Thank you for your interest in The American Poetry Review! Please find submission guidelines under the categories below.
In honor of the poet Gerald Stern, The American Poetry Review is happy to announce a new book award – The Stern Prize.
The prize of $2,000 will be awarded in 2025, with publication by The American Poetry Review in partnership with Copper Canyon Press in the same year. The author will receive a standard book contract, with royalties paid in subsequent years.
The prize is open to all poets age 50 and over, regardless of previous publication history.
A committee of editors and board members of The American Poetry Review will judge. APR complies with the CLMP Code of Ethics in the administration of this contest.
To be considered for the prize, submit a manuscript of 48 pages or more, single-spaced, paginated, with a table of contents and acknowledgments, with a $25 entry fee.
• Manuscripts must be received by January 1, 2025. The winning author and all other entrants will be notified by February 28, 2025. The winning book will be published in December 2025.
• You may simultaneously submit your manuscript elsewhere, but please notify us immediately if it is accepted for publication. Submission of more than one manuscript is permissible; each must be entered separately.
• The winning author will have time to revise the manuscript after acceptance, but please send no revisions during the reading period.
The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in poetry and literature, and to provide authors, especially poets, with a far-reaching forum in which to present their work.
Please do not send previously published material. Send no more than five poems per submission. We strive to respond to all submissions within six months.
Copyright: APR holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication. We do not require that material be copyrighted prior to submission.
We pay authors at a rate of $1 per line of poetry and $60 per APR page of prose.
The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in poetry and literature, and to provide authors, especially poets, with a far-reaching forum in which to present their work.
Please do not send previously published material. We strive to respond to all submissions within six months.
Copyright: APR holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication. We do not require that material be copyrighted prior to submission.
We pay authors at a rate of $1 per line of poetry and $60 per APR page of prose.