We cannot entertain most requests for edits once submitted. Please take care to dot your i's and cross your t's. Please see individual categories for deadlines. We submit to awards and submit for reviews.Įditors in house read general open submission titles blind and look for personal and emotional connections to the work.Īll submissions should be polished, final drafts. Summer 2023 general submissions will open early in Summer 2023.īooks selected from our general open category receive a regular royalties based contract, copies, and significant marketing for the title. Our 2023 General submissions are open for Spring 2023. Multiple submissions are accepted, but please inform us promptly of a withdrawal. Please send us your edgy and risk-taking, diverse and dynamic work! All subject matter welcome, inclusive of historically marginalized voices. For our contests, we adhere to the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics. We occasional work with judges and will announce judges at the beginning of the prize launch. Please see individual entry categories for guidelines. Steel Toe has published 30 books since 2003 and has opened up to prose beginning in 2020. We publish 1-3 chapbooks per year and take more chances with this category.

(Events and readings suspended due to covid). We also host an open chapbook category which includes an honorarium and copies. In addition to the winner, we look to publish 1-2 other titles in each category. All books submitted to the awards are considered for general publication and are published as print and eBooks.

We're pleased to announce the Steel Toe Books 2023 Prize in Poetry and the Steel Toe Books 2023 Prize in Prose, for fiction and nonfiction opens January 1, 2023!

Tor publishing submissions