Submissions

We do not currently have an open reading period or active contest. For book proposals, please see below. When we do open for submissions, information can be found on Submittable:

What and How to Submit

Essay Press publishes artful, innovative writing that questions convention and explores issues of significant contemporary relevance. We particularly welcome work that extends or challenges the formal protocols of nonfiction, including, but not limited to: lyric essays and prose poems or poetics; experimental biography and autobiography; innovative approaches to journalism, experimental historiography, criticism, scholarship, and philosophy.

EP uses Submittable to manage our open reading periods and contest submissions. Please check our Submittable page or subscribe to our mailing list to see when we are accepting submissions.

Book Proposals

EP welcomes book proposals for anthologies, reprints, translations, and other projects that exceed the parameters of our regular open reading periods or book contest. Please direct proposals to the Executive Editor at essaypress@gmail.com. Due to the volume of requests and proposals we receive, it may take us a few months to get back to you. If you have not heard from us after 4 months, please contact us.