Willow Springs Books is a literary press housed in Eastern Washington University’s MFA program in Spokane, Washington and operates under the direction of poet Polly Buckingham. We host the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, the Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize, as well as the John Keeble Series in Rural American Writing. Past judges have included Rick Bass, William Kittredge, Jess Walter, John Keeble, Shawn Vestal, Sharma Shields, Alexis Smith, and Molly Giles. Please view each category for guidelines or visit willowspringsbooks.org/submit.