Willow Springs Books is a literary press housed in Eastern Washington University’s Inland Northwest Center for Writers in Spokane, Washington and operates under the direction of poet Christopher Howell. Each year, we host the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. 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.
All United States authors, regardless of publication history, are eligible. Manuscripts must contain page numbers and a table of contents. There is no maximum page count and stories may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, or limited edition volumes, but cannot have been published in a previous collection by the author.
One manuscript per submission.
Manuscripts must have a minimum of three (3) stories of fiction totaling at least 98 pages.
All United States authors, regardless of publication history, are eligible. Manuscripts must contain page numbers and a table of contents. There is no maximum page count and stories may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, or limited edition volumes, but cannot have been published in a previous collection by the author.
One manuscript per submission.
Along with your submission, you will receive a previous Spokane Prize winning collection of your choice at half the cover price. Please enter into the notes which collection you would like to receive:
things for the coming difficulties by Valerie Vogrin
A Kind of Solitude by Dariel Suarez
Swimming in Hong Kong by Stephanie Han
Ventriloquisms by Jaclyn Watterson
Suffering Fools by Glori Simmons
Here Among Strangers by Serena Crawford
All the Wrong Places by Molly Giles
The Empty House by Nathan Oates
Love Songs for the Quarantined by K.L. Cook
You Are Not Alone & other stories by Sherril Jaffe
Our final judge and reading committee change each year and so we encourage finalists to reapply.
Manuscripts must have a minimum of three (3) stories of fiction totaling at least 98 pages.
All United States authors, regardless of publication history, are eligible. Manuscripts must contain page numbers and a table of contents. There is no maximum page count and stories may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, or limited edition volumes, but cannot have been published in a previous collection by the author.
One manuscript per submission.
Order your copy of Valerie Vogrin's collection, "things we'll need for the coming difficulties". If you'd like to order wholesale, please contact us at willowspringsbooks@gmail.com
Order your copy of Cameron McGill's poetry chapbook, "Meridians". If you'd like to order wholesale, please contact us at willowspringsbooks@gmail.com
Order your copy of Dariel Suarez's debut collection, "A Kind of Solitude".
If you'd like to order wholesale, please contact us at willowspringsbooks@gmail.com