Press · North Carolina
Blair / Carolina Wren Press
Blair / Carolina Wren Press is a nonprofit independent literary press rooted in North Carolina that publishes underrepresented authors and subjects overlooked by mainstream publishers, with a focus on Southern voices. Its publishing program spans poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, including the Afrofuturistic Polaris Poetry Series edited by Cynthia Manick. Unagented poetry submissions are read free of charge each July with a $1,000 advance.
Open to poets
- Polaris Poetry Series. Reads Jul 1–31 (or until 100 submissions). Fee: Free (donations welcome). Pays: Publishing contract and $1,000 advance against royalties (Polaris Poetry Series). Simultaneous submissions: see.
Official site: blairpub.com. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
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