Terrapin Books Open in August for Submissions

 Call for Submissions of Full-Length Poetry Collections

We will be open for submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts from January 24 thru February 28 and August 1 thru August 31.

We plan to select 2-4 manuscripts each submission period.
​All submissions must go through Submittable.
Please read our FAQs page before submitting.
Any questions, please use the email address or the Contact Form on the Contact page.

Go HERE to Submit.

Guidelines are as follows:
A manuscript of approximately 40-55 poems. This will produce a book of approximately 90-110 pages. (Please note that your book will always be more pages than your manuscript. Page count for the book includes poems, front and back matter, blank pages, and section dividers).

Include contact information on title page (we do not read anonymous submissions)

One inch margins all around

Include Table of Contents

Include page numbers

Include Acknowledgments Page

• List poems and journal titles rather than just a list of journal titles. Format as a list, not as a paragraph.

• Please note that we allow a maximum of 6 poems from a previously published chapbook. Regardless of the number of chapbooks, it’s no more than 6 chapbook poems. Poems previously published in a chapbook should be indicated as such on the Acknowledgments page. Include title of poem and title of chapbook.

In cover letter area include a brief bio and a 4-6 sentence description of your manuscript—in your own words, not a blurb
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We recommend that 25-50% of the poems have been previously published. More than that is fine.

Simultaneous submission is acceptable but please immediately withdraw your manuscript if it's accepted elsewhere.

Please note that there is a minimal $12 reading fee to help cover our costs.

If you are resubmitting a manuscript, please explain in your cover letter how you revised it.
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​We strongly suggest that you peruse at least one book from Terrapin Books before submitting. We suggest that you peruse the work of any press before you submit.

​Please note that at this time we are unable to accept manuscripts from outside of the US.
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Terrapin Books is committed to publishing outstanding books of poetry by outstanding poets. We intend to fully support our poets. We will edit your manuscript and work with you on revisions. We expect our poets to actively engage in promoting their books. We require our poets to maintain a dedicated website and to be a member of Facebook.

Our books are 6 x 9, paperback, perfect bound, color cover, with printed spine (poet's name, title, press).

We are committed to publishing accepted titles within six to ten months of acceptance. We do not maintain a long list of books-in-waiting.
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We offer a standard contract, a generous number of author copies, a substantial discount on additional copies purchased by the author, and an annual royalty payment.

Some Thoughts about Submitting Your Manuscript

My press, Terrapin Books, has been in operation now for four years with two submission periods each year. Thus far, we’ve held 8 open reading periods. So I’ve read quite a few manuscripts. While most of them arrive nicely prepared, I’ve seen a number of the same mistakes made repeatedly. In an effort to guide you away from such mistakes, I’ve put together some suggestions, most of which will apply to my press and others as well.


1) Before you submit your manuscript to any press, buy or borrow at least one title published by that press. There are several good reasons for doing so:

• You need to be sure that your manuscript suits the mission of the press. Would your manuscript be a good fit? Would it fit and still offer something that the press doesn’t already have? Each submission period I get a few submissions of wildly experimental work. A review of what we publish should make it clear that we don’t publish experimental work. We don’t get it well enough to be able to offer much help to the poet. Is your work loaded with obscenities? An examination of what we publish should tell you that your manuscript is probably not for us. Are the poems in your collection all haiku, all prose poems, or any other single form? Again, not for us.

• Would you be proud to have your book published by this press? Do you see lots of errors that slipped by the editor? Is the font appealing and readable? Is the physical quality of the sample book sloppy?

• Your first purchase is one good way to support the press that you’d like to publish your work. But if you can’t afford to purchase, you can still get a sense of the quality of the work done by the press by perusing the website. You can also see the interior of many books at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

2) Before you hit the Submit button, be sure that your manuscript is formatted correctly. After you convert your Word doc into a pdf, open the pdf and make sure it all looks good. You want your manuscript to suggest that you know what you’re doing.

• Be sure that each new poem begins on a new page. It’s distracting and confusing to get a manuscript in which a new poem begins on the same page as the preceding poem. Do not use the Return key to get to a new page; instead use a Page Break.

• Don’t use larger than a 12 pt font (it will appear larger in the pdf anyhow). And use the same font throughout the text, though titles are fine in a different and larger font. Don’t use colors. Don’t use fancy fonts.

• Use one-inch margins all around.

