We want to read your best, weird & wild!


POET OF THE WEEK (Pay: $77)

ALWAYS OPEN: 2-Week Fast Response (Fee: $10)

FREE READING PERIODS:

Winter: January 15-31 (Response in April)

Summer: July 15-31 (Response in October)



POEM OF THE MONTH (Pay: $33)

First week of every month with a different theme/form

Free to enter. 


$5000 POET OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Reading Period: March 1 - April 30

Winner: $3000

x4 Finalists: $500 each


$2000 LEONARD COHEN POETRY PRIZE

Reading Period: September 21 - November 7

Winner: $1000

x4 Finalists: $250 each

$10.00

Send us up to 10 pages of poetry.

We only accept previously uncurated work.  This means that yes — you can submit poems that have previously appeared across social media, blog posts, Discord channels, scribbled on your foggy bathroom mirror, etc. But if a poem has been published in a magazine or anthology edited by someone who’s not your mom, then no.

We encourage simultaneous submissions. Feel free to submit your work to all the wonderful places you think will be a good home for your poems. Do not withdraw your poems if they get accepted elsewhere — if we like your work, we’ll find a way to work with you.

If we have previously declined your submission, you can submit again whenever (we get it, we're unhinged poets too lol). 

Though our general response time is 3-4 months, in this category we'll respond within 2 weeks.

We offer $55 to all our published poets. This is per contribution and not per piece. 

Send up to 10 pages of poetry.

We only accept previously uncurated work.  Please refer to this article for a more in-depth understanding of what that means. 

We encourage simultaneous submissions. Feel free to submit your work to all the wonderful places you think will be a good home for your poems. We request you drop us a message if your poem(s) get accepted elsewhere, we want to congratulate you!

We like EB Garamond, 13 point font-size, and 1.15 line-spacing. If you are submitting prose poems (which, we repeat, we love) please justify your paragraphs. If you are unable to use our preferred formatting because of technical reasons, that is totally fine.

If we have previously declined your submission, you can submit again the following month.

We are open to translations as long as you have the rights from the author/publisher.

We will respond towards the end of April 2025. 

Please feel free to inquire about the status of your submission after this time has have passed.

We offer $77 to all our poets. This is per contribution and not per piece. 

ONLY POEMS