CLMP SUBMISSION PORTAL
The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) ensures a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping small literary publishers work better. We communicate the art of literary publishing to readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, educators, funders and other literary stakeholders, and work to bring all of these communities together. CLMP carries out this mission so that essential literary voices from all corners can make their way from writers to readers.
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Novels, novellas, short story collections, and fiction chapbooks published by independent presses during the 2024 calendar year are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.
The entry fee to submit a single title to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP Members). To submit a single book, select Single Entry Submission Fee (or Single Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP Member price.
Additional titles may be submitted for $45 ($35 for CLMP Members) each. Please be sure you have submitted one title in any genre at the Single Entry Submission Fee price; subsequent titles may be submitted in any genre using the Additional Entry Submission Fee (or Additional Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member).
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Memoirs, essay collections, and other literary nonfiction books published by independent presses during the 2024 calendar year are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.
The entry fee to submit a single title to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP Members). To submit a single book, select Single Entry Submission Fee (or Single Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP Member price.
Additional titles may be submitted for $45 ($35 for CLMP Members) each. Please be sure you have submitted one title in any genre at the Single Entry Submission Fee price; subsequent titles may be submitted in any genre using the Additional Entry Submission Fee (or Additional Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member).
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Poetry collections and chapbooks published by independent presses during the 2024 calendar year are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.
The entry fee to submit a single title to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP Members). To submit a single book, select Single Entry Submission Fee (or Single Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP Member price.
Additional titles may be submitted for $45 ($35 for CLMP Members) each. Please be sure you have submitted one title in any genre at the Single Entry Submission Fee price; subsequent titles may be submitted in any genre using the Additional Entry Submission Fee (or Additional Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member).
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Print and digital magazines that have published regularly for at least the past two years are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.
Print magazines must upload a single PDF containing up to three issues published during the 2024 calendar year. Digital magazines must submit a web address, and if the magazine is organized in issues, submissions may also include up to three additional links that correspond to issues published in 2024.
The entry fee is $65 ($55 for CLMP Members). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP Member price.
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Magazines submitting in the Best Debut category must have launched during the 2023 or 2024 calendar year. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.
Please upload a single PDF containing up to three issues of the magazine published in the 2024 calendar year. Digital magazines must submit a web address, and if the magazine is organized in issues, submissions may also include up to three additional links that correspond to issues published in 2024.
The entry fee to submit a single magazine to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP Members). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP Member price.
Interested in becoming a CLMP Member? Join now.