Alice James Books

• Web site:

  www.alicejamesbooks.org
• Submission Guidelines:

  www.alicejamesbooks.org/submission.html
• Genres Published:

  Poetry
• Reading Period:

  January 1
• Reporting Time:

  3-6 months
• Representative Authors:

  Donald Revell, Cole Swensen, Brian Turner, Matthea Harvey, Kazim Ali, Sarah Gambito, B.H. Fairchild, Jane Kenyon, Frank Gaspar, Sarah Manguso, Forrest Hamer, Jean Valentine, Doug Anderson, Mary Szybist

• Accepts unsolicited submissions: No
• Accepts electronic submissions: No
• Accepts simultaneous submissions: Yes
• Number of first-time authors published each year: 3-5

Editorial Focus

Alice James Books is a nonprofit cooperative poetry press, founded in 1973. One of the few presses in the country run collectively, we are committed to publishing a diversity of poets, including both beginning and established poets, and a diversity of poetic styles.

Tips from the Editor

We have two annual manuscript contests: The Kinereth Gensler Awards, postmark deadline October 1st, notification of winners in late November/early December. The Beatrice Hawley Award, postmark deadline December 1st, notification of winners in mid-to-late March.

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Last updated: September 23, 2009