Broken Sleep Books: Poetry Book Reading Period
Deadline May 31 (must be received by this date). Broken Sleep Books, a Welsh literary press with an interest in working-class and marginalized voices, is currently open to submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts, 40+ pages. They prefer that at least 50% of the poems in the collection be previously unpublished. Manuscripts may be works in translation, which would be published in a bilingual edition with the original language on the facing page. See formatting requirements and other requested materials on their guidelines page. Authors in their catalog include Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Jos Charles, Vikram Kolmannskog, Shane McCrae, and Penelope Shuttle.
Source: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
Published: April 6, 2026
