Submissions
Send us your work
Reading period: now open
For fifty-five years Brickhouse has made space for small voices, outside voices, and voices locked away. If your manuscript has a pulse, we want to feel it.
Expect to hear back from us in about 90 days
Poetry
Collections and chapbooks with a pulse — formal, free, fearless. We have published poets for fifty-five years and are always hungry for more.
Submit poetryNow accepting manuscripts.
Prose
Novels, novellas, and story collections with a distinct voice. Small voices, outside voices, voices locked away — this is where they get printed.
Submit proseNow accepting manuscripts.
Nonfiction
Artistic nonfiction, memoir, and essay. True stories told with craft, from Baltimore and well beyond.
Submit nonfictionNow accepting manuscripts.
A $10 reading fee applies to each submission, collected securely through Submittable. Fee waivers are available via the form below.
The process
How it works
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Pick your category
Poetry, prose, or nonfiction. Full guidelines — length, format, and what to include — live inside each category on our Submittable portal.
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Submit through Submittable
One form, one upload, done. The $10 reading fee is collected there; you can track your submission status in your Submittable account at any time.
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Every manuscript gets read
Reading fees don't buy publication; they ensure that every submission is read with care. We publish 2–4 works annually and reserve a few manuscripts for development.
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If we say yes
You receive an advance of $200–$500 along with standard royalties. Work is typically published 3–6 months after we receive the final manuscript.
Poetry, prose, and nonfiction submissions are open.
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Waivers & questions
Contact us
To request a fee waiver, or to reach us for any other reason, use the form below — we read these too.