We welcome submissions that blur genre and play with form, experiment with compression or expansion, use language in surprising ways, and bring attention to subject matter of contemporary urgency or uncommon interest. We especially love work that is tender, weird, and wild, hard-hitting and incisive, clear-sighted and daring. Stun us, wound us, share your gifts, or keep us warm—send us work that is unapologetically yours.
In 2024, Ghost Peach Press will begin an annual open reading period in addition to our contest period. At least one manuscript from the open reading period will be selected for publication.
All manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and an acknowledgements page (if applicable). No identifying information should be included in the submission itself, but an optional bio in the cover letter is encouraged.
Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in a pleasant-to-read font (as in, not comic sans), with no more than one poem per page. Manuscripts should consist of approximately 48 – 100 pages of poetry (not including front and back matter).
Ghost Peach Press accepts the $15 entry fee exclusively through our Submittable page. The entry fee is due at the time of submission. We believe in access to publication so please email us at coatofbirdseditors@gmail.com if the reading fee causes a financial burden.
This contest runs from June 1st, 2024 – September 1st, 2024. The winner will be announced no later than March 2025 and publication is expected in early 2026.
We accept submissions of previously unpublished art consisting of a portfolio of 12 images to be paired with the written works in each of our issues. You can look through our previous issues on https://birdcoatquarterly.com/ to see how this looks and determine whether or not your work might be a fit. Please submit all 12 images, making sure that all images are the same size, and verify that all rights belong to you.
If published, all rights will remain yours. We pay $10 per image to use the images on our website.
Please send one lyric essay of up to 5,000 words. We welcome submissions that blur genre and play with form, experiment with compression or expansion, use language in surprising ways, and bring attention to subject matter of contemporary urgency or uncommon interest. We especially love work that is tender, weird, and wild, hard-hitting and incisive, clear-sighted and daring. Stun us, wound us, share your gifts, or keep us warm—send us work that is unapologetically yours.
Please submit 3-5 poems in one document. We welcome submissions that blur genre and play with form, experiment with compression or expansion, use language in surprising ways, and bring attention to subject matter of contemporary urgency or uncommon interest. We especially love work that is tender, weird, and wild, hard-hitting and incisive, clear-sighted and daring. Stun us, wound us, share your gifts, or keep us warm—send us work that is unapologetically yours.