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Wesleyan University Press

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About the press

Founded in 1957, Wesleyan University Press is part of Wesleyan University and publishes approximately 20 books each year in poetry, music and dance. Press poetry titles have won multiple Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, Griffin International Poetry Prizes, Lamba Literary awards, National Book Critics Circle prizes, and many others.

Publishing focus

PoetryPoetry Collections

Selected authors
Kazim Ali, Rae Armantrout, Remica Bingham-Risher, Heather Christle, Camille Dungy, Peter Gizzi, Joy Harjo, Brenda Hillman, Susan Howe, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Yusef Komunyakaa, Ed Roberson, sam sax, Evie Shockley, Juliana Spahr, James Tate, James Wright

Calls & opportunities

1 listed
ClosedDeadline · 2026-02-28

Cardinal Poetry Prize

Manuscript submissions

Reading periodFeb 1 to Feb 28
Reading feeYes
Response time3 to 6 months
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsNo
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