The Four Way Books Intro Prize in Poetry

D.A. Powell, judge

Submissions accepted January 1 - March 31

For a book-length collection of poetry written in English by a poet who has not previously published a first book of poetry.

$1000.00 plus publication and a reading in NYC.

Submit online or by mail January 1 - March 31. Include necessary entry form and submission fee of $28.00. For guidelines and entry form, please click here.

The June Reading Period

Submissions accepted June 1 - 30

Poetry and short fiction

For a book-length collection of poetry written in English, regardless of publication history. We will also read short story collections, and consider novellas of between 80 - 200 pages (or thereabouts).

Publication and a reading in NYC.

$28.00 reading fee.

Submit online or by mail between June 1 - June 30. Guidelines will be posted at the end of May.

It's No Contest

No reading fee.

For a book-length collection of poetry written in English by a NYC resident (5 boroughs) for a first or second collection of poems. More information will be posted on the site by the end of October. You may also submit your work to us during our other regular periods.

Throughout the Year

Query first before sending your work.

We will, if we can, read your work at other times during the year. Please email us at editors@fourwaybooks.com to see if we can accommodate your schedule. Note: it's always best to send to us during our regular reading periods. Your work will not receive "special attention" if you submit to us outside of our normal reading periods.

Our readers rotate throughout the year so that your work can receive a fresh read in the event that you submit to us multiple times. Our readers hold an MFA, and/or work as editors. We do not employ readers who are students.

Congratulations to Daniel Tobin whose Belated Heavens (FWB 2010) just received (September 2011) the Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry.

Congratulations to Rigoberto González who won the 2011 Shelley Memorial Prize of the Poetry Society of America

We are proud to announce that Monica Youn's IGNATZ was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Poetry. Congratulations Monica!

Congratulations to Debra Allbery who won the 2010 Grub Street National Poetry Prize for Fimbul-Winter

Congratulations to Joel Brouwer recipient of a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship.

Meg Kearney wins The 2010 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award in Poetry
Four Way Books is proud to announce that Meg Kearney, author of HOME BY NOW, is the winner of The L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award in Poetry. Established by The Boston Globe in 1975, and co-sponsored by PEN New England, the award is given for the best book of poetry by a New England author or with a New England setting. Congratulations to Meg!