Vilas Avenue is open for digital poetry mini-chapbook submissions. Manuscripts should be anywhere in the wheelhouse of 8-12 poems. Please send your manuscript (attached as a .pdf file) to  vilasavenue@gmail.com with the subject line “Chapbook” along with a cover letter/third-person biography and a brief description of the project. Please include an Acknowledgements page mentioning any individual poems that have appeared in publication elsewhere (please note that the full collection should not have appeared in publication elsewhere). 

Vilas Avenue is powered by intrinsic motivation. Your poetry chapbook (if published) will be available to readers, for free, in a digital format on the Vilas Avenue website. We will do our best to promote the work within the literary community and on social media. Decisions about final edits, as well as cover art, typeface, and other considerations will be made in collaboration with the author.

There is no fee to submit, but we welcome “tip jar” donations via PayPal or BuyMeACoffee. Please see our Supporters page for details.

Vilas Avenue values and respects diversity in all its forms. We recognize that life experiences, perspectives, and circumstances juxtaposed with our built and virtual environments manifest and emerge in dynamic and meaningful patterns that make us all human. If the submission process presents any barriers to your access please contact  vilasavenue@gmail.com and we will adapt to accommodate your process.

Thank you for considering Vilas Avenue as a potential outlet for your poetry!