Passager is a nonprofit journal and book press that publishes authors over 50. We want to bring attention to older writers and to encourage imagination throughout our lives.
Thank you for submitting!
Passager is a nonprofit journal and book press that publishes authors over 50. Writers must be age 50 or older at the time of publication to submit.
The Passager Poetry Contest will begin accepting entries on February 15, 2020. Entries should be submitted by midnight on May 10, 2020. Please include:
- Up to 5 poems (40-line maximum for each)
- A $20 reading fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Passager (2 issues)*
- A cover letter with brief bio
Include your name and contact info on each page. Please upload your submission in one document. No previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere!
Winner receives $1000 and publication. Honorable mentions will be published.
Questions? Email Rosanne at editors@passagerbooks.com
*We can now accept international submissions in Canadian dollars, Euros, and British Pounds. Reading fees have been calculated using current conversion rates. Please note that due to shipping and conversion fees, submissions outside the US will receive one issue of Passager with the reading fee (the Poetry Contest issue).
Thank you for sending us your work!