judges include Manuel Muñoz, Vi Khi Nao, Selah Saterstrom, Joe Wilkins, and John McNally.
Winner of the 2023 George Garrett Fiction Prize:
Lady Without Land / Señorita Sin Tierra, by Krystal Anali Vazquez
Selected by Manuel Muñoz
Closed for Submissions
The Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize
$1,000 + Publication
2024 Judge: Carolyn Hembree
Submissions open each year on January 1 and close on March 31.
Recent judges include Alison Pelegrin, Taylor Johnson, Benjamin Garcia, Esther Lin, and Gary Jackson.
Winner of the 2024 Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize:
6 Lineage Poems, by Fernando Trujillo
Selected by Carolyn Hembree
The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
$1,000 + Publication
2024 Judge: Steven Dunn
Submissions open each year on January 1 and close on March 31.
Recent judges include Michael Martone, Renee Gladman, Leslie Jill Patterson, Hannah Pittard, and Rita Bullwinkel.
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
Open Reading Period
Submissions open each year on April 1 and close on April 30.
Submissions cap at 300.
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.
The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series
Series Editor: J. Bruce Fuller
Submissions open each year on December 1 and close on March 1. Submissions for Virginia open December 1, 2024.
The Southern Poetry Anthology
Series Editor: William Wright
The Southern Poetry Anthology highlights poetry by authors from each state in the southern U.S.