Submissions will be accepted starting August 1, 2026
A prize of $1,000 is awarded, plus publication of the manuscript and 50 books.
Submit 70 to 90 pages of poetry and/or flash fiction, including a Table of Contents and Acknowledgments page. Reading fee is $25.
• Submissions are accepted from around the world with no citizenship limitations.
• The first 50 writers submitting to the contest receive a Cloudbank book or journal.
• To submit electronically through our submissions manager click here.
• Individual poems or flash fictions (up to 1000 words each) may have been previously published.
• Submissions should include two title pages, one with title only, one with title and author name.
• Cloudbank editors appreciate a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, and aesthetics; we welcome prose poems and flash fiction.