Hiraeth Press | Wild Earth Poetry Prize
Starting in 2012 Hiraeth Press will only be accepting poetry submissions through our Wild Earth Poetry Prize. If you are an author who has recently penned a poetry collection and are interested in submitting your manuscript to Hiraeth Press we welcome you to enter via this avenue.
A prize of publication, 10 complimentary author copies and a generous 30% royalty contract are given annually for two poetry collections. To enter submit a copy of your manuscript of 50 to 125 pages by December 1st, 2012. The entry fee is $10. The winning manuscripts will be published in 2013. The winning authors will each receive a feature spread in Hiraeth Press’ biannual journal, Written River: A Journal of Eco-Poetics.
- To enter, the poetry collection must be previously unpublished. The author must hold full rights to their work.
- International entries are welcome; however manuscripts must be in English.
- A limited number of individual poems may have appeared in print or online but the poet must hold sole rights to the work.
- Multiple entries by a single author are welcome but a separate entry forms and fees must be paid for each entry.
For those of you entering by post mail please include the following in your entry:
- The full manuscript
- A cover letter
- A brief biographical statement
- Check made payable to: Hiraeth Press
- Self-address stamped postcard (Should you desire confirmation of receipt of your entry.)
- [Please note:] Manuscripts submitted to the contest via post mail will not be returned. Please do not send us the original copy of your manuscript.
Post entries should be send to:
Hiraeth Press
Attn: Wild Earth Poetry Prize
PO Box 1442
Pawcatuck, CT 06379 – 1968
United States of America
For those of you entering via email please do the following:
- Send your email entry to submissions@hiraethpress.com [Attn: Wild Earth Poetry Prize in the subject line.]
- Attach the full manuscript (PDF, .doc, or .docx)
- A cover letter and a brief biographical statement. (Please place this information in the body of the email.)
- Pay your $10.00 entry fee by clicking here
Then proceed to check out. (If the name you make your payment under differs from your pen name please state that within your entry email.


