Tiger Bark Press March Reading Period for BIPOC Poets 2025

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As part of Tiger Bark Press's ongoing commitment to printing quality poetry by a diversity of voices, the press will hold an open reading period throughout the month of March 2025, for full-length book manuscripts by poets who identify as Black, as indigenous, or as people of color. This is not a competition, and there is no guarantee that a manuscript will be selected for publication; however, our hope is to fall in love with, and publish, at least one book as a result of this reading period, and perhaps more. Selected poets will be offered a standard publishing contract, with books scheduled for publication in 2026.
Thanks to our friends at Stone Canoe for hosting this reading period on their Submittable page!


MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES:
 

  • Manuscripts should include 50-90 pages of original poetry in English, one poem per page.
  • Individual poems may have been published in journals or online, but manuscripts as a whole must be previously unpublished.
  • Please include a list of acknowledgments for previously published poems included in the collection.
  • Collections of poetry in translation are not eligible.
  • Please begin your manuscript with a cover page including your name, address, email address, and phone number.
  • Manuscripts may be submitted as Word or PDF files. 
  • Only poets currently residing in the United States are eligible.




 

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