The next submission deadline for the John Ciardi Prize for Poetry and the G. S. Sharat
Chandra Prize for Short Fiction is January 15, 2012
(postmark). Click here for full prize guidelines.
BkMk Press is reading unsolicited submissions from January through June 2012. We will post any updates to this website. Please follow the guidelines below.
Send a sample of your work: approximately 10 pp. poetry; or 50 pp. prose.
Typed and paginated. Prose should be double-spaced.
Please include a cover letter indicating your name and address and the title of your submission.
Please also send a self addressed stamped envelope for our reply (with sufficient postage for the manuscript's return, if applicable). Please indicate whether you want your manuscript returned or recycled.
BkMk publishes quality poetry, short fiction collections, and creative non-fiction essays. We do not currently publish novels.
DO NOT SUBMIT MANUSCRIPTS VIA E-MAIL OR OTHERWISE
THROUGH THE INTERNET
We try to reply to your submission in four to six months.