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. We are currently open for the 2026 Open Reading Period.

OPEN READING PERIOD

Each year, we invite a rotating panel of distinguished guest editors to read and select two new books for publication. Our 2026 Guest Editors are Cole Swensen, Brandon Brown, and Cristina Pérez Diaz. Futurepoem welcomes unpublished, full-length manuscripts of poetry, prose, and multi-genre work that challenge and expand on the potential for poetic form, language, and process.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. We have reached our cap and are now closed for submissions.

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. Send us writing that imagines new lived or literary possibilities, and questions established paradigms. We will be open for submissions for the 2026 Other Futures Award next summer.