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Milkweed Editions [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
1011 Washington Avenue South
Address (line 2): 
Suite 300
Zip / Postal Code: 
55415
Submission Guidelines: 
https://milkweed.org/submissions [2]
City: 
Minneapolis
Website: 
https://milkweed.org [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
Minnesota
Country: 
United States
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Periods: 
Monday, December 1, 2025 to Saturday, February 28, 2026
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Book Types: 
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
Hardcover
E-book
Audio
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
No
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Publishers Group West
Tips From the Editor: 

We are not currently open for unagented submissions (except for poetry prizes). Any changes will be announced by newsletter and on social media. Please learn more about our poetry prizes on our website.

Titles per Year: 
Greater than 20
Editorial Focus: 

Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers, releasing twenty to thirty new books each year in the genres of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The press’s mission is to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it.

Representative Authors: 

Victoria Chang, Jos Charles, Robin Wall Kimmerer, J. Drew Lanham, Ada Limón, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Margaret Renkl, Max Ritvo, Elizabeth Rush, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Richard Wagamese

Publishing type: 
print only [4]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/small_presses/milkweed_editions

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/milkweed_editions [2] https://milkweed.org/submissions [3] https://milkweed.org [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only