Press · Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gold Line Press
Gold Line Press is a small press run by graduate students in USC’s PhD in Creative Writing and Literature program. Founded in 2010, it promotes the chapbook form and publishes work selected through its annual competition. It welcomes different literary approaches, with particular interest in emerging voices, and does not accept unsolicited manuscripts outside its competition.
Open to poets
- Chapbook Contest. 2026 window: August 15–September 30, 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Closed; next dates not announced.. Fee: Entry fee amount not stated on current guidelines; waived for writers of color, Indigenous writers and those facing financial hardship.. Pays: $750, perfect-bound publication with ISBN, and 50 contributor copies; 30 additional copies sent for review.. Simultaneous submissions: simultaneous submissions allowed; withdraw via submittable if accepted elsewhere. multiple entries allowed with separate fees..
Official site: dornsife.usc.edu/goldlinepress. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
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