Small Harbor Publishing began in 2018 with the first issue of Harbor Review. The magazine is an online space where poetry and art converse.

Full length books should be between 50-80 pages. Manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and a list of acknowledgments for previously published poems. Books centered around a unifying theme will be given preference.

Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines or chapbooks but not full length books. The collection as a whole must be unpublished.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration. We do not accept translations.

The organizer encourages submissions from traditionally marginalized writers. Women, people of color, members of the LGBT community, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to submit.

All entries will be read by Harbor Editions staff. A selection of finalists will be read by the judge.

The submission fee is $25 to cover submission management. All fees are waived for BIPOC identifying writers (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color).

Harbor Editions will publish 1 book from the contest. Finalists may be considered for publication. The winner will receive $500 and 20 copies of their book. All entrants will be notified about the status of their submission after the submission period.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.