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Copper Nickel accepts submissions Aug 15–Dec 1, Jan 15–Mar 1. Because of the volume of submissions we have been receiving, poetry and fiction submissions have seasonal caps. Please see those submissions pages for more information.
The Jake Adam York Book Prize accepts submissions Jul 1–Oct 15.
We charge a $3 submission fee for submitting to Copper Nickel. Submittable has raised their rates and we can no longer entirely absorb the cost of receiving submissions online. Please note that we pay the writers we publish.
We DO accept simultaneous submissions. If you need to withdraw part of a submission (a poem, a flash piece) but not the entire submission, please send a message through submittable indicating which particular pieces need to be withdrawn.
We try to respond to all submissions within 3–4 months, though response times can sometimes be longer. Because of the overwhelming number of submissions we receive, we have instituted monthly caps for poetry and fiction, which will help us reduce our response times.
We do not accept work produced via generative AI. At Copper Nickel, we believe that creative writing is vitally rooted in the unique, creative expression of the individual mind—the self—and generative AI is the opposite of that. What’s more, AI models have been trained using the overt, unabashed theft of the labor of individuals—including many, many creative writers—without consent or appropriate compensation. We are fundamentally opposed to that.
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
(Please note that we are a small operation, and it can take a couple weeks to fill purchase orders. If you need your purchase expedited, please email Wayne Miller at wayne.miller@ucdenver.edu.)
We accept submissions from August 15 to December 1, January 15 to March 1. However, during the fall reading period submissions will be capped at 2000. During the winter/spring reading period, submissions will be capped at 800. Once those numbers have been reached, we will stop accepting submissions—even if that happens before the end of the reading period. Please upload 4-6 poems in one document. If you need to withdraw part of your submission but not the whole submission (i.e., if part of your submission is accepted elsewhere), please message us through Submittable indicating which pieces need to be withdrawn.
We accept submissions from August 15 to December 1, January 15 to March 1. However, during the fall reading period submissions will be capped at 2000. During the winter/spring reading period, submissions will be capped at 500. Once those numbers have been reached, we will stop accepting submissions—even if that happens before the end of the reading period. Please upload one story or up to three flash pieces in one document. If you need to withdraw part of your submission but not the whole submission (i.e., if part of your submission is accepted elsewhere), please message us through Submittable indicating which pieces need to be withdrawn.
We accept submissions from August 15 to December 1, January 15 to March 1. Please upload one esssay or up to three flash essays in one document. If you need to withdraw part of your submission but not the whole submission (i.e., if part of your submission is accepted elsewhere), please message us through Submittable indicating which pieces need to be withdrawn.
We accept submissions from August 15 to December 1, January 15 to March 1. Please upload up to 8 translated poems. Note that if your work is accepted we will request an 800-1200 word contextualizing translator's introduction. If you need to withdraw part of your submission but not the whole submission (i.e., if part of your submission is accepted elsewhere), please message us through Submittable indicating which pieces need to be withdrawn.
We accept submissions from August 15 to December 1, January 15 to March 1. Upload one translated story or essay or up to five translated flash pieces. Note that if your work is accepted we will request an 800-1200 word contextualizing translator's introduction. If you need to withdraw part of your submission but not the whole submission (i.e., if part of your submission is accepted elsewhere), please message us through Submittable indicating which pieces need to be withdrawn.