There’s still time to write and submit a poem in response to this month’s image on Visual Verse. Deadline is 15 Apri 2020. Full details here (scroll down, past ‘About’ section).
poetry journals
Contemporary Verse 2
Submissions are open at this Canada-based journal until 31 May 2020 (and from 1 September until 31 May each year). This quarterly journal publishes poetry and critical writing about poetry. CV2 welcomes submissions in English as well as French – and translations between the two languages. For more information click here.
Bayou Magazine
Literary journal of the University of New Orleans, published biannually. Submit up to 5 poems in a single file via Submittable. The editors review submissions from 1 September to 1 May each year. Other forms of creative writing are also accepted. Read the full guidelines before submitting.
Copper Nickel
This literary journal is published by the University of Colorado. Submit four to six poems (stories and nonfiction are also invited). Submission windows are: September 1 to December 15, January 15 to March 1. Full submission info here.
The Analog Sea Review
Accepting only mailed entries, this “offline journal” is published biannually and sold in bookshops in Europe and North America. Mail your typed, printed submission to Analog Sea at either address below. Include “a very brief biological statement, along with a self-addressed envelope if you would like us to return your submission.”
Basler Strasse 115, 79115 Freiburg, Germany, or: PO Box 11670, Austin, Texas 78711, USA.
Push the Boat out
This Scottish journal is open for submissions to its spring 2019 issue. Submit up to 3 poems by 30 September 2018 via the website portal. You will need first to register. https://www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/submissions/
The ‘E’ Word
Ekphrasis – aka writing inspired by the visual arts – is sought by The Ekphrastic Review. For details of what’s required, please visit the submissions page.
Southword Journal
Make a note for 2018: submissions are open from January to March 15th for the summer issue; and between July and September 15th for the winter issue of Southword. This international online literary journal is published biannually by the Munster Literature Centre. Submission is via the Submittable portal (if you don’t already have a Submittable account, it’s free to register and use, and is used by a lot of journals these days, to manage submissions). Submit each poem in a separate document. There is payment for accepted work.
Female writers for Salomé
Salomé is a new British online and print journal for female writers. Submissions will close on 9 September 2017 or when the cut-off of 250 submissions is reached – whichever comes first. Only one poem per person. Full details here
War Poems by Female Poets
Consequence Magazine is open until 30 September 2017, for submissions from people identifying as female, writing on the subject of war. Submit up to five poems online via Submittable here.
