Carcanet 'expects great things' from open submissions window

Independent press Carcanet is launching an open submissions window to find new poetry talent.

The window will run from 2nd to 20th January 2023, with work considered for Carnet collections, its anthology series New Poetries and the PN Review journal.

Carcanet said it is looking principally for full-length poetry manuscripts in English or translation. 

The press was founded in 1969 and counts works by Nobel laureates Orhan Pamuk, Octavio Paz, José Saramago, Joseph Brodsky, Czesław Miłosz and Louise Glück among its titles.

Editors Michael Schmidt and John Macauliffe said: “The open, free submission window is a vital resource for Carcanet: this is how we find writers whose work shapes contemporary poetry. We welcome submissions from all quarters and expect great things.”

Full details of submission guidelines are available on the Carcanet website.