Tupelo Press
@tupelopress.bsky.social
Literary non-profit. Publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers since 1999.
Deadline this Saturday!
The Helena Whitehill Book Award includes a cash award of $1,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, a book launch, national and international distribution, and a one-week residence at Gentle House on the Olympic Peninsula.
tupelopress.org/the-helena-w...
The Helena Whitehill Book Award includes a cash award of $1,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, a book launch, national and international distribution, and a one-week residence at Gentle House on the Olympic Peninsula.
tupelopress.org/the-helena-w...
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Deadline this Saturday!
The Helena Whitehill Book Award includes a cash award of $1,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, a book launch, national and international distribution, and a one-week residence at Gentle House on the Olympic Peninsula.
tupelopress.org/the-helena-w...
The Helena Whitehill Book Award includes a cash award of $1,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, a book launch, national and international distribution, and a one-week residence at Gentle House on the Olympic Peninsula.
tupelopress.org/the-helena-w...
3) deś, by Sati Mookherjee of Bellingham, Washington
4) Michael Snediker of Houston, Texas for Reciprocity
5) The Campus Novel: Poems, by Mathew Weitman of Houston, Texas
4) Michael Snediker of Houston, Texas for Reciprocity
5) The Campus Novel: Poems, by Mathew Weitman of Houston, Texas
October 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
3) deś, by Sati Mookherjee of Bellingham, Washington
4) Michael Snediker of Houston, Texas for Reciprocity
5) The Campus Novel: Poems, by Mathew Weitman of Houston, Texas
4) Michael Snediker of Houston, Texas for Reciprocity
5) The Campus Novel: Poems, by Mathew Weitman of Houston, Texas
1) Separation is what Binds Us Here, by Alison Granucci of Millbrook, New York
2) In a Thunder of Fur and Winter, by Valerie Martínez of Albuquerque, New Mexico
2) In a Thunder of Fur and Winter, by Valerie Martínez of Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
1) Separation is what Binds Us Here, by Alison Granucci of Millbrook, New York
2) In a Thunder of Fur and Winter, by Valerie Martínez of Albuquerque, New Mexico
2) In a Thunder of Fur and Winter, by Valerie Martínez of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tupelo Press is delighted to announce that we have selected for publication five (!) manuscripts out of the nearly 1,400 submissions received during this year’s Summer Open Reading Period.
The manuscripts are:
The manuscripts are:
October 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tupelo Press is delighted to announce that we have selected for publication five (!) manuscripts out of the nearly 1,400 submissions received during this year’s Summer Open Reading Period.
The manuscripts are:
The manuscripts are:
“These poems manage to tilt the blinds to reveal the undressed mind, with interior reflections melding with those outside.”
Wonderful review of Allyson Paty’s Jalousie in Calyx Press
www.calyxpress.org/reviews/jalo...
Wonderful review of Allyson Paty’s Jalousie in Calyx Press
www.calyxpress.org/reviews/jalo...
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“These poems manage to tilt the blinds to reveal the undressed mind, with interior reflections melding with those outside.”
Wonderful review of Allyson Paty’s Jalousie in Calyx Press
www.calyxpress.org/reviews/jalo...
Wonderful review of Allyson Paty’s Jalousie in Calyx Press
www.calyxpress.org/reviews/jalo...
We deeply mourn the loss of Baron Wormser, multi-genre literary master, Guggenheim Fellow and former Poet Laureate of Maine, author of 15 books, including one he graced us with: “Legends of the Slow Explosion-Eleven Modern Lives,” brilliant portraits of Rosa Parks… 1/2
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We deeply mourn the loss of Baron Wormser, multi-genre literary master, Guggenheim Fellow and former Poet Laureate of Maine, author of 15 books, including one he graced us with: “Legends of the Slow Explosion-Eleven Modern Lives,” brilliant portraits of Rosa Parks… 1/2
“Indifferent Cities, in inspiring the reader to consider these paradoxes, is anything but indifferent. On the contrary, it is poignant.” Review of Ángel García‘s Indifferent Cities on Compulsive Reader
compulsivereader.com/2025/09/18/n...
compulsivereader.com/2025/09/18/n...
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Indifferent Cities, in inspiring the reader to consider these paradoxes, is anything but indifferent. On the contrary, it is poignant.” Review of Ángel García‘s Indifferent Cities on Compulsive Reader
compulsivereader.com/2025/09/18/n...
compulsivereader.com/2025/09/18/n...
