Each February, we read manuscripts from women writers over age 50, and our series editor, Sandy Yannone, selects one or two poetry manuscripts to publish in our A.V. Christie Series. There are no restrictions on content or form. Please check our complete guidelines and send us your best work!
Each November, we look for one or two poetry manuscripts to publish in our Allison Joseph Series, featuring BIPOC women writers. There are no restrictions on content or form. Please check our complete guidelines and send us your best work!
Seven Kitchens Press has published 25 chapbooks in our Rane Arroyo Series, and we are looking for one or two manuscripts for publication in 2026. We read annually for this series during the month of October. There are no restrictions on content or form. Please check our complete guidelines and send us your best work!
We want to take this opportunity to welcome our new Keystone Series co-editor, Jerry Wemple, to the Seven Kitchens Press family, and to thank our outgoing series co-editor, Jeff Walt, for his service to the series and his continued poetry citizenship. We are happy to add that Karen J. Weyant will stay on as co-editor of this, our longest-running series.
Scroll down on our Keystone Series Guidelines page to read their biographies. And if you are a poet with a Pennsylvania connection, send us your chapbook manuscript by June 30!
It’s June, and so we’re throwing open the window for manuscripts by poets with a Pennsylvania connection. Seven Kitchens Press was launched back in 2007 with our Keystone Chapbook Series, and we’ve published 28 chapbooks in the series, with #29 in production. Will your manuscript be next? Check our complete guidelines and send us your best work!
Seven Kitchens Press is proud to sponsor the annual Robin Becker Chapbook Series for an original, unpublished poetry manuscript by an LGBTQ+ writer. This series, initiated in 2008, honors Robin Becker and her continuing accomplishments as a poet, professor, and mentor. We are happy to have Steve Bellin-Oka as our series editor since 2021, and we are especially proud to celebrate your queer work!
Manuscripts are considered annually during the month of April. Full guidelines may be found here.
Seven Kitchens Press is proud to sponsor the annual A.V. Christie Chapbook Series for an original, unpublished poetry manuscript by a woman writer over the age of 50. This series honors the vision of poet & teacher A.V. Christie and was launched in 2022 thanks to the generous donations of A.V.’s friends and colleagues. We are especially proud to offer this series in her memory as part of our long-term commitment to publish women and other traditionally underrepresented voices, with the goal of making them a significant majority of our catalog.
Manuscripts are considered annually during the month of February. Full guidelines may be found here.
Each January, we open the window for our Summer Kitchen Series. Two manuscripts will be selected for publication in summer of 2025. We never charge a reading fee. Full guidelines are here.
We are eager to read your poetry manuscripts during the month of November, when we welcome work by BIPOC women writers for the annual Allison Joseph Series. Poets selected for this series present a wide range of voices, and we are super excited to add new work to the chorus. If you identify as a BIPOC woman, please send your chapbooks. Previous authors in this series are Paloma Martínez-Cruz, Asani Charles, Sheila Carter-Jones, and Fia Montero. Full guidelines may be found here.
Our original and oldest-running series welcomes manuscripts by poets with a Pennsylvania connection during the month of June. Series editors Karen J. Weyant and Jeff Walt look forward to reading your work! Full guidelines available here.
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