Submissions for our Featured Poetry category are open year-round to poets at any stage of their careers. We highly encourage new and emerging poets to submit.

We are thrilled to offer significant payment to our partner poets: $50 per poem, up to $150. We are proud to be paying for published pieces but will be highly selective in our choices for publication.

We also warmly invite under-represented and marginalized writers to submit. Our aim is to be an accurate representation of the diversity of our beautiful community. Your voice is valued here.

• Submissions are open internationally, to any poet writing in English—other languages are okay to include, as long as the poem is largely in English.
• Please do NOT include your name or identifying information anywhere within your packet of poems. We do not read submissions anonymously but prefer identifying information to be included in the cover letter, not the packet of poems. 
• We accept simultaneous submissions, but please send us a note if your work is picked up elsewhere (we want to say congrats!)
• Submission must be no more than 5 poems and must not exceed 10 pages.
• We do not accept multiple submissions. Please submit all your poems in ONE document.
• Please include a cover letter with your publication history, if any.
• Expect around 3 months for a response. Please do not ask for an update on your submission until four months have passed.