3) Read the Guidelines. Read the Guidelines. Read the Guidelines. I can’t say that enough. Each submission period I receive some manuscripts whose authors clearly did not read the guidelines. I ask for 40-55 poems, so if you send 28 poems, I can be pretty sure that you didn’t read the guidelines. You just wasted your submission fee as well as your time and mine. Also, I ask that previous publications be listed with each poem title and journal title put in a list, yet each submission period I get some that omit the poem titles and lump the journal titles together in one paragraph. Not a big deal and it won’t get you disqualified, but it will tell me that you didn’t read or heed the guidelines.


4) Do not place the copyright symbol anywhere on your manuscript. That implies that you are afraid that someone at the press will steal your work. Really, it’s the sign of an amateur. Don’t do it. A minor matter but it matters.


You want your manuscript to be treated with care. Be sure you also treat it with care.

Good luck!

Summer Journals Q-Z 2014

Here's the third and final installment of the list of print journals that read during the summer months.  Again, please let me know if you spot any errors or omissions. Good luck!

No rejections allowed.

**Remember that the asterisks indicate that the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

Journal accepts online submissions unless otherwise indicated.

**Quiddity—2x

**The Raleigh Review—1x—July thru October

**Rattle—2x
via email

**Redactions—1x—by email–July 1-Feb 15

**Redivider—2x

**Rhino—1x—April 1-Oct 1

**River Styx—2x—May 1 thru Nov 30
snail mail

**Rosebud—3x
via email

**Sakura Review—2x

**Salt Hill—2x
August 1-April 1

**San Pedro River Review—2x
month of July
via email

**Saw Palm—1x—July 1-Oct. 1

**Smartish Pace—2x

**South Dakota Review—4x

**The Southeast Review—2x

**Southern Humanities Review—4x—Aug 2-April 6
via email or snail mail

**Southern Poetry Review—2x
snail mail

**Sugar House Review—2x—Jan 31-Oct 15
via email

**Tahoma Literary Review—4x

**32 Poems—2x

Threepenny Review—4x—reads thru June

**Turnrow—2x
snail mail

**Tusculum Review—1x

US 1 Worksheets—1x
snail mail
April 15- June 30

**Washington Square Review—2x—Aug 1-Oct 15

**West Wind Review—1x—July 1-Sept 1

**Women Arts Quarterly Journal—4x

**Yemassee—2x


Summer Journals A-F

Summer Journals G-P

A Few Thoughts about Submissions

I recently came across The 10 Rules of Submitting to Literary Magazines at The BookBaby Blog. The author includes 10 solid pieces of advice. I was particularly interested in #3, probably because I think it's a mistake many of us make. I know I have. Here it is:

3. Send simultaneous submissions to similarly-tiered publications (in terms of prestige/influence)

"You don’t want to send the same poem to Tin House AND your friend’s fledgling online poetry journal. What if your friend takes the poem and publishes it immediately, and then you get an acceptance letter from Tin House later that same day before having a chance to notify them of the other acceptance? You’re gonna be bummed that the unknown online journal is publishing the poem—and there’s no way to tell editors “hey, thanks for accepting my poem—but before you publish it, can you wait a couple weeks to see if I hear back from Tin House?” By sending simultaneous submissions to publications of similar stature, you won’t find yourself in this situation."

In our zeal to get our work published, we may think that we're being smart by sending the same batch of poems to a top flight journal (the one we'd give an essential body part to get in) and to a mid-level journal and to one that's just okay (the safety journal). It's certainly not a bad idea to have backups in case you don't get into any of the top flight journals on your list. But the key here is "backups." Don't send to your backups at the same time you send to your favorites. Don't send to your number 2 and number 3 choices until after you've tried at least half a dozen really good journals. (I'm assuming here that we're talking about poems you believe are among your best work.)

I found myself in that creepy situation a few years ago. I'd been invited to submit to a state magazine that was doing a NJ artist feature in each of its monthly issues. So I sent the magazine some poems. At the same time, I sent the same poems to a journal I'd been dying to get into but so far had only been turned away from. I also sent to several other journals I liked. Well, the magazine replied within days that they were taking two of the poems. I then withdrew the poems from the other places I'd sent them. Except I neglected to notify the one journal that I really wanted to get into. I'm scrupulous about record-keeping and playing by the rules, but in this case I just flat-out messed up.

Several months later I received an email from the journal I was dying to get into and was told they'd accepted one of the poems taken by the state magazine. My chagrin was doubled. First there was the disappointment that I was going to have to say no. Then there was the mortification that I'd have to confess my error in failing to withdraw the poem. Now I ended up getting paid $100 per poem from the NJ magazine, but honestly I would have much preferred to have had the one poem published in the other journal and received just a contributor's copy. The editor was very nice when I apologized and explained my error. But guess what? I've submitted to that journal at least six times since and never made it through the door. I may have missed my one shot there.

