The 2025 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2024. Deadline is January 15, 2025.

The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. 

Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of poetry are welcome.

We read manuscripts blind, so please exclude identifying information from the manuscript itself. All necessary contact information is included in your Submittable record. We do not accept submissions by email or post. Please use Submittable to send your work.

Final judge this year is SARA ELIZA JOHNSON, whose first book, Bone Map (Milkweed, 2014), was selected for the 2013 National Poetry Series. Her second book of poetry, Vapor, was released by Milkweed in 2022. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and the VCCA, among other honors, and is currently an associate professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

More information is available at our Frequently Asked Questions.

Further questions may be directed to david@newamericanpress.com.