Poetry Manuscript In-Progress
Tulipwood Books is a developmental-editing poetry press. We work with authors to develop a full-length 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, and all manuscripts 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 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- Poems may have appeared individually in journals, but as a whole this project is previously-unpublished.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 self-harm, suicide, or suicidal ideation. No exceptions.
- No AI-generated or AI-collaborated work. This should go without saying.