WordTech Communications LLC welcomes submissions of book-length poetry manuscripts. Unlike most poetry publishers, we do not charge reading fees. All chosen manuscripts are published under a royalty contract.

IMPORTANT: Please read our discussion of book sales and how they factor into our editorial decisions. Also please read our marketing tips for authors.

Our books are selected and published through six imprints, each with a diferent focus:

Cherry Grove Collections. Lyric poetry.

CustomWords. Diverse styles of poetry. More experimental poetry would have a better chance with this imprint.

David Robert Books. Poetry written with special attention to craft. In practice this means formal poetry or free verse that has careful attention to sound and rhythm.

Turning Point. Narrative poetry.

Word Press. No restrictions on subject or style.

WordTech Editions. Poetry that connects human experience to larger contexts, such as historical, political, or natural/environmental. The formal style of a book here is less important than its thematic focus.

Each imprint has two open reading periods each year. The specific reading periods and deadlines are listed below. Guidelines are specific for each imprint and are posted at the particular imprint's website.

We encourage you to browse our imprint websites, read the book descriptions and sample poems posted there, and submit to the imprint that best fits your work by the deadline specified in that imprint's guidelines. We prefer to consider manuscripts in this fashion rather than reading a manuscript and then trying to determine where it might fit on our list.