Tupelo Quarterly issue 36 is out now!
Which means aside from incredible poetry, prose and art, submissions for TQ37 are now OPEN!
www.tupeloquarterly.com/tq36-table-o...
Which means aside from incredible poetry, prose and art, submissions for TQ37 are now OPEN!
www.tupeloquarterly.com/tq36-table-o...
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Tupelo Quarterly issue 36 is out now!
Which means aside from incredible poetry, prose and art, submissions for TQ37 are now OPEN!
www.tupeloquarterly.com/tq36-table-o...
Which means aside from incredible poetry, prose and art, submissions for TQ37 are now OPEN!
www.tupeloquarterly.com/tq36-table-o...
“Teresa Dzieglewicz’s debut… emerges from deep community with the youth- and Indigenous-led movement opposing the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock Reservation.”
Review of Teresa Dzieglewicz‘s SOMETHING
SMALL OF HOW TO SEE A RIVER in
rhinopoetry.org/reviews/tere...
Review of Teresa Dzieglewicz‘s SOMETHING
SMALL OF HOW TO SEE A RIVER in
rhinopoetry.org/reviews/tere...
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Teresa Dzieglewicz’s debut… emerges from deep community with the youth- and Indigenous-led movement opposing the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock Reservation.”
Review of Teresa Dzieglewicz‘s SOMETHING
SMALL OF HOW TO SEE A RIVER in
rhinopoetry.org/reviews/tere...
Review of Teresa Dzieglewicz‘s SOMETHING
SMALL OF HOW TO SEE A RIVER in
rhinopoetry.org/reviews/tere...
"riveting... rich, varied, and layered" - review of Lesley Wheeler's Mycocosmic on Action, Spectacle
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September 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"riveting... rich, varied, and layered" - review of Lesley Wheeler's Mycocosmic on Action, Spectacle
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
Only three seats left for the September Online Manuscript Conference!
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September 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Only three seats left for the September Online Manuscript Conference!
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
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🚨 Just a FEW SPOTS LEFT for the October 30/30 project and ONE SPOT left in November! 🚨
Write a poem a day for 30 days while raising money for our nonprofit. Maybe you’ll be the 100th participant to go on to get a collection published!
www.tupelopress.org/about-30-30-...
Write a poem a day for 30 days while raising money for our nonprofit. Maybe you’ll be the 100th participant to go on to get a collection published!
www.tupelopress.org/about-30-30-...
September 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🚨 Just a FEW SPOTS LEFT for the October 30/30 project and ONE SPOT left in November! 🚨
Write a poem a day for 30 days while raising money for our nonprofit. Maybe you’ll be the 100th participant to go on to get a collection published!
www.tupelopress.org/about-30-30-...
Write a poem a day for 30 days while raising money for our nonprofit. Maybe you’ll be the 100th participant to go on to get a collection published!
www.tupelopress.org/about-30-30-...
“Important and essential” - a review of Indifferent Cities, by Ángel García
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
September 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Important and essential” - a review of Indifferent Cities, by Ángel García
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
Justin Gardiner’s Small Altars is “poignant, vulnerably authentic, and subtly humorous” says The Los Angeles Review
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September 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Justin Gardiner’s Small Altars is “poignant, vulnerably authentic, and subtly humorous” says The Los Angeles Review
losangelesreview.org/small-altars...
losangelesreview.org/small-altars...
The Helena Whitehill Book Award
Now open to poetry manuscripts of any length, and also to creative nonfiction, including essays, memoirs, and hybrid work.
Deadline: October 31st
Cash Prize: $1,000
Judge: Jane Wong
tupelopress.submittable.com/submit
Now open to poetry manuscripts of any length, and also to creative nonfiction, including essays, memoirs, and hybrid work.
Deadline: October 31st
Cash Prize: $1,000
Judge: Jane Wong
tupelopress.submittable.com/submit
September 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Helena Whitehill Book Award
Now open to poetry manuscripts of any length, and also to creative nonfiction, including essays, memoirs, and hybrid work.
Deadline: October 31st
Cash Prize: $1,000
Judge: Jane Wong
tupelopress.submittable.com/submit
Now open to poetry manuscripts of any length, and also to creative nonfiction, including essays, memoirs, and hybrid work.
Deadline: October 31st
Cash Prize: $1,000
Judge: Jane Wong
tupelopress.submittable.com/submit
Out now: Force Drift: An Essay in the Epic
Jeffrey Pethybridge
In his extraordinary second collection, poet Jeffrey Pethybridge confronts the ethical disaster of the torture program that the United States used to advance the so-called global war on terror.
www.tupelopress.org/book/force-d...
