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Our open reading period has begun! Our Submittable Our open reading period has begun! Our Submittable portal opens at 9AM Pacific. Submit EARLY—we've got a cap of 1000 submissions and have to close once we reach it. You can see guidelines and submit at our Submittable, here: https://coppercanyonpress.submittable.com/submit. We look forward to reading your work!
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Announcing our 2025 Open Reading Period! We'll sta Announcing our 2025 Open Reading Period! We'll start taking submissions on May 1st at 9am PST. Submissions are capped at 1000 - so submit early! Read our guidelines and submit via Submittable. Link in our bio or go here: https://coppercanyonpress.submittable.com/submit

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