Carcanet's next submissions window opens on 1 March 2025 and closes 14 March 2025. We are accepting New Collections only. Submissions received outside these dates or outside of this specification will not be considered or held for consideration.

It makes sense for poets and agents submitting work to be familiar with the Carcanet list. The readiest way to get to know about Carcanet is through its catalogues, the New Poetries anthologies, and PN Review which appears six times a year and is an index (or fever chart) of our interests and enthusiasms. It is in PN Review that we first meet many of our key poets.

Carcanet will consider work sent in PDF form to Submissions@carcanet.co.uk. Please include an email and provide a digital address for our response. If you are an individual subscriber to PN Review, please indicate this in your covering e-mail.

The Editors’ decision is final. Given the volume of submissions we receive, it is not possible for us to offer feedback on work submitted. We discourage simultaneous submissions.

Please note that during this next submissions window we are accepting New Collections only.

1-14 March 2025 - New Collections

We will be looking primarily for full-length poetry manuscripts in English or translation. Submissions must be between 15 - 20 pages - you may also include an outline of the book, but this is optional. If we like the substantial specimen, we will ask to see the full typescript.

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