ABOUT FUTUREPOEM 

Futurepoem books is a New York City-based non-profit publishing collaborative dedicated to presenting innovative works of contemporary poetry and prose by both emerging and important underrepresented writers. We offer two yearly opportunities for publication. Subscribe to our email list for more info about upcoming submission opportunities, or check back with this site.

FUTUREPOEM OPEN READING PERIOD: OPEN FEB 18, 2025 – MAR 22, 2025 

Submissions are now closed — thank you to everyone who submitted this year. Each year, we invite a rotating panel of distinguished guest editors to read and select two new books for publication. Futurepoem welcomes unpublished, full-length manuscripts of poetry, prose, and multi-genre work that challenge and expand on the potential for poetic form, language, and process. Work by underrepresented and emerging writers is especially welcome. Our 2025 Guest Editors are Abraham Cruzvillegas, Matt Longabucco, and Courtney Bush. 

THE OTHER FUTURES AWARD

The Other Futures Award is given annually to an innovative, adventurous full-length work that challenges conventions of genre and language, content and form. We are interested in writing that imagines new lived or literary possibilities, and questions established paradigms. The winner will receive publication with Futurepoem, an advance of $1000, and a standard royalty contract. The 2024 Other Futures Award was open July 15 – August 15 for submissions.