Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards


Call For Submissions

Wandering Aengus Press and its imprint, Trail to Table Press, each publish up to two winners for the Wandering Aengus Book Award and the Trail to Table Book Award–up to four winners total.

The editors seek full-length book manuscripts of literary prose or poetry. Submission period is December 1 to January 31, closing at 11:59 pm Pacific time. Our contest submission fee is $30 US dollars.

Manuscripts must be the original work of one author—no AI-generated work. Excerpts may have been published, but not the manuscript in its entirety. Please use standard formatting with at least 1” margins, double-spaced for prose manuscripts, and with a serif font such as Garamond or Times New Roman.

Our submissions are read anonymously, so please remove any identifying information, including author name, contact information, bio, and acknowledgments from your manuscript.


Submission Period
December 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Contact Name
Jill McCabe Johnson
Contact Title
Editor in Chief
Contact Email Address

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