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For a book-length collection of poetry written in English. Open to any poet, regardless of publication history. $1000.00 honorarium and participation in a Four Way Books reading. 

Levis Prize in Poetry

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Open to all fiction writers. Book-length novels, novellas, flash fiction, and short story collections.<div>Submissions are accepted online only.</div>

Novel - The Four Way  Books Open Reading Period in Fiction

Novella - The Four Way  Books Open Reading Period in Fiction

Novel - The Four Way  Books Open Reading Period in Fiction (copy)

The Ellen Bryant Voigt Series in Poetry honors the legacy of a great American poet. From Four Way Books’ inception in 1993 until her death in 2025, Ellen Bryant Voigt was both inspiration and advisor to the press. In celebration of her work and her keen stewardship of the art of poetry, we seek collections that record the pulse of human experience in a complicated world, in which formal ingenuity underpins intellectual and emotional resonance.<div><br></div><div>The selected book will include a foreword by series editor Sally Ball.</div><div><br></div><div>You may submit multiple manuscripts, but each must be treated as an individual submission, submitted separately, and each requires an entry fee of $30.00 per submission. </div>

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Novel - The Four Way Books Open Reading Period in Fiction