Forthcoming: open submission period & poetry prize

We here at Casa Urraca Press are building out an open submission period for a poetry prize, including publication. We have had a solicited-submissions-only policy since our founding in 2020. As a small press, we have always to dedicate most of our efforts to our current authors and titles. We recognize that this approach, while necessary, has meant missing out on some of the best new work to come from authors in New Mexico and the US Southwest.

Whatever form this submission period and poetry prize takes, it will remain accessible, regardless of a writer’s background or socioeconomic status. We have set out from the start to champion the best work from all the voices that belong in the conversation, to embrace the many cultures and communities that today call New Mexico home. 

We are not perfect, but we hope to keep doing better. And we hope this project will improve our ability to connect with more writers who may struggle to break into traditional publishing.