Jeffrey Pethybridge
In his extraordinary second collection, poet Jeffrey Pethybridge confronts the ethical disaster of the torture program that the United States used to advance the so-called global war on terror.
www.tupelopress.org/book/force-d...
September 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Out now: Force Drift: An Essay in the Epic
Jeffrey Pethybridge
In his extraordinary second collection, poet Jeffrey Pethybridge confronts the ethical disaster of the torture program that the United States used to advance the so-called global war on terror.
www.tupelopress.org/book/force-d...
Jeffrey Pethybridge
In his extraordinary second collection, poet Jeffrey Pethybridge confronts the ethical disaster of the torture program that the United States used to advance the so-called global war on terror.
www.tupelopress.org/book/force-d...
Accepting registrations for the September Online Manuscript Conference!
September 26th – 29th
Four days of real-world ideas and suggestions to level up your poetry manuscript. Over 95 of our conference alumni have had their books taken post-conference!
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
September 26th – 29th
Four days of real-world ideas and suggestions to level up your poetry manuscript. Over 95 of our conference alumni have had their books taken post-conference!
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
September 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Accepting registrations for the September Online Manuscript Conference!
September 26th – 29th
Four days of real-world ideas and suggestions to level up your poetry manuscript. Over 95 of our conference alumni have had their books taken post-conference!
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
September 26th – 29th
Four days of real-world ideas and suggestions to level up your poetry manuscript. Over 95 of our conference alumni have had their books taken post-conference!
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
Daphne by Kristen Case was just called “stunning” by @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Daphne by Kristen Case was just called “stunning” by @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
“ridiculously brilliant, a speculative masterpiece”
Amazing words from Junot Diaz on Laurie Sheck’s Cyborg Fever. Check out Junot’s Substack!
junot.substack.com/p/read-watch...
Amazing words from Junot Diaz on Laurie Sheck’s Cyborg Fever. Check out Junot’s Substack!
junot.substack.com/p/read-watch...
September 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“ridiculously brilliant, a speculative masterpiece”
Amazing words from Junot Diaz on Laurie Sheck’s Cyborg Fever. Check out Junot’s Substack!
junot.substack.com/p/read-watch...
Amazing words from Junot Diaz on Laurie Sheck’s Cyborg Fever. Check out Junot’s Substack!
junot.substack.com/p/read-watch...
The Art of Crafting a Novel: In Conversation with Laurie Sheck. Fabulous interview with CYBORG FEVER author Laurie Sheck on @thenewschool.bsky.social blog
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writing.newschool.org/the-art-of-c...
August 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Art of Crafting a Novel: In Conversation with Laurie Sheck. Fabulous interview with CYBORG FEVER author Laurie Sheck on @thenewschool.bsky.social blog
writing.newschool.org/the-art-of-c...
writing.newschool.org/the-art-of-c...
The Tupelo Press Summer Open Reading Period - ONE WEEK left to submit!
Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
August 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Tupelo Press Summer Open Reading Period - ONE WEEK left to submit!
Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
We’re holding open submissions for book-length (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length (28-47 pages) poetry collections.
Selected manuscripts will receive publication, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
Selected manuscripts will receive publication, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
August 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We’re holding open submissions for book-length (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length (28-47 pages) poetry collections.
Selected manuscripts will receive publication, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
Selected manuscripts will receive publication, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
tupelopress.subfolios.com/submit
A review of Open House: Conversations With Writers About Community edited by Kristina Marie Darling
compulsivereader.com
compulsivereader.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A review of Open House: Conversations With Writers About Community edited by Kristina Marie Darling
compulsivereader.com
compulsivereader.com
Kate Bowers wrote a fabulous review of the Tupelo Press Manuscript Conference experience. The next one is September 26th – 29th and registrations are open!
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
August 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Kate Bowers wrote a fabulous review of the Tupelo Press Manuscript Conference experience. The next one is September 26th – 29th and registrations are open!
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
www.tupelopress.org/manuscript-c...
On the Dehumanizing Impact of Deportation and Our Obligations to Each Other - Laurie Sheck for @literaryhub.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
On the Dehumanizing Impact of Deportation and Our Obligations to Each Other - Laurie Sheck for @literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/on-the-dehum...
lithub.com/on-the-dehum...