Thank you for visiting our submissions portal. Tupelo Quarterly accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, lyric essay, hybrid work and visual art during open reading periods. Please read the guidelines for each category carefully. If no categories appear, that means the reading period is closed. Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as you notify us immediately at the contactTQ@tupelopress.org if the work is placed elsewhere. Submissions may not be changed after entry. We do not accept previously published material.



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Tupelo Quarterly is pleased to announce that submissions are open for the TQ36 Poetry Prize, to be judged by Maya Popa.  Tupelo Quarterly's editors seek to cultivate a diverse and expansive vision of what poetry can be.  With that in mind, our contest is open to all forms and styles of poetry.  Please submit up to 5 previously unpublished poems of any sensibility.   Finalists and Semifinalists will be selected by Tupelo Quarterly's editorial team, and all work will be considered for publication in TQ36.  Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as you notify us immediately at contactTQ (at) tupelopress (dot) org if a poem is placed elsewhere.  Attach all poems in your submission as a single document in .doc, .docx or .pdf form.  Please note that submissions will close July 15th. The winner will receive a cash prize of $500.  We look forward to reading your work!  

$15.00

Tupelo Quarterly is pleased to announce that submissions are open for the TQ36 Prose Open Prize, to be judged by Diana Spechler.  Tupelo Quarterly's editors seek to cultivate a diverse and expansive vision of what prose can be.  With that in mind, our contest is open to all forms and styles of prose, including lyric essay, flash, excerpts from longer works, text and image projects, and more.  Please submit up to 20 previously unpublished pages of any sensibility.   Finalists and Semifinalists will be selected by Tupelo Quarterly's editorial team, and all work will be considered for publication in TQ36.  Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as you notify us immediately at contactTQ (at) tupelopress (dot) org if a piece is placed elsewhere.  Attach all work in your submission as a single document in .doc, .docx or .pdf form.  Please note that submissions will close July 15th. The winner will receive a cash prize of $500.  We look forward to reading your work!  

$15.00

Tupelo Quarterly is pleased to announce that submissions are open for the TQ36 Prize for Cross-Disciplinary Writing, to be judged by Hasanthika Sirisena.  Tupelo Quarterly's editors seek to cultivate a diverse and expansive vision of what writing can be.  With that in mind, our contest is open to texts of all forms, styles, and sensibilities.  Please submit up to 5 previously unpublished texts, which may incorporate images, sound, video and more.   Finalists and Semifinalists will be selected by Tupelo Quarterly's editorial team, and all work will be considered for publication in TQ36.  Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as you notify us immediately at contactTQ (at) tupelopress (dot) org if a text is placed elsewhere.  Attach all work in your submission as a single document in .doc, .docx or .pdf form.  Please note that submissions will close July 15th. The winner will receive a cash prize of $500.  We look forward to reading your work!  

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Use this category to submit works of translation.  We prefer longer excerpts, ranging from approximately 5-10 poems, or for prose works, up to 20 pages.  Whenever possible, please include the original language piece along with your translation submission.  

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Submit up to 5 images, videos or mixed media works. If you are sending images, please send them in a small format for initial review (.jpg, etc.). If we need a larger file size or format for best reproduction, we will ask for that at a later date.

We look forward to seeing your work!

Tupelo Quarterly is thrilled to announce the launch of a series of zoom-based workshops, which will focus on topics related to writing and professional development.  We are currently accepting proposals for workshops in the following areas: 

Poetry

Close Reading in All Genres 

Hybrid Texts

Multimedia Texts

Poetry Films, Video Poems, & Cinepoetry

Collaborative Texts

Cross-Genre Projects 

All instructors will be compensated with a percentage of the proceeds from their workshop.  To submit, please include a current C.V. and a 250-word workshop description as a PDF or Word Doc.  

We are looking for reviews of books that change the way we think about language, literary tradition, and inherited forms of writing, books that are deserving of a wider audience and a more varied response from the literary community at large. Submit reviews, between 900 and 1,200 words in length, as .doc, .docx or .rtf files. Include a bio in the space provided for cover letters. 
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