Submit Your Manuscript
to Steel Toe Books

November/December Open Reading Period

During the months of November and December 2011, Steel Toe Books will be selecting at least two full-length poetry manuscripts via an open reading period. We will be reading two categories of poetry collections: those written by Kentucky writers and those written by poets who have previously published at least one full-length collection or chapbook. Please specify either Kentucky Writer or Previously-Published Poet on your cover letter or title page. There is no reading fee, but we ask everyone who submits a manuscript to support our press by purchasing one of our existing titles directly from us.

Guidelines for Kentucky Writers:

We consider you a Kentucky writer if you currently reside in Kentucky, if you have a degree from a college or university located in Kentucky, or if you are currently enrolled in a college degree program located in Kentucky (including one of the commonwealth’s three low-or-brief residency MFA programs). Send us your 48-80 page manuscript, along with a title page containing your contact information, an order form with one of our existing titles selected (available at http://www.steeltoebooks.com/place-an-order.html), along with a check for $14.50 ($12 for the book you’re ordering and $2.50 for shipping and handling).

Guidelines for Previously Published Poets:

Send us your 48-80 page manuscript, along with a title page containing your contact information, one copy of a published full-length collection or chapbook that you wrote, an order form with one of our existing titles selected (available at http://www.steeltoebooks.com/place-an-order.html), along with a check for $9.70 ($7.20 to cover the wholesale price of book you’re ordering and $2.50 for shipping and handling – since you’re sending us a copy of your previously-published book, we’re giving you a discount on one of our releases).