I want to add one more thought here. That fledgling, poorly done journal just started by your friend? Or that one you'll take as a last chance sort of place? Don't send your poems at all to those places. If you believe your poems are really good, don't send them to a place where you won't be proud to have them appear. You'll be sorry later. It's not a good idea to just try to amass publication credits. It's wiser to be selective. Many a good poem has made it into a book without ever having appeared in a journal. Be selective.

And here's yet one more thought: If your poems have come back repeatedly, you just might be smart to take another close look at them and consider revising them. I took three such poems to a revision workshop recently, three poems I'll admit to thinking were pretty snazzy but which had suffered multiple rejections. With feedback from a group of good readers, I realized they needed more work. Pain in the neck? Yes, but also really nice to get all fired up about new possibilities. I spent several weeks reworking those poems, not just little stuff but deep revisions. I now suspect that one of them just isn't going to work. The other two are out to places I really want to be in.

Summer Journals Q-Z

Here's the third and final installment of the list of print journals that read during the summer months.  Again, please let me know if you spot any errors or omissions. Good luck!

 

This mailbox is lucky!

**Remember that the asterisks indicate that the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

Journal accepts online submissions unless otherwise indicated.

**The Raleigh Review—1x

**Rattle—2x
via email

**Redactions—1x—by email

**Redivider—2x

**Rhino—1x—April 1-Oct 1

**River Styx—2x—May thru Nov
snail mail

**Rosebud—3x

**Sakura Review—2x

**Salt Hill—2x
August 1-April 1

**San Pedro River Review—2x
July 1st to July 31st, 2012 -- Non-themed
via email

**Saw Palm—1x—July 1-Oct. 1

**Slipstream—1x
snail mail

**Smartish Pace—2x

**South Dakota Review—4x

**The Southeast Review—2x

**Southern Humanities Review—4x
via email

**Southern Poetry Review—2x
snail mail

**Sugar House Review—2x
via email

**Turnrow—2x
snail mail

**Tusculum Review—1x

**Washington Square Review—2x
Aug 1-Oct 15

**Weave Magazine—2x
deadline July 31

**Women Arts Quarterly Journal—4x

**Yemassee—2x


Summer Journals A-F

Summer Journals G-P

Summer Journals G-P

Here's the second installment of the list of journals that read during the summer months. If you find any errors or have others to add to the list, please let me know. Good luck with your submissions.

 This mailbox is ready to receive lots of good mail.

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok
Unless otherwise indicated, the journal accepts online submissions

**Gargoyle—1x—June 1-July 16

**The Grove Review—1x
snail mail

Hanging Loose—3x
snail mail

**Hawk & Handsaw—1x—Aug 1-Oct 1
email subs

**Hayden’s Ferry—2x

**Hiram Poetry Review—1x
snail mail

Hudson Review—3x—April 1-June 30 (all year if a subscriber)
snail mail

**Hunger Mountain—1x

**Inkwell—2x—Aug 1-Nov 15

**Lake Effect—1x
snail mail

Louisiana Literature—2x
snail mail

**Lumina—1x—Aug 1 – Nov 15

**MacGuffin—3x

**Madison Review—2x

Manhattan Review—2x
(prefers no sim but will take)
snail mail

Measure—2x
metrical only

**Michigan Quarterly Review—4x

**Mid-American Review—2x

**The Midwest Quarterly—4x

**Minnesota Review—2x—August 1–November 1

Missouri Review—4x

**The Mom Egg—1x—June 1-Sept 1

**Nimrod—2x—Jan 1-Nov 30
snail mail

North American Review—4x

**Parnassus: Poetry in Review—2x
snail mail

Pinyon—2x—August 1-Dec. 1
via email

**Pleiades—2x—Aug 15-May 15

**Ploughshares—3x—June 1 to January 15

**Poet Lore—2x
snail mail

**Poetry Miscellany—1x—tabloid
snail mail or e-mail

Poetry—11x


Summer Journals A-F

Summer Journals Q-Z

Summer Journals A-F

It's that time of year again. During the summer many of us have more time to write and submit, but quite a few journals close their doors to submissions for the summer months. Do not despair. There are still many journals that do read during the summer and some that read only during the summer. This is the first of a 3-part list of those journals, all print journals. Sadly, several had to be removed this year as they have closed their doors permanently. But a few have been added.

I have given the lists a thorough updating this year and have added links for your convenience. If you find an error, please let me know.

This mailbox only accepts Acceptances!

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok
Unless otherwise indicated, the journal accepts online submissions.


