Thank you for your interest in Five Points! Please see our guidelines by clicking on the categories below. We consider unsolicited submissions and contest submissions via Submittable only and do not accept unsolicited manuscripts or contest submissions through the post office. We strive to respond to manuscripts in a timely manner. Submittable fees are nonrefundable.
Current students and recent graduates of Georgia State University are not eligible to submit. GSU graduates become eligible to submit once 2 years have passed since graduation.
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TO ENTER:
- Send three previously unpublished poems no more than fifty lines each. Please only include your name on the cover letter. Please include your title information in your cover letter.
- Simultaneously submitted manuscripts are accepted.
- Entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
- The winner will receive $1000 upon publication and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Five Points.
- The winner will be announced on the Five Points website by May 2027.
- We will consider publishing poems that were not selected as the winning submission.
- This contest is read blind. We only accept electronic submissions for this contest. We may close the submission window before the deadline if necessary.