What We’re Looking For

• Copper Nickel accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, and translation folios from August 15 to December 15, January 15 to March 1.
• We DO accept simultaneous submissions, though we ask you to contact us if submitted work is accepted elsewhere.

Poetry & Prose

• Submit four to six poems, one story, three flash pieces, or one essay at a time.
• After receiving a response from us, please wait at least six months to submit again.
• For prose we do not have any length restrictions—but longer-than-normal pieces have to earn their space.

Translation Folios

• Submit five to ten poems or a piece of prose (fiction or nonfiction). 
• If we accept, we’ll ask for a contextualizing introductory essay of 800-1200 words.

Submission Withdrawal

• Withdraw full submissions through submittable.
• Withdraw individual poems or flash pieces by messaging us through submittable indicating which pieces should be removed from consideration.

Correspondence

• We try to respond to all submissions within twelve weeks, though response times can be longer—particularly in the spring. We receive many thousands of submissions each year; reading and responding to them all is sometimes slower than we would like. 
• Please do not query about your submission until at least three months have passed.
• Please be kind and professional in your correspondence with us.
• When you submit your work to Copper Nickel you’re adding yourself to our contact list and consenting to receiving infrequent emails about our book prize, subscriptions drives, etc.

Payments

• Poetry & Prose: $30 per printed page.
• Poetry payments have a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $150. 
• Prose payments have minimum of $50 and a maximum of $250.
• Translation Folios: $150 flat rate.
• All published authors also receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears + a one-year subscription.
• International writers please note: all payments sent overseas are subject to a 30% tax, which is withheld on the front end. This is beyond our control.

Awards

• The Editors’ Prizes in Poetry and Prose: We award two $500 prizes for the most exciting work in each issue, as determined by a vote of our in-house editorial staff.
• The Jake Adam York Book Prize: For information, visit here.