The Fourfold Vision Prize

The Fourfold Vision Prize is Fourfold’s annual award for new fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The winning entry receives $1,000, and every shortlisted entry is published in a printed collection: The Fourfold Anthology: The Best of the Fourfold Vision Prize 2027.

Key Dates

• Submissions open: 8 November 2026

• Submissions close: 8 January 2027, 5pm EST

• Shortlist announced: 8 February, 2027

• Winner announced: 30 April, 2027, at The Fourfold Anthology Book Launch

What to Enter

• Fiction. Short stories up to 3,000 words.

• Essays and nonfiction. Critical or creative nonfiction up to 3,000 words.

• Poetry. Up to eight poems in a single document.

One entry per person.

Who Can Enter

The prize is open to new and established writers anywhere in the world. Work must be written in English or include an original translation into English. If you enter a translation, please confirm that you hold the rights to the original.

Before You Enter

• Work must be previously unpublished, including on personal blogs, websites and social media.

• Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Please withdraw your entry promptly if it is accepted elsewhere.

• We don’t consider work generated by AI.

• Entries are read anonymously, so please remove your name from the document.

Entry Fee

• Entry costs $15.

• Free entries are available to writers for whom the fee would be a barrier. Please email info@bookgo.pub to request a fee free submission.

• Tips. If you are able to, please consider adding a tip, which helps to support other writers who cannot afford to submit.

The prize has no connection with BookGo’s paid services. Using them has no bearing on the result, and BookGo staff and their families are not eligible.

How to Enter

Enter through Subfolio.

Please send a Word document or PDF with no name on it. On the entry form, include a short bio of up to 50 words and the name you’d like to be published under.

Judging

Entries are read anonymously by the Fourfold editors.

Prizes and Publication

The winner receives $1,000. Between 10 and 15 shortlisted entries, including the winner, are published in the annual Fourfold anthology. Shortlisted entries are edited for publication with the Fourfold editors. We ask for first publication rights, which return to you 90 days after the anthology is published.

We’re unable to give feedback on individual entries.

Results

The shortlist and winner are announced here and in the BookGo newsletter. Subscribe to hear first.

Questions: info@bookgo.pub