Full-length Poetry Manuscripts

Fifth Stanza Press is dedicated to publishing debut and second collections of poetry by writers in midlife or later.

Manuscripts will be accepted for a fee of $15 via Duosoma.

• Writers must fit within the Fifth Stanza niche of being in mid-life or later (40 and older) and must not have published more than one full-length collection of poems. (Chapbook publications are fine.)

• Manuscripts must be the original work of one author

• Work should be in English and in no part generated using AI

• Ideal manuscript length is 48-100 pages of poems

• Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but please let us know if your manuscript has been accepted elsewhere.