The entry period runs from January 1st to March 31st.
Chapbooks should be between 20-40 pages. Manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and a list of acknowledgments for previously published poems. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines but not books or chapbooks. The collection as a whole must be unpublished.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration. We do not accept translations.
This reading period is open only to traditionally marginalized writers. In your cover letter, please spend a few sentences discussing how your marginalization relates to your writing.
Current students, former students, former classmates, or friends of Small Harbor Publishing, Harbor Editions, or Harbor Review staff are disqualified from sending work.
All entries will be read by Harbor Editions staff.
There is no submission fee. However, you may make an optional donation to our press via Paypal. Click here to donate.
Include in your cover letter your name, contact information, and a brief bio. Attach your manuscript as a word or pdf attachment. Please use the title of your chapbook as your document name.
Harbor Editions will publish 1-2 books from the open reading period. Those selected will receive a standard publishing contract and 20 copies of their book. All entrants will be notified about the status of their submission after the submission period.
The prize is awarded once a year for a micro chapbook.
This inaugural contest for 2023 will be judged by Lynn Melnick.
The contest submission period will end on April 30th, 2023.
Micro chapbooks should be exactly 10 poems long.
Manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and use 12-point font. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines but not books or chapbooks. The collection as a whole must be unpublished.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration.
We do not accept translations. We’d love to see collaborations.
Current students, former students, former classmates, or friends of Harbor Review staff are disqualified from entering the contest.
All entries will be read by Harbor Review staff.
The submission fee is $15 to cover submission management.
Include in your cover letter your name, contact information, a brief bio, and a list of acknowledgments for previously published chapbook poems. Your name, acknowledgments, or any identifying information should not appear in the manuscript or manuscript title.
Attach your manuscript as a word or pdf attachment. Please use the title of your micro chapbook as your document name.
The winner will receive $200 and publication of their micro chapbook online at Harbor Review. Please note there may be a forthcoming print edition that will include multiple winners. All rights revert to the author after publication.
All entrants will be notified about the status of their submission after the submission period.
The prize that's currently open for submissions is: The Jewish Women's Poetry prize.
Our judge for 2023 is Lynn Melnick!
The entry period runs from February 1st to April 30th.
Who is eligible?
Any person who identifies as a woman and Jewish. Our definition of woman includes all women, including transgender and all female-identifying individuals. Women of color and queer women are encouraged to apply.
What subject matter?
Any poems or prose poems, whether the subject is "Jewish" or not.
What else should I be aware of?
The prize is awarded once a year for a micro chapbook, which Harbor Review will publish digitally on our website.
Micro chapbooks should be exactly 10 poems long.
Manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and use 12 point font. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines but not books or chapbooks. The collection as a whole must be unpublished.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration.
We do not accept translations. We’d love to see collaborations.
Current students, former students, former classmates, or friends of Harbor Review staff are disqualified from entering the contest.
All entries will be read by Harbor Review staff.
The submission fee is $15 to cover submission management.
Include in your cover letter your name, contact information, a brief bio, and a list of acknowledgments for previously published chapbook poems. Your name, acknowledgments, or any identifying information should not appear in the manuscript or manuscript title.
Attach your manuscript as a word or pdf attachment. Please use the title of your micro chapbook as your document name.
The winner will receive $200 and publication of their micro chapbook online at Harbor Review. Please note there may be a forthcoming print edition that will include multiple winners. All rights revert to the author after publication.
All entrants will be notified about the status of their submission after the submission period.
Send 1-3 poems in one document as a pdf or word document during our submission window. Include a short bio in your cover letter. The theme for Issue #11 is: "Merge // Divide"
The submission fee for expedited submissions is $8. Regular submissions are free. All fees are waived for BIPOC identifying writers.
Send 1-3 poems in one document as a pdf or word document during our submission window. Include a short bio in your cover letter. The theme for Issue #11 is: "Merge // Divide."
The submission fee for expedited submissions is $8. Regular submissions are free. You will receive a response in 10 days.
Send 1-3 high resolution images with titles (minimum 2000 pixels on the longest side). Include in your cover letter an image list, short bio, and short artist statement. The theme for this issue is: "Merge // Divide."
Harbor Review is a paying market. We pay artists $10 per published piece upon release of the issue in which the piece appears.