**American Poetry Journal—2x
    (summer only for subscribers)

**American Poetry Review—6x-tabloid

**Another Chicago Magazine—2x—Feb-Aug 31

**Asheville Poetry Review—3x—Jan. 15-July 15
snail mail

**Atlanta Review—2x—deadlines June 1 & Dec 1
reads all year, slower in summer
snail mail

**Baltimore Review—2x—August 1-Nov 30

**Barn Owl Review—1x—June 1-Nov 1
email sub

**Bat City Review—1x—June 1-Nov 15

Beloit Poetry Journal—3x

**Birmingham Poetry Review—2x—deadlines Dec 1 & June 1
reads all year
snail mail

**Black Warrior Review—2x

Bloodroot Literary Magazine—1x—April 1-Sept 1
snail mail

**Briar Cliff Review—1x—Aug 1-Nov 1
snail mail

**Burnside Review—2x
email sub ok
$3 reading fee /pays $50

**Caketrain—1x
email sub

**Chariton Review—2x
snail mail

**Cimarron Review—4x
snail mail

**Columbia Journal—2x

**Columbia Poetry Review—1x—Aug 1-Nov 30
snail mail

**Conduit—2x
snail mail

**Crab Orchard Review—2x—Aug 27-Nov. 2 (special issue)
snail mail

**Cream City Review—2x

**Explosion-Proof Magazine—4x
submit via email

5 AM—2x—tabloid
snail mail

**Field—2x
August thru May

**The Florida Review—2x—Aug-May 31 (subscribers all year)


Summer Journals G-P

Summer Journals Q-Z

I Account for Myself

 Following Lisa Romeo's lead, instead of compiling a list of goals for 2012, I'm reflecting on the accomplishments of 2011. My reflections are limited to my poetry life.

Taking care of my own work:

For the past two years I gave myself the goal of spending time writing three mornings a week. I never seemed to meet that goal and thus had the feeling of being a non-productive slug. Some months ago I lowered my standard to two mornings a week. I'm happy to say that I've not only met my goal of two sessions per week, I've exceeded it. Perhaps lowering the goal took the pressure off and gave me more freedom? Anyhow, my productivity has increased. As I add new poems to my desktop folder, I can see that the list is getting plump. And I only add the ones I'm interested in sending out. The losers and the undones stay in the Ramblings folder. That, of course, is the thicker folder.

I didn't send out submissions as routinely this past year as I used to—post-book drag, I think, and the need to generate new work—but several weeks ago, probably because the folder was getting fuller, I went on a submission rampage and now have a number of submissions out. That feels good. I like the possibility each day of getting interesting mail.

I've done a number of readings, including one that took me to New Hampshire for two days. I've cut back on doing poetry-in-the-schools as I found it was really draining my energy. Just doing freelance visits so I can stipulate no more than 3 classes per day. Protecting my energy level.

Supporting other poets:

I have continued buying as many books by other poets as I can afford. If someone reviews my book, I buy that person's book. I usually try to write an Amazon review or in some way return the kindness of a review. If someone buys my book and lets me know about it, I try to return the favor when that person has a new book.

I have continued to use my blog and my Poetry Newsletter to spread the word about poetry and poets. I deeply believe in the poetry community and our mutual need to support and assist each other. I have featured a number of poets at my blog and always do a book recommendation in the newsletter and invite a poet to offer a craft tip. These poets seem to get some book sales and new fans as a result. I am really proud of the Newsletter and how it has taken off. Each month I pick up a bunch of new subscribers. They come from all over the world. Both activities are stimulating and fun, don't require new clothes and don't make me report to an office.

I organized two poetry events last year—"Girl Talk" for the third year and "Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals" for the eighth year. Both events are scheduled again for this year. I also hosted two readings at my husband's restaurant—one for the journal Adanna and the other for the journal Tiferet.

I served as Guest Editor for the inaugural issue of Adanna, judged a chapbook contest for Wisconsin poets, and was again a reader for a book contest.

At the same time I am putting down my foot about supporting people who haven't supported my work. Don't ask me to buy, blurb, or review your book if you haven't at least bought and read my latest book. I mean, really, it's just a matter of fairness, isn't it? And please, if you haven't supported my work, don't ask me to pre-order and pay for your forthcoming book or chapbook so you can get a good print run. I mean, really. I'm somewhat low-key about pushing my books, but fair is fair. This is me protecting my time and energy (and my wallet). Crabby, yes, but necessary.

