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OUR FULL LENGTH AUTUMN SUBMISSIONS
ARE OPEN FOR UNPUBLISHED BOOKS
OF POETRY AND PROSE!
2024 AWARDS FOR POETRY AND PROSE BOOKS
WILL OPEN IN JANUARY 2024
$500 AWARDS & PUBLICATION IN EACH CATEGORY
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ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE CONSIDERED
FOR PUBLICATION
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STB WAS FOUNDED IN 2003
THE STB PRIZES LAUNCHED IN 2020
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIMMY-SHAMMY
CHRISTOPHER CITRO
"This is a much-welcomed and necessary kick in the pants, chock-full of quirks and delights."
-Maurice Manning
MY FATHER'S KITES
ALLISON JOSEPH
"I cannot think of another contemporary poet who has done a finer job of combining form and content, to dazzling effect."
-Marilyn Taylor
MONEY FOR SUNSETS
ELIZABETH J. COLEN
"As she herself writes, 'Great untapped mercies live within us.'"
- Shane McCrae
MEET SOME OF OUR AUTHORS
Steel Toe Books has 27 Authors and Counting
CHRISTOPHER CITRO
ALLISON JOSEPH
ELIZABETH J. COLEN
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JEANNINE HALL GAILEY
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