Welcome to Bainbridge Island Press!
We are a traditional independent publisher of poetry. While we especially love to showcase the incredible talent of Bainbridge Island, WA and the entire Olympic Peninsula of Western Washington, we publish incredible authors like you from all around this big beautiful globe of ours.
Learn more about us and view (or even buy!) our titles on BainbridgeIsland.press
Dear Western Washington Poets,
POETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Eligibility: Open to residents of Kitsap, Mason, Jefferson counties, Gig Harbor, Clallam, and Key Peninsula.
First of all, thank you for sharing your poetry with us!
You are invited to submit 3 poems for ARS POETICA 2025-26 Our 13th Annual Competition – Where Poetry Meets Art
**SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN: SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 31, 2025**
Submission requirements:
- Submit up to 3 poems through our Submittable page.
- All poems will be logged into the screening pool upon receipt of the $15 fee (payment below)
Please note: We're using Submittable to make the submission process clean, easy, efficient, and less messy than having hundreds of emails and processing hundreds of poems from email submissions. Submissions are processed through Submittable via Bainbridge Island Press's account, which is generously hosting this service for Ars Poetica WA at no cost. This is an Ars Poetica WA event. Bainbridge Island Press is providing technical support only. All editorial decisions and event management remain entirely with the Ars Poetica WA committee.
The Fine Print: All selected poems will be offered to artists from the sponsoring galleries and other local venues to be visually responded to in any medium. The resulting artworks, along with the poems they interpret, will then be displayed in local galleries and venues during the months of April, May, and June 2026.
POETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Eligibility: Open to residents of Kitsap, Mason, Jefferson counties, Gig Harbor, Clallam, and Key Peninsula.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Submit up to 3 poems: any subject/any style. DO NOT put your name on poem(s). Poems may not exceed 26 lines in length, including the title and spaces between stanzas. Fee: $15.00 for up to 3 poems. Fees will not be refunded. Previously published poems O.K. with citation (not included in line count). Format: 12 pt, Times Roman. Flush left preferred, but not required. Submit in MS Word or a word processing software that can be opened in MS Word. Poems in PDF format will not be accepted but will be returned to sender for proper formatting up to the deadline date and time.
Please include the following information: title(s) of poem(s), poet's name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.
**SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 31, 2025
Questions?** Tamarah Rockwood - ArsPoeticaWA@gmail.com
We have a passion for undiscovered poets seeking to publish their first book. Whether this is your first or your fourteenth book, we're excited to engage with you.
Manuscripts should be approx 80-120 pages in length. You can submit your manuscripts in Word or PDF format. No reading fees are required.
Accepted submissions will be notified by email and offered a publishing contract. All published authors are compensated.
At BIP we believe chapbooks have become undervalued and become little more than short poetry books. We want to bring them back in the spirit of "zine culture" as short, fast, cheap works that allow work of any time to get into the hands of readers quickly, whether its an early seed of what will become a full poetry collection in the future or simply poems you don't feel belong elsewhere.
Submissions should be 20-40 pages in length in MS Word format.
Accepted submissions will be not be compensated. No reading fees are required.