The Pitt Poetry Series annually publishes at least four books by poets who previously have published full-length collections of poetry; we define “full-length” as a book of 48 or more pages. Poets who have not published a book before, or who have published chapbooks or limited editions of less than 500 copies, should refer to the rules for our first-book competition, the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize.

Manuscripts from previously published poets should be sent during August and September only. Manuscripts can be sent in any readable format.  Final decisions are usually made late spring or before.

Manuscripts submitted to the contest will not be returned. Please keep a copy of the manuscript.

We pride ourselves on the eclectic nature of our list. We are not tied to any particular style or school of writing, but we do demand that any book we publish be of exceptional merit.

Each manuscript is read with the care it deserves, but the large number of manuscripts means that we are unable to provide critiques or enter into correspondence of any sort with writers other than those whose manuscripts are accepted for publication.