

"Downvoting the Good Lawyer" by Daniela Olszewska
A few weeks ago, I went through a five minute registration process on NPR's website just so I could downvote the comment pictured above...
"In Praise of Inefficiency, Or: Why I Love Reading for the Gatewood Prize" by S. Whitney H
When I joined the staff of Switchback Books in 2009, I was excited to be a part of something that combined a strong mission in which I...


The Gatewood Prize Deadline is Approaching!
If you identify as a woman and have a manuscript for your first or second book of poetry, be sure and send it our way before June 1. Our...


Four Ways We're Celebrating the Cruelest Month
For some people, it's National Poetry Month, NaPoWriMo, or even NaPoReMo. At Switchback, we're celebrating the cruelest month with a few...


Congrats to the 2012 Gatewood Prize Winner!
Switchback books is pleased to announce the winner of our 2012 Gatewood Prize, chosen by Brenda Shaughnessy: A Table that Goes on for...


Gatewood Prize Results
Switchback Books is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Gatewood Prize, chosen by Harryette Mullen: Manifest by Cynthia...
Gatewood Prize Reading Period Ends Tomorrow (June 1)!
Ladies of all stripes and chromosome combinations! You have through 11:59 p.m. tomorrow, June 1,to submit to the Gatewood Prize, our...
Gatewood Prize Now Open to Electronic Submissions!
Starting immediately and through October 1, Switchback Books will be accepting electronic entries for The Gatewood Prize. The Gatewood...
Let the Contest Begin!
Switchback Books' Gatewood Prize is open! We're excited to, once again, begin the process of receiving and reviewing manuscripts. Check...
Gatewood Prize results
The winner of the 2007 Gatewood Prize, as chosen by judge Patty Seyburn: Oneiromance (an epithalamion), by Kathleen Rooney ...