Mountain/West Poetry Series
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The Center for Literary Publishing is accepting manuscript submissions for the 2027 Mountain/West Poetry Series from poets living in the US west of the Mississippi River, including Hawaii, Alaska, and the US Pacific Territories. Please do not submit if you do not currently reside in one of these states or territories.
Deadline is Feb 15, 2026.
Poets who have entered the 2026 Colorado Prize for Poetry and live in the US west of the Mississippi need not submit, as their manuscripts will automatically be considered for the series.
Manuscripts must be at least 60 pages but no more than 100 pages.
Individual poems within the manuscript may be previously published, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Self-published books are not eligible for submission.
Please submit no more than one manuscript.
Submissions will be accepted online only, via Submittable.
This is not a contest, and there is no submission fee.
Manuscripts will not be read blind. You may include, if applicable, acknowledgments noting poems’ previous publication.
Authors will receive a standard publishing contract that offers a $500 advance against royalties with 10 percent (net) royalties once the advance is earned out, as well as twenty complimentary copies and a 40 percent author discount. Books will be distributed to the trade by the University Press of Colorado.
Questions? Please contact Stephanie G’Schwind at Stephanie(dot)Gschwind(at)colostate(dot)edu.