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Plainsongs

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About the magazine

Featuring poetry that runs the gamut from traditional to experimental, from realist to surrealist, Plainsongs strives to capture the multiplicity of voices—including those of feminist, nonwhite, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ writers and writers with disabilities—that make up the vibrant and wonderfully diverse Midwestern soundscape. Poets from all fifty states and many foreign countries contribute regularly to Plainsongs .

Editorial focus

Poetry

Submitting your work

Reading periodMar 15 to May 15
Reading feeNo
PaymentContributor copies only
Response time3 to 6 months
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsYes

Try to keep poems under 75 lines. Avoid cliches and well-worn expressions/tropes. Edit carefully. Aim for linguistic precision/concision throughout.

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