Taking it outside of the poetry community:

One of my favorite things to do is to bring poetry to an audience that doesn't typically attend readings. I recently read for the University Women of West Essex at their fall luncheon. I talked and read about how poetry reflects the lives of women. It was one of my favorite readings. They fed me, bought books, and paid me which was really cool as I'd thought I was doing the reading pro bono; thus, I felt like a generous soul and fattened my wallet at the same time.

I have another such reading scheduled for a group of seniors, also not a poetry group, and am looking forward to that.

Looking forward:

I desperately need a day of poetry with a group of like-minded poets. I want the stimulation of us giving each other prompts all day, one after the other. I should make this happen.

Summer Journals: Q thru Z

Here's the third and final installment of the list of print journals that read during the summer months. Remember that the asterisks indicate that the journal accepts simultaneous submissions. Again, please let me know if you spot any errors or omissions. Good luck!

 

This mailbox is lucky!

**The Raleigh Review—1x
All year

**Rattle-2x—email subs ok

**Redactions—1x—by email

Redivider—2x—online

**Rhino-1x-April 1-Oct 1

**River Oak Review--2x

**River Styx-2x-May thru Nov

**Rosebud--3x

**Slipstream-1x

**Smartish Pace--2x

**Sonora Review—2x—online
reads but does not respond in summer

**South Dakota Review-4x

Southern Humanities Review--4x

**Southern Poetry Review—2x

**Sugar House Review—2x

**The Sun-12x-prev pub ok

**Turnrow—2x

**Tusculum Review—1x

**Weave Magazine—2x
deadline July 31

Summer Journals: G thru P

Here's the second installment of the list of journals that read during the summer months. I've removed several from last year's list, but have not checked each and every one. If you find any errors or have others to add to the list, please let me know. Good luck with your submissions.

 This mailbox is ready to receive lots of good mail.

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok


**The Grove Review—1x

Hanging Loose--3x

**Hawk & Handsaw—1x—email subs
Aug 1-Oct 1

**Hayden’s Ferry--2x

**Hiram Poetry Review-1x

Hudson Review-April 1-June 30 (all year if a subscriber)

**Hunger Mountain-1x

**Inkwell-Aug 1-Nov 15

**The Journal--2x

**Jubilat--2x

**Lake Effect—1x

**Literal Latte--6x

Louisiana Literature-2x

**Madison Review-2x
(will hold until Sept)

Manhattan Review-1x
(prefers no sim but will take)

Michigan Quarterly Review-4x

**Mid-American Review-2x

**The Midwest Quarterly Review--4x

Missouri Review-3x--6-12 poems

**The Nation

**Natural Bridge-July 1-Aug 31-2x

**New American Writing—June-Jan—1x

**New Orleans Review—2x

**New York Quarterly—3x

**Nimrod—2x

North American Review—5x

**Parnassus: Poetry in Review—2x

**Pinyon—August 1-Dec. 1—1x

**Pleiades—2x

**Ploughshares—June 1 to January 15--3x

**Poet Lore—2x

**Poetry Miscellany-1x-tabloid-e-mail

Summer Journals: A thru F

It's that time of year again. During the summer many of us have more time to write and submit, but quite a few journals close their doors to submissions for the summer months. Do not despair. There are still many journals that do read during the summer and some that read only during the summer. This is the first of a 3-part list of those journals. I have given it a somewhat cursory updating, so if you note any errors, please let me know. These are all print journals. Sadly, a number had to be removed this year as they have closed their doors permanently.

This mailbox only accepts Acceptances!

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok

**American Poetry Journal—2x
    (summer only for subscribers)

American Poetry Review--6x-tabloid

**Another Chicago Magazine-2x-Feb-Aug 31

**Asheville Poetry Review--3x--Jan. 15-July 15

**Atlanta Review--deadlines June 1 &
    Dec 1

**Baltimore Review-2x

**Barn Owl Review—1x—June 1--Nov. 30—email sub

**Barrow Street--2x

**Bat City Review—May 1-Nov 1-1x

**Bateau—year round—2x—email sub

Beloit Poetry Journal--3x—online sub

Birmingham Poetry Review-2x--deadlines Nov 1 & May 1

**Black Warrior Review-2x

Bloodroot Literary Magazine-April 1 thru Sept 1--1x

**Briar Cliff Review--1x-Aug 1-Nov 1

**Burnside Review—2x—email sub ok

**Caketrain—1x—email sub ok

**Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts—July 1-Dec. 1

Chariton Review

Chelsea-2x

Cider Press Review--1x-email subs
    April 1-Aug 31

**Cimarron Review-4x

**Columbia—2x

**Columbia Poetry Review—Aug 1-Nov 30
   
**Conduit-3x

**Crab Orchard Review—Aug 10-Nov. 1 (special issue)

**Crazyhorse--2x

**Edison Literary Review—1—email

5 AM--2x-tabloid

**The Florida Review--2x

Summer Journals: A thru F

During the summer many of us have more time to write and submit, but quite a few journals close their doors to submissions for the summer months. Do not despair. There are still many journals that do read during the summer and some that read only during the summer. This is the first of a 3-part list of those journals. I have given it a somewhat cursory updating, so if you note any errors, please let me know. These are all print journals. Sadly, a number had to be removed this year as they have closed their doors permanently.

