High Frequency Press is our response to a changing marketplace. Larger presses are becoming celebrity-driven conglomerates. Our over 20+ years of industry experience will allow High Frequency to be well-perched within the market we envision. We will publish only the highest quality work—work we believe in wholeheartedly—work that bucks the new norm.

We created The Writer’s Hotel and The New Guard  as good literary citizens, to serve writers and dig deep into writing craft. We maintain that editorial relationships require thoughtful responses and thoughtful discussion. The new, often closed loop of non-responsive agents and editors does not help writers further their careers. Writing shapes culture. Forward motion is necessary. 

We are currently offering a quick pitch! This is a short cycle--from August 7-17--where writers can pitch their book manuscripts to us for review and acceptance at High Frequency Press. 

Editors Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven can't wait to read your work! Why not throw your hat in the ring? 

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Contests are currently closed. We will be announcing our winners in Fiction and Poetry this month (August, 2025). 

Contests will be judged by Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven. Please submit writing that the judges have not read. Writers who have directly worked with either judge (via The Writer’s Hotel, The New Guard or other venue) may not enter that same same novel, short story collection or poetry manuscript for the contest and will be disqualified. 

High Frequency proudly holds a membership with Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. We follow standard contest rule ethics