2024 Autumn House Press Rising Writer Prize in Poetry

The 2024 Rising Writer Prize is for a first full-length book of poetry. The Autumn House staff and select outsider readers will serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Eduardo C. Corral. 

Guidelines for the Rising Writer Prize

• Must be the author’s first full-length poetry collection (previous publications of chapbooks and full-length books in other genres are fine)
• The winners will receive book publication, a $1,000 honorarium, and a $500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book
• All finalists will be considered for publication
• Submissions should be approximately 50 – 80 pages
• The reading fee is $25 (We will waive the submission fee for those undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Before you reach out to request a waived fee, please read our full statement and instructions here. If the guidelines are not followed, we will not be able to offer a waived fee.)
• Do not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript; if your name appears within the body of the text, please omit it or black it out
• You may include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
• Do not include an acknowledgments page in the manuscript
• Feel free to include a table of contents
• Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please let us know immediately if your book was accepted elsewhere
• Friends, family members, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships
• Former employees of Autumn House, including interns, may not submit to the contest