Wake Forest University Press operates with the quiet authority of a university press whose editorial commitments are literary rather than commercial. Its open submission policy, conducted on a rolling basis, reflects an institutional patience: manuscripts are received without the pressure of a seasonal deadline, allowing readers to attend to each submission with the seriousness it warrants. For writers, this means the absence of a contest calendar and the presence of a continuous, if selective, point of entry. The press publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and its list is shaped by an editorial vision that values formal control, intellectual substance, and a resistance to the merely fashionable. While the press is affiliated with Wake Forest University, its reach is national and its standards are those of a serious literary house. Contributors can expect their work to be considered within a tradition of university-press publishing that prioritizes longevity over ephemeral visibility. Because the submission window is always open, the press does not court the frenzy of prize culture. Instead, it invites writers to submit when their work is ready, not when a deadline demands it. This rolling model is an invitation to professionalism: the press assumes that writers will approach the opportunity with the same care that the editors bring to their reading.