Accepting submissions April 15, 2024 – July 15, 2024 

Winner Receives:   Book publication by Regal House Publishing in 2026/7.   $1000 prize.   The Petrichor Prize will be issued to a work of finely crafted fiction.  The editors at Regal House Publishing will announce their longlist on August 31, 2024, and the winner on September 15, 2024.      

Electronic Submissions   Submissions are invited only through Submittable or by post mail. We do not have the staff capacity to read or respond to manuscripts that are submitted by fax or email.   *Submission fee: $25   *Please note that, without the submission fee, we would not be able to accept contest submissions, or to offer a $1000 prize to the winner. As Regal House Publishing is a small press with limited staff capacity, contest submission fees allow us to maintain sufficient editorial resources for careful review of each and every manuscript. We understand that submission fees can be difficult to accommodate, but rest assured that because of them, your submission will be carefully read, reviewed, and considered for this prize. Thank you for your understanding.     

Eligibility:   Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.   Translations, previously published, and collaborative manuscripts are not eligible.   Employees and volunteers of Regal House Publishing, Pact Press, Fitzroy Books or The Regal House Initiative, their partners or spouses, their immediate families, or immediate family of the judge are not eligible.   

Manuscript Format: 

• Minimum of 100 pages, maximum of 350 pages.
• At least 11pt. font
• The entries will have a blind reading, so please do NOT include name, address and telephone number anywhere in the body of the manuscript. DO include it in the Submittable cover letter form.
• Do not send artwork or photographs.
• Paginate consecutively and include a table of contents
• Attach publications acknowledgments, if any.
• Please adhere strictly to contest dates. Neither late nor early manuscripts will be accepted.
• Contestants may submit the manuscript elsewhere simultaneously, but must notify Regal House Publishing immediately if a manuscript is accepted by another publisher.
• Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winner will be given the opportunity to revise before publication.
• Contestants may submit more than one manuscript, but a separate entry fee and entry form must accompany each manuscript.