This mailbox only receives Acceptances!

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok

**American Poetry Journal—2x
    (summer only for subscribers)

American Poetry Review--6x-tabloid

**Another Chicago Magazine-2x-Feb-Aug 31

**Asheville Poetry Review--3x--deadline
    July 15

**Atlanta Review--deadlines June 1 &
    Dec 1

**Baltimore Review-2x

**Barn Owl Review—1x—June 1--Nov. 30—email sub

**Barrow Street--2x

**Bat City Review—May 1-Nov 1-1x

**Bateau—year round—2x—email sub

Beloit Poetry Journal--3x

Birmingham Poetry Review-2x--deadlines Nov 1 & May 1

**Black Warrior Review-2x
    some long poems-4 poems

Bloodroot Literary Magazine-April 1 thru Sept 1--1x

**Briar Cliff Review--1x-Aug 1-Nov 1

**Burnside Review—2x—email sub ok

**Caketrain—1x—email sub ok

**Center—July 1-Nov. 30

Chariton Review

Chelsea-2x

Cider Press Review--1x-email subs
    April 1-Aug 31

**Cimarron Review-4x

**Columbia—2x

**Columbia Poetry Review—Aug 1-Nov 30
   
**Conduit-3x

**Connecticut Review--temp closed

**Crab Orchard Review—Aug 1-Nov. 20 (special issue)

**Crazyhorse--2x

5 AM--2x-tabloid

**The Florida Review--2x

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Journals That Accept Online Submissions

Here is an updated list of journals that accept online submissions. Note that some guidelines specify that the journal does not accept email submissions, but does accept via their online submission manager.

Journals that have been added to this list are indicated by a double asterisk. A few journals have been deleted as they no longer accept online submissions or have gone out of business.

Note also that the number of issues per year is indicated as is the reading period for each journal.

Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

As always, please let me know if you find any errors here. And good luck.

Agni—2x
Sept 1-May 31

The American Poetry Journal—2x
September 1-April 30

Baltimore Review —2x
all year

Barn Owl Review—1x
June 1-November 1

Barrelhouse—2x
at this time accepting only for online publication
all year

Bat City Review—1x
June 1-November 15

Bateau—2x
all year

Bellevue Literary Review—2x
all year

**Boston Review—6x
Sept 15-May 15

Caesura—2x
all year

Caketrain—1x
all year

Cider Press Review—2x
April 1-Aug. 31
No sim

Columbia—2x
September 1-May 1

Crazyhorse—2x
all year

Gargoyle—1x
next reading period will begin June 1, 2009

Greatcoat—1 or 2x
all year

Gulf Stream—2x
September 15-December 15
January 15-March 15

Hawk & Handsaw—1x
August 1-October 1

The Hollins Critic—5x
Sept 1-Dec. 15

Kenyon Review—4x
prefers no sim
September 15-January 15
(revising website—currently unavailable so check)

Keyhole Magazine—4x
all year

The Literary Review—4x
September 1-January 31

The Lumberyard—2x
all year
(currently closed for submissions—will reopen in the fall)

The MacGuffin—3x
all year

The Massachusetts Review—4x
all year

Meridian—2x ($2 fee)
all year

The Missouri Review–4x
all year

Naugatuck River Review—2x
for the Summer issue January 1 through March 1
for the Winter issue July 1 through September 1

New Madrid—2x
August 15-November 1

New Orleans Review—2x
Aug 15-May 1

**The New Yorker—weekly
all year

**New York Quarterly—3x
All year

Ninth Letter—2x
September 1-April 30

Ploughshares—3x
August 1-March 31

Poetry—11x
year round
no sim

Post Road Magazine—2x
check website for submission dates

Puerto del Sol—2x
September 15-March 31

The Raintown Review—2x
all year
considers previously published

Rattle—2x
year round

Redactions—1x
year round

Redivider—2x
all year

**San Pedro River Review—2x
Jan 1-Feb 28 / July 1-Aug 31

Slice Magazine—2x
Feb. 1-April 1

**Smartish Pace—2x
All year

**The Southeast Review—2x
All year

**Southwest Review—4x
No June, July, August
$2 fee

Spinning Jenny—1x
Sept 15-May 15
No Sim

**Tar River Poetry—2x
via email
Sept 15-Nov. 1
no sim

Third Coast Review—2x
August 2-April 30

Tiferet—2x
all year

Upstreet—1x
Sept 1-March1

Versal—1x
Sept 15-Jan 15

Virginia Quarterly Review—4x
September 1-May 31
prefers no simultaneous

**Weave Magazine—2x
All year

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Journals That Read in the Summer—Part 3

