redhenpress.submittable.comRed Hen Press Submission Manager

View Your Submissions Red Hen Press Red Hen Press is an independent, nonprofit press that publishes about twenty books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry every year. We’re looking for novels, memoir, creative nonfiction, hybrid works, and story, essay, and poetry collections of exceptional literary merit that demonstrate a high level of mastery. Red Hen publications are diverse in style and subject, but tend to have in common a certain wildness. Please familiarize yourself with our catalog before submitting. Representative fiction writers include Aimee Liu, Martha Cooley, Donna Hemans, Judy Grahn, Yuvi Zalkow, and Andrew Lam. Representative poets include Chris Abani, Katharine Coles, Camille Dungy, Eloise Klein Healy, Brynn Saito, Peggy Shumaker, Doug Manuel, and Francesca Bell. With your submission, be sure to include: A cover letter that includes the author’s name, contact information, and a brief synopsis of the work. For award submissions, this should be the only information included in your Cover Letter. For General Submissions, please include the above information and describe the author’s background, list any publication credits if applicable, and explain why the work is a fit for Red Hen Press. The work itself. For General Submissions, writers may submit either the full manuscript or a sample of between 20 and 30 pages. Please keep in mind that full manuscripts take longer to review. All manuscripts should include page numbers on every page. Given the high volume of submissions we receive, please expect a response time of three to twelve months. We appreciate your patience. Phone calls, emails, and letters will not speed up the process, and are strongly discouraged. Ann Petry Award Ends on Guidelines for Ann Petry Award Guidelines Submit to Ann Petry Award Founded in 2020 in partnership with Red Hen Press and the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance, the Ann Petry Award seeks to publish prose literature by Black authors. The Ann Petry Award is for a work of previously unpublished prose (including self-published works), either a novel or a collection of short stories or novellas, with a minimum of 150 pages, by a Black writer. The awarded manuscript is selected through an annual submission process, with primary review by Aliah Wright, who will winnow the submissions to a list of finalists for the final judge. The Ann Petry Award will consist of $3000 and publication of the awarded manuscript by Red Hen Press, as well as a four-week residency at The Community Library’s Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum, Idaho. There is no submission fee. Please use double-spaced, 12-pt. Times New Roman font. Title only on the cover sheet, with no other identifying information on the manuscript itself. The entry should be a minimum of 150 pages. Eligibility Guidelines: The Ann Petry Award is open to all Black writers, with the following exceptions: A) Authors who have had a full-length work published by Red Hen Press, or a full-length work currently under consideration by Red Hen Press; B) Current employees, interns, or contractors of Red Hen Press; C) Relatives of employees or members of the Red Hen Press executive board of directors; D) Members or former members of the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance; E) Relatives or individuals having a personal or professional relationship with any of the final judges or with members of the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance where they have taken any part whatsoever in shaping the manuscript, or where, for whatever reason, selecting a particular manuscript might have the appearance of impropriety. Procedures and Ethical Considerations To be certain that every manuscript finalist receives the fairest evaluation, all manuscripts shall be submitted to the judges without any identifying material. Bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material shall be removed from judged manuscripts until the conclusion of the competition. Please remove all names, bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material from the submitted manuscript, and include only your name, contact information, and a short biographical statement in the cover letter field of Submittable. The Ann Petry Award of Red Hen Press and the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance is committed to maintaining the utmost integrity of our awards. Judges shall recuse themselves from considering any manuscript where they recognize the work. In the event of recusal, a manuscript score previously assigned by the managing editor of the press will be substituted. https://redhen.org/awards/ann-petry-award Entries will be accepted via Submittable only Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize Ends on $25.00 $25.00 Guidelines for Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize Guidelines Submit to Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize The Women’s Prose Prize is for a previously unpublished (including self-published works), original work of prose. Novels, short story collections, memoirs, essay collections, and all other forms of prose writing are eligible for consideration. Awarded manuscript is selected through an annual competition which is open to all writers who identify as women. Award is $1000 and publication by Red Hen Press. Entry fee is $25.00. 25,000 word minimum, 80,000 word maximum. Entries will be accepted via Submittable only. The deadline for entries is February 28, 2024 . The final judge for 2024 is Aimee Liu . Guidelines Eligibility: The award is open to all women writers with the following exceptions: A) Authors who have had a full length work published by Red Hen Press; B) Employees, interns, or contractors of Red Hen Press; C) Relatives of employees or members of the executive board of directors; D) Relatives or individuals having a personal or professional relationship with any of the final judges where they have taken any part whatsoever in shaping the manuscript, or where, for whatever reason, selecting a particular manuscript might have the appearance of impropriety. Procedures and Ethical Considerations To be certain that every manuscript finalist receives the fairest evaluation, all manuscripts shall be submitted to the judges without any identifying material. Bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material shall be removed from judged manuscripts until the conclusion of the competition. Please remove all names, bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material from the submitted manuscript , and include only your name and contact information in the cover letter field of Submittable. Red Hen Press is committed to maintaining the utmost integrity of our awards. Judges shall recuse themselves from considering any manuscript where they recognize the work. In the event of recusal, a manuscript score previously assigned by the managing editor of the press will be substituted. Entries will be accepted via Submittable only. Quill (Queer) Prose Award Ends on $10.00 $10.00 Guidelines for Quill (Queer) Prose Award Guidelines Submit to Quill (Queer) Prose Award Founded in 2015 by Tobi Harper of Red Hen Press, Quill seeks to publish quality literature by queer writers. The Quill Prose Award is for a work of previously unpublished (including self-published works) prose with a minimum of 150 pages by a queer (LGBTQIA+) writer. The awarded manuscript is selected through an annual submission process which is open to all authors. The deadline for entries is November 30, 2023. The final judge for 2023 is Carlos Allende . Award is $1000 and publication of the awarded manuscript by Red Hen Press. Entry fee is $10 . Title on cover sheet only , with a 150-page minimum. Eligibility Guidelines: The award is open to all writers with the following exceptions: A) Authors who have had a full-length work published by Red Hen Press, or a full-length work currently under consideration by Red Hen Press; B) Employees, interns, or contractors of Red Hen Press; C) Relatives of employees or members of the executive board of directors; D) Relatives or individuals having a personal or professional relationship with any...