Other notable writers whose work has appeared in this journal are Charles Baxter, G.C. Waldrep, Tomaž Šalamun, Peter Selgin, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Valery Varble, Alix Ohlin, Steven Church, Brandon Schrand, Rosmarie Waldrop, Jacob M. Appel, Robert H. Abel, and Floyd Skloot.
Notable authors published by Tupelo Press include Mark Halliday, G.C. Waldrep, Larissa Szporluk, Dan Beachy-Quick, Ellen Doré Watson, Ilya Kaminsky, Jennifer Militello, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Rigoberto González, Annie Finch, Matthew Zapruder, Natasha Sajé, Joan Houlihan, and Ted Deppe.