NO FEE Submission Call w/ $200 in awards–Four Chambers Press, DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

To read more about Four Chambers Press or for more about their editors, read their Staff page here. Four chambers is a fairly new print literary magazine that published their first issue in 2013 as “an independent community literary magazine based in Phoenix, AZ whose mission is to give greater visibility to the literary […]

National Poetry Month begins today! #NaPoMo–Here's a list of ways you can participate . . .

So many amazing ways to celebrate poetry this month! If you missed this post from April 1, don’t worry–there’s still time to participate!

National Poetry Month begins today! #NaPoMo–Here’s a list of ways you can participate . . .

So many amazing ways to celebrate poetry this month! If you missed this post from April 1, don’t worry–there’s still time to participate!

Poetry contest to help women in need–$500 prize value!/$8 fee, DEADLINE: May 7, 2016

This is such an amazing prize package for a low $8 entry fee! $6.61 from each entry goes directly to a woman in need. All proceeds from the entry fees benefit the Live Your Dream Award, sponsored by SI of Rittenhouse Square, PA, typically given to a single mother […]

NO FEE Submission Call–Wildness, DEADLINE: May 1, 2016

To read more about Wildness and their editors, read their Masthead page here. Wildness is a new online literary magazine and a project of Platypus Press “open to a variety of genres and styles. Just remember, we want to be left breathless.” You can read their inaugural issue to get a feel […]

PAYING/NO FEE Call for Poetry – Amethyst Arsenic, DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

Amethyst Arsenic is a paying, online publisher and is a project of ELJ Publications. Issues include poetry, fiction, art, and music. You can read past issues online here. This current call for submissions is for poetry only and the reading period runs from during the month of April. Amethyst […]

#NationalPoetryMonth'16 Round-up (Day 7) from Bonespark

Sometimes I wonder how it’s possible I could have not seen something for so long! This blog is one of those. Check out what Bonespark is doing for National Poetry Month! Excellent roundups of prompts and favorite poems every day. Special thanks to Erika Dreifus for sharing this […]

To The White Men Who Fear Everything

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Kore Press supports women writers + new poetry & contest deadlines in April!

If you identify as female and are a poet or writer, make sure to spend some time on Kore Press' web site! Kore Press believes that "publishing women is social justice work." They have been publishing women poets and writers since 1993 and are passionate about the work […]

Kore Press supports women writers + new poetry & contest deadlines in April!

If you identify as female and are a poet or writer, make sure to spend some time on Kore Press' web site! Kore Press believes that "publishing women is social justice work." They have been publishing women poets and writers since 1993 and are passionate about the work […]

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