I’m so excited to announce the next Lithic Press poetry chapbook contest! Lithic Press creates beautiful, high quality books (I happen to know because they selected my chapbook Footnote when they ran their last contest in 2016). They are wonderful folks to work with and I had an amazing […]
I’m so excited to announce the next Lithic Press poetry chapbook contest! Lithic Press creates beautiful, high quality books (I happen to know because they selected my chapbook Footnote when they ran their last contest in 2016). They are wonderful folks to work with and I had an amazing […]
This is such an amazing prize package for a low $10 entry fee! Proceeds from each entry goes directly to a woman in need via the Live Your Dream Award, sponsored by SI of Rittenhouse Square, PA, typically given to a single mother who has experienced hardships, to […]
It's not too late to make a plan for poetry month! Whether you want to sign up to write a poem a day or unofficially just plan to crank out some poetry in April, there are plenty of prompts and resources to keep you going strong all month. […]
The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I've also included whether or not it is a paying market in the notes column. These lit […]
This great blog post by Nancy Chen Long gives a description of what a broadside is and links to some examples. She also shares: ways to create your own broadsides a list of broadside contests with their info and fees a list of broadside publishers Big thanks to Nancy […]
Ten questions to keep in mind Choosing which Magazines to Submit to There are so many journals that it can be hard to choose. Here are some key questions to ask yourself to narrow them down: 1. What literary magazines do you like that match your writing style? […]
Ten questions to keep in mind Choosing which Magazines to Submit to There are so many journals that it can be hard to choose. Here are some key questions to ask yourself to narrow them down: 1. What literary magazines do you like that match your writing style? […]
Thanks to Stephen Roche for selecting my poem “My matter” recently published in Whale Road Review for his poem a day series on his blog “A Creative Mind Unleashed.” Stephen is a recent graduate of the first ever Creative Writing for Digital Media program at the Institute of […]
Poetry Wolf, a poetic press, is new press publishing poetry chapbooks. They have a unique publishing model where a portion of profits are donated to a charity in the local area of the published poet. They recently opened for submissions. To see what they like (or to find some rad […]
