CityLit Press's mission is to provide a venue for writers who might otherwise be overlooked by larger publishers due to the literary quality or regional focus of their projects.  We envision being able to take such editorial risks by embracing a new publishing model that utilizes new print and digital ways of delivering literature to readers, a wiser economic foundation, and modern marketing strategies in collaboration with authors.

Writers can download submission guidelines here.

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For more information, contact info@citylitproject.org or call 410.274.5691.

ANNUAL CHAPBOOK CONTESTS

The Clarinda Harriss Poetry Prize
Series Editor: Michael Salcman
Description: The Prize is named in honor of Clarinda Harriss, eminent Baltimore poet, publisher, and professor of English at Towson University (for poets not previously published in book-length form).
Deadline: Every October 1


Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone
Laura Shovan
2009 Winner

Black Infinity: Adele V. Holden Prize for New African-American Poets
Series Editor: Reggie Harris
Description: The Prize is named in honor of Adele V. Holden, born on Maryland’s segregated Eastern Shore, educated at Johns Hopkins under Elliott Coleman, devoted English teacher (for African-American poets under 40 not previously published in book-length form).
Deadline: Every February 1

STAND-ALONE TITLES

City Sages: Baltimore
Jen Michalski (Editor)
Description: Anthology of writers past and present who have called Baltimore home.