Unleash Press

$1,000 advance and an optional/standard contract from Unleash Press for one winning manuscript. Finalists will be considered for publication. Novels, poetry collections, short story collections, and creative nonfiction manuscripts are accepted.

 
Full-length, completed manuscripts only. Responses will begin to go out in late December.

Guidelines:

• Submissions will be accepted until December 15, 2023. 
• We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if you wish to withdraw it from consideration.
• There are no refunds if you withdraw a submission.
• Please include a cover letter with a summary. Your name and contact information may appear in the cover letter area. Please leave all identifying information off of the manuscript as the first round of reading is blind.
• The minimum length of a manuscript is 30,000 words for prose or 70 pages for poetry.
• Genres accepted include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and experimental/hybrid. 
• *Note: The publishing contract is optional and contingent on the author maintaining full rights to the work. Reprints are accepted for consideration.

Formatting:

• Please include page numbers.
• Please double-space and use a 12pt font.
• Submit as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or PDF file format.

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