Submissions

We are currently accepting both Book Manuscripts, POETICS and XPRESS Chapbooks.  Please review the details below.

 

Book Manuscripts: OPEN

We have a passion for undiscovered poets seeking to publish their first book.  Manuscripts should be approx 80-120 pages in length.  You can submit your manuscripts in Word or PDF.  No reading fees are required.

With your manuscript, please include the following:

  1. Your full name
  2. Location
  3. A brief history of your writing career
  4. A list of previous publications
  5. A description of your work, the vision you have for it and what you hope to convey to the reader

 

Accepted submissions will be notified by email and offered a publishing contract.  All published authors are compensated.

Anthologies & Journal Submissions: OPEN

BIP periodically publishes anthologies and our semi-annual POETICS journal. Submissions should be in Word or PDF format.

Please include the following:

  1. Your full name
  2. Location
  3. The intended publication, if known.
  4. A brief bio of yourself

Authors maintain full copyright of their work and are not compensated.

 

Chapbooks: OPEN

At BIP we believe chapbooks have become undervalued and become little more than short poetry books.  We want to bring them back in the spirit of "zine culture" as short, fast, cheap works that allow work of any time to get into the hands of readers quickly, whether its an early seed of what will become a full poetry collection in the future or simply poems you don't feel belong elsewhere.

Submissions should be 20-40 pages in length in MS Word format.

With your manuscript, please include the following:

  1. Your full name
  2. Location
  3. A brief history of your writing career
  4. A list of previous publications
  5. A description of your work, the vision you have for it and what you hope to convey to the reader

 

Accepted submissions will be not be compensated.  No reading fees are required.

General Guidelines 

Unacceptable Content

What we will refuse:

  1. No work that glorifies or encourages harmful or illegal acts, such as suicide, drug use, or excessive and unnecessary depictions of extreme violence.
  2. If your work contains references or implications of sensitive topics like suicide, self-harm, or assault, please include a content warning at the beginning of your submission.

Bainbridge Island Press embraces the freedom and individuality of all persons and does not permit any form of discrimination or hate towards individuals or groups based on race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, family status, shoe size, musical preference, or any other means of division.