Here's the third and final installment of the list of print journals that read during the summer. Again, please let me know if you spot an error. And be sure to check the guidelines for specifics. Most, if not all, of these journals have websites.

Reminder of how the list works:
**indicates that simultaneous submission is ok
x indicates the number of times the journal publishes per year
If dates are not included, that means the journal reads all year


Poetry--11x-online subs

**Poetry Miscellany-1x-tabloid-e-mail subs

**Raintown Review-2x-email subs

The Rambler-6x-prefers no sims

**Rattle-2x—email subs ok

**Redactions—1x—by email

Redivider—2x

**Rhino-1x-April thru Oct 1

River Oak Review--2x

**River Styx-2x-May thru Nov

**Roger: An Art and Literary Magazine—1x—Aug 1-Jan 1

**Rosebud--3x

**Slipstream-1-x

**Smartish Pace--2x-deadlines July 1 & Dec 1

**South Dakota Review-4x

Southern Humanities Review--4x

**Southern Poetry Review—2x

**The Sun-12x

**Third Coast--2x—begin Aug. 1-email

**Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature-2x—email subs

**Turnrow-2x

**Tusculum Review—1x--April 1-Nov 15

**Verse-1x—reopens for submissions July—for print issue, sub must be chapbook length

**Weave—2x—email subs

Willow Springs Review—2x—slower response in summer

Journals That Read in the Summer—Part 2

Here's the second installment of the list of journals that read during the summer. Again, please let me know if you spot an error. And be sure to check the guidelines for specifics. Most, if not all, of these journals have websites.

Reminder of how the list works:
**indicates that simultaneous submission is ok
x indicates the number of times the journal publishes per year
If dates are not included, that means the journal reads all year


**Hiram Poetry Review-1x

Hudson Review-April 1-July 31 (all year if a subscriber)

**Hunger Mountain-2x

**Inkwell-Aug 1-Nov 30

**The Journal--2x

**Jubilat--2x

**Knock—2x-email subs okay

**Lake Effect—1x

**Literal Latte--6x

Louisiana Literature-2x

**Lullwater Review --Aug 1-May 31

Madison Review-2x

Manhattan Review-1x

**Margie—June 1-Aug 1-1x
subscriber all year

Michigan Quarterly Review

**Mid-American Review-2x-slower in summer months

**The Midwest Quarterly Review--4x

Missouri Review-3x--6-12 poems

**Natural Bridge-July 1-Aug 31-2x

**New American Writing—June-Jan—1x

**New Orleans Review--2x—Aug 15 thru May 15

**New York Quarterly—3x

**Nimrod-2x

North American Review-6x

**Parnassus--1x

**Poet Lore--2x

Journals That Accept E-mail Submissions

Here is an updated list of journals that accept online submissions. Note that some guidelines specify that the journal does not accept email submissions, but does accept via their online submission manager.

Journals that have been added to this list are indicated by a double asterisk. A few journals have been deleted as they are no longer accepting online submissions.

Note also that I’ve added the reading period for each journal.

Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

As always, please let me know if you find any errors here. And good luck.

**Agni
Sept 1-May 31

The American Poetry Journal
September 1-April 30

Baltimore Review
all year

Barn Owl Review
June 1-November 1

Barrelhouse
closed for poetry at this time

Bat City Review
June 1-November 15

Bateau
closed for submissions until 2009

Bellevue Literary Review
all year

** Caesura
all year

Caketrain
all year

Columbia
September 1-May 1

Cranky
All year—but has become unresponsive to submissions and queries

Crazyhorse
all year

**Gargoyle
next reading period will begin June 1, 2009

**Greatcoat
all year

Gulf Stream
September 15-March 15
Print journal indefinitely postponed—reading only for online journal

** Hawk & Handsaw
August 1-October 1

Kenyon Review
prefers no sim
September 15-January 15

The Literary Review
September 1-January 31

The Lumberyard
all year

The MacGuffin
all year

Many Mountains Moving ($2 fee)
online submissions temporarily suspended, but they plan to resume

