Guidelines for Author Manuscript Submission
Colosseum Books is an imprint of Franciscan University Press dedicated to publishing new works of poetry and criticism that show a serious attention to aesthetic (and prosodic) form and display intellectual and spiritual ambition. We published only one or two books annually and are primarily interested in new volumes of poetry that are at once contemporary and deeply engaged with the broader western and Catholic literary tradition. We also publish works of criticism that explore the craft of poetry and also its relation to the great questions that shape human life.
Most Colosseum Books are commissioned directly by the editor.
We are, however, open to consider unsolicited work between July and August each year (manuscripts received outside of that window will not be reviewed). Submissions outside that window will not be considered. Poetry manuscripts should normally be between 50 and 150 pages. Volumes of criticism should normally run from 100 to 200 pages.
The Colosseum is looking for new, intelligent, and inspired work in verse that engages the Catholic intellectual and literary tradition or which otherwise indicates a seriousness of aesthetic form and intellectual purpose. Please submit up to five (5) poems for consideration in a single file. Please send your work as a Microsoft Word file and include a short author biography at the conclusion of your manuscript.
We are open for poetry submissions during two periods each year: from January 1 - February 28, and from July 1 - August 31. Manuscripts sent outside of this period will not be acknowledged.
The Colosseum is a semi-annual journal and can accept very few works per annum. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please use promptly use Submittable to withdraw your work, if it is accepted elsewhere.
The Colosseum is looking for distinguished new fiction that contributes to the broad Catholic intellectual and literary tradition. We consider fiction manuscripts up to 8000 words. Please send your work as a Microsoft Word file and include a short author biography at the conclusion of your manuscript.
We are open for prose fiction submissions during two periods each year: from January 1 - February 28, and from July 1 - August 31. Manuscripts sent outside of this period will not be acknowledged.
The Colosseum is a semi-annual journal and can accept very few works per annum. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please use promptly use Submittable to withdraw your work, if it is accepted elsewhere.