Please read this before you hit the Submit button:

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Submission Window

• We are closed to submissions at the moment. We will be open to new submissions from December1 to December 31, 2024.

• Any submissions made outside the submission window will not be read.

Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to reading your work in December!

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Poetry

• We only accept unpublished poetry manuscripts. It is okay for individual poems in the manuscript to have been published in journals and literary magazines.

• Please submit a well-formatted selection of not more than 15 poems. If we find the sample promising, we may ask for the full manuscript.

• Poems should be typed in Times New Roman (font size: 11 pt).

• Each poem should be on a separate page.

• Please include your name, contact information, and a brief bio with your submission.

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Nonfiction

• We are open to a wide range of nonfiction submissions, including essays, memoirs, and literary criticism.

• Please submit a synopsis of your project (no more than 5 pages) along with five sample chapters.

• The synopsis should provide a clear overview of your project, including its central argument, thesis, or subject matter.

• The sample chapters should give us a sense of your writing style and your ability to develop your ideas.

 

Fiction

• We are open to submissions of both full-length novels and short story collections.

• Please submit your full manuscript with a lucid synopsis (no more than 3 pages).

• The synopsis should provide a clear overview of your project, including its central characters, plot, and setting.

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General Guidelines

• Please do not submit your work if it has been previously published in any form.

• We do not accept simultaneous submissions.

• If you do not hear from us within 8 weeks, please consider your submission as declined.

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Thank you for your interest in submitting your work to Copper Coin.

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Important

• We only publish serious poets who are deeply invested in poetry.

• Unless you are conversant with contemporary world poetry, we are unlikely to be interested in your work.

 

We look forward to reading your work!