Finishing Line Press

Open to: Writers who identify as women and have not published a full-length collection.

2026 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition: poetry chapbooks of 16 to 34 pages, including hybrid manuscripts; $1,500 prize and publication, with 10 additional manuscripts accepted for the series. Deadline October 15, 2026; final judge Molly Fisk. Art may be included, with one page of art equal to one page of poetry.

THE PADDOCK REVIEW: submit 1–3 quality poems. Previously published poems and simultaneous submissions are acceptable; the journal is upgrading its website and is accepting submissions but will not publish anything new for a while. $2 submission fee.

Extensive screenplay evaluation and feedback including a live meeting: screenplay evaluation on Zoom or telephone by filmmaker and professor Shay McCleavy. The screenplay will also be considered for publication unless the submitter requests otherwise. $500 fee.

General Submissions: CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS accepts chapbooks up to 34 pages, with no page limit for other genres and a preference for works under 200 pages. Fiction, short stories, flash fiction, and other listed forms are welcome; one manuscript per submission. $3 reading fee except during November.

General Submissions: CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS accepts chapbooks up to 34 pages, with no page limit for other genres and a preference for works under 200 pages. Essays, memoir, and nonfiction of any genre are welcome; one manuscript per submission. $3 reading fee except during November.

Finishing Line Press Authors Submit Here: general manuscript submissions for forthcoming or previously published Finishing Line Press authors only; no reading fee for these submissions. Contest entries must use the relevant contest category.

General Submissions: CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS accepts poetry books of 48–100 pages, chapbooks up to 34 pages, and other manuscripts with no page limit, preferably under 200 pages. Plays, screenplays, children's books, and graphic novels are listed; one manuscript per submission. $3 reading fee except during November.