• The chapbook prize includes 10 free copies and $300. We publish perfect-bound chaps with ISBN. Our chapbooks are sold exclusively through the Gasher website, our distributor Asterism, independent bookstores, and book fairs.
• Submit manuscripts between 20-37pgs, excluding front/back matter. 
• Manuscripts must include a table of contents.
• Do not include any preambles in the manuscript.
• Nowhere in your document file should you include your name, acknowledgements, or contact information. 
• Do not include an author bio anywhere in your submission, including in the Submittable sections reserved for the book synopsis and craft statement.
• We accept simultaneous submissions. Please withdraw your submission immediately if accepted elsewhere.
• Manuscripts must be submitted as either .pdf or .docx
• We currently seek work strictly from those residing in the United States for our chapbook prize.
• We do not accept works composed, either in part or entirely, with the use of Artificial Intelligence.
• We do not accept manuscripts that have been previously published in their entirety, though individual poems or smaller works from the manuscript may be previously published. We consider self-published collections as published. 
• Please do not submit updates, either of the manuscript, individual poems, or acknowledgements once you have submitted your work. 

Please read through our guidelines carefully before submitting. 

GUIDELINES:

• We accept poetry and hybrid books between 50- 100 pages, excluding front and back matter.
• Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.
• Once work is submitted, it can not be revised or edited. If your submission is selected, you will have the opportunity to submit a revised manuscript. Please do not email revised versions of the original works or attach revisions to your submission on Submittable. We will not consider it.
• We only accept unpublished works. Sections previously published as a chapbook or individual poems are okay, but the manuscript as a whole should be unpublished. Self-publishing is considered published.
• We do not accept work generated with the use of generative AI.
• Manuscripts must include a table of contents.
• No preambles or bios should appear in the manuscript.
• Submit as .pdf or .docx. We recommend a 12pt font. Be mindful of margins by considering how likely a poem can fit a book-sized trim. We recommend 1.5inch margins on all sides of the manuscript, though this is not required for submitting. 
• International writers are welcome to submit. 
• Submit as many times as you'd like, provided each manuscript is submitted with its own separate entry. 
• We rarely accept work that includes color images, and manuscripts with images should not exceed 10% of the manuscript. 
• An acknowledgments section detailing where poems have been previously published is okay but not required. 
• Please include a synopsis of the work in the designated fields on Submittable. A well-crafted synopsis demonstrates to us that the author is well-versed in their book's central question and craft concerns and can effectively communicate these qualities.
• We ask that you submit a statement of craft interest in place of an author’s bio. This update to our submissions screening guidelines aims to protect writers from the pressures to flatten real, lived experiences into a series of codification. For many of us, our identity and craft are intricately linked, so we'd like to hear what motivates your writing, how so, and why which we find is often nuanced, complicated, and layered. 

Please read through our guidelines carefully before submitting. 

GUIDELINES:

• We accept poetry and hybrid books between 50-100 pages, excluding front and back matter.
• Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.
• Once work is submitted, it can not be revised or edited. If your submission is selected, you will have the opportunity to submit a revised manuscript. Please do not email revised versions of the original works or attach revisions to your submission on Submittable. We will not consider it.
• We only accept unpublished works. Sections previously published as a chapbook or individual poems are okay, but the manuscript as a whole should be unpublished. Self-publishing is considered published.
• We do not accept work generated with the use of generative AI.
• Manuscripts must include a table of contents.
• No preambles or bios should appear in the manuscript.
• Submit as .pdf or .docx. We recommend a 12pt font. Be mindful of margins by considering how likely a poem can fit a book-sized trim. We recommend 1.5inch margins on all sides of the manuscript, though this is not required for submitting. 
• International writers are welcome to submit. 
• Submit as many times as you'd like, provided each manuscript is submitted with its own separate entry. 
• We rarely accept work that includes color images, and manuscripts with images should not exceed 10% of the manuscript. 
• An acknowledgments section detailing where poems have been previously published is okay but not required. 
• Please include a synopsis of the work in the designated fields on Submittable. A well-crafted synopsis demonstrates to us that the author is well-versed in their book's central question and craft concerns and can effectively communicate these qualities.
• We ask that you submit a statement of craft interest in place of an author’s bio. This update to our submissions screening guidelines aims to protect writers from the pressures to flatten real, lived experiences into a series of codification. For many of us, our identity and craft are intricately linked, so we'd like to hear what motivates your writing, how so, and why which we find is often nuanced, complicated, and layered. 

Stepping out from behind the shadow cast by literary hubs and their creative tastes, Boor Soirée serves as cultural ethnography of the often neglected voices working in rural spaces. The digital project is an archive, community, and shape for the future of craft in U.S. rural literatures, shining light on the inventions and interventions that project a cultural response to the social, political, and economic realities of the landscapes writers of rural United States create within and from. 

FOR ESSAYS: 

Boor Soirée is accepting essays on craft and scholarly close readings, comparative essays, and statements on the teaching of poetry that engage the intersection of rurality and poetry. Specifically, articles should engage with how rural spaces impact either one’s writing craft or their pedagogy when teaching poetry. We are interested in essays that engage directly with experiences and examples as opposed to discussing these ideas conceptually without application. For craft essays, this includes referencing specific poems; for pedagogical approaches, this includes in-class examples. We are interested in lesson plans that help create access to rural poetics for higher education learners. Complete essays should be between 500 and 5,000 words in length. 

FOR INTERVIEWS:

Boor Soirée is accepting completed interviews of no more than 6,000 words, with an introduction paragraph to the interview for forthcoming or newly released book and chapbooks of poetry written by poets who consider themselves to be part of rural American poetry, or write about rurality in their work. 

FOR WRITERS SEEKING TO HAVE THEIR BOOK CONSIDER FOR AN INTERVIEW: 

Please have the publisher reach out to us directly with a digital ARC and contact information for the poet. Though we cannot guarantee a feature to every forthcoming title, we make our best effort to showcase a wide variety of titles from various presses.  Send pitches to boorsoiree@gasherpress.com​

This submission form is for current Gasher Press authors ONLY. If you are not currently an author or forthcoming author of Gasher Press, please visit our other submission forms. Non-Gasher Press authors that submit to this form will not be considered.