Case Study: Yale University Press streamlines prestigious prize administration and handles 13,000+ submissions with Submittable

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Yale University Press, a century-old publisher that issues roughly 300 new books a year from an archive of over 8,000 titles, needed a reliable way to run its long‑standing competitions—the Yale Series of Younger Poets and the Yale Drama Series—while handling large, often international submission volumes. Since 2013 the Press has used Submittable to administer these contests, which collectively have generated close to 13,000 submissions and required secure, organized intake and review workflows.

Submittable provided an online submissions platform that streamlined intake, judging, and communication for both series, enabling Yale University Press to manage high volumes and global entrants (the 2018 Yale Drama Series drew over 1,600 submissions from 50 countries). Using Submittable, the Press continued to select and publish award winners—such as Leah Nanako Winkler’s God Said This—while efficiently supporting prize administration, staged readings, and publication outcomes; in total Submittable has helped Yale process nearly 13,000 contest entries since 2013.

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