Tulipwood Books is a developmental-editing poetry press. We work with authors to develop a manuscript toward publication, and we're excited to get the chance to collaborate with you. Please read more about the press at our website: tulipwood.org

We read on a rolling basis. All poems are considered individually for publication in our annual journal, seedfall. All poems receive editorial feedback. If you wish to forgo feedback, please indicate this in your cover letter. 

Please send 10 pages of poetry and a 500-word description of the project, along with any questions that you might have for us. 

This is not a hybrid publisher or vanity press—we develop poetry, not product. Our focus is on collaboration with poets to co-create works of literary art. 

We do not consider previously-published manuscripts. The individual poems contained in the collection may be published elsewhere.

Project Proposal

 Submit 10 pages of poetry from a manuscript in-progress. 

• .docx or .pdf format
• Please start each new poem on a new page.
• Use a 12-point font or larger.

Provide a 500-word max. description of the project and your goals for collaboration with an editor.

Policies

• We charge a $20 reading fee, to support the operations of the press.
• All authors receive editorial feedback on their 10 pages, unless otherwise requested.
• Please indicate if you prefer general critique or line edits.
• All poems will be individually considered for development toward publication in our annual journal seedfall.
• There is no guarantee of publication.
   

Collaboration

• If your manuscript is chosen for development, we will contact you for a video call to discuss the shape of our work together and what to expect from us as a press.
• We will communicate via email and text, meet regularly on video call, and share files via Google Drive.
   

Compensation

• Full-length book authors receive ten free print copies of their book and percentage profit share.
• Contributors to seedfall are currently uncompensated, but it's our goal to change that.

Terms of Use

• Please submit only work that you are willing to develop and publish with Tulipwood Books.
• Poems may have appeared individually in journals, but as a whole this project is previously-unpublished.
• At this time, we are open only to adult (18+) persons residing in the United States.
• Please make sure that you've read and understand our policies below. Any work that violates these policies will be destroyed without acknowledgement or refund.
• No hate speech. This includes: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, ableism, or any other oppressive or shameful language of any kind.
• No sexual violence. Other violence is also not recommended.
• No depictions of suicide or suicidal ideation. No exceptions.
• No AI-generated or AI-collaborated work. This should go without saying.