2026 Theme: The Art of Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Submissions may be emailed to info@texashighplainswriters.com .
The submission email subject must be “2026 Anthology Submission” and must be received no later than July 31.
No mailed submissions will be accepted.
Fees and Payment Methods
Members — $10
Non-Members — $50 (includes membership fee).
Students (school and college) — $10
Payment may be made online using the Pay Fee button below or by check at this address:
Texas High Plains Writers
PO Box 19303
Amarillo, TX 79114
Please make checks to “Texas High Plains Writers.” Mailed payments must be postmarked no later than July 31. Do not send anthology submissions via mail.
No refunds for mailed or otherwise non-complying submissions.
Submission Format
All submissions must be formatted as follows:
- 1” margins, left-justified (not applicable to poems)
- Times New Roman, 12 pt. (No other font.)
- Italics, Bold, All Caps, and Underline for accent only, as appropriate
- Double-spaced, with no extra lines added before or after paragraphs, except between submission and author bio
- No subtitles
- No Roman numerals
- Single-space after periods
- No photos or illustrations
- Word count to be 500-6500 words, excluding header and author bio. Multiple submissions may be made by the same author (up to 4), with the total of all submissions to equal 6500 words at $10 per submission
- The title and Author’s name shall be at the top of the page in a header
- Submissions shall be in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .odt files. No PDFs. No hand-written or typed & scanned submissions
- Please attach (in a separate file) an author photo (headshot) that meets the size requirements of 1537 x 2475 pixels
No sexually explicit, graphically violent, or abusive content is allowed.
Author bios (optional) shall be submitted in the same document, placed after the short story, and shall not exceed an additional 250 words. Bios may include one hyperlink.
Please keep the submission and bio as one document.
Rights
Authors retain all rights to their work.
Editors have the right to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation without prior notice to the author. Editors may (at their discretion) request corrections, changes, and re-submissions by the author for quality, consistency, and/or content purposes if time allows.