Meridian ($2 fee)
all year

New Madrid
August 15-November 1

Ninth Letter
September 1-April 30

Ploughshares
August 1-March 31

Poetry
year round

**Puerto del Sol
September 15-March 31

Rattle
year round

Redactions
year round

Redivider
all year

Slice Magazine
accepting submissions for Spring/Summer 2009 issue from September 1-November 1, 2008

Third Coast Review
August 2-April 30

Tiferet
all year

**Upstreet
Sept 1-March1

**Versal
Sept 15-Jan 15

** Virginia Quarterly Review
September 1-May 31
prefers no simultaneous

Summer Submissions

Summertime is when many of us have more time. More time for at last sending off some of those poems that have been waiting for our attention. The problem is that a number of the journals you have on your list don't read in the summer. Still, there are a number of journals that do read in the summer or at least part of the summer. Here's part of my list of those journals. If this seems useful, I'll post more in a later post. Please note that these are all print journals. Also, please note that it might not be one hundred percent accurate as journals often change their guidelines. Check guidelines at the journal's website. Then please, if you find an error, let me know. Good luck!


**indicates that simultaneous submission is ok
x indicates the number of times the journal publishes per year.
If dates are not included, that means the journal reads all year.

**American Poetry Journal—2x
(summer only for subscribers)

American Poetry Review--6x-tabloid

**Another Chicago Magazine-2x-Feb-Aug 31

**The Artful Dodge--1x--6 poems

**Ascent-3x, shorter poems pref

**Asheville Poetry Review--3x--deadline July 15

**Atlanta Review--deadlines June 1 & Dec 1

**Baltimore Review-2x (sub by email)

**Barn Owl Review—1x—June 1--Nov. 30—email sub

**Barrow Street--2x

**Bat City Review—May 1-Nov 1-1x

**Bateau—year round—2x—email sub

Beloit Poetry Journal--3x

Birmingham Poetry Review-2x--deadlines Nov 1 & May 1

**Black Warrior Review-2x

**Briar Cliff Review--1x-Aug 1-Nov 1

**Burnside Review—2x—email sub ok

**Caketrain—1x—email sub ok

**Cave Wall--Aug--Sept

**Center—July 1-Nov. 30

Cider Press Review--1x-email subs--April 1-Aug 31

**Cimarron Review-4x

**Columbia Poetry Review—Aug 1-Nov 30

**Conduit-3x

**Connecticut Poetry Review-1x

**Connecticut Review--deadlines Sept 1 & Feb 1

**Crab Orchard Review (for special issue)

**Cranky—email sub-3x

**Crazyhorse--2x

5 AM--2x-tabloid

**Five Fingers-1x-June 1-Aug 30

**The Florida Review--2x

Fulcrum-1x-June thru August 31

**Gargoyle-1x--June 1--Sept

**Greatcoat—2x—email subs only

**Grist—1x

**The Grove Review—Aug 1 deadline

Hanging Loose--3x

**Harpur Palate—2x

**Hayden’s Ferry--2x



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Submissions by Email

Back on December 29, 2007, I posted a list of print journals that accept email submissions. I said then that the rising cost of postage had made me increasingly appreciative of journals that have made this accommodation. And now with yet another postal increase, I say it again. Three cheers for print journals that accept email submissions! I've now added eight journals to that earlier list. Rather than make you return to December, I'm going to include the entire list here. Asterisks indicate the additions.

Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

**The American Poetry Journal

Barn Owl Review—new journal

Bateau—new journal

**Bellevue Literary Review

Cranky

**Crazyhorse

Kenyon Review—no sim

**The Literary Review—closed until 9/08

Many Mountains Moving ($2 fee)

Meridian ($2 fee)

**New Madrid

The Normal School—new journal

Pebble Lake Review
no multiple subs (which in my book means don’t submit more than one packet at a time—if the editor means no simultaneous submissions, that needs to be changed)

Ploughshares

Rattle

Redactions

**Redivider

Third Coast Review

**Tiferet

**32 Poems—no sim—website does not yet reflect the change to submission procedure. Here is the site for the Manager

Looking for more? Try:
Poetry Publishers Who Accept Electronic Submissions
compiled by Louie Crew
Drawback to this list—It does not indicate if the journal is online or print. Huge variation in quality of journals listed.

Thanks to Erika Dreifus for pointing me to Duotrope.com where you will find additional journals that accept email submissions. I did not include any online journals as they obviously accept email submissions. And I tended to zero in on journals that appealed to me. They might not appeal to you.