Literary Journal
Poetry
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About the magazine
Poetry embraces the “open-door policy” set forth by founding editor Harriet Monroe. Poetry desires to print, as Monroe put it, “the best English verse which is being written today, regardless of where, by whom, or under what theory of art it is written.”
Editorial focus
Poetry
Submitting your work
Reading periodSep 16 to Jun 14
Reading feeNo
PaymentCash
Response timeLess than 3 months
Simultaneous submissionsNo
Unsolicited submissionsYes
Submissions should be limited to four poems or less totaling no more than ten pages. All manuscripts must be accompanied by a SASE. We cannot consider anything that has been previously published or accepted for publication, anywhere, in any form, either in the United States or abroad. We encourage you to examine the magazine before making submissions.
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2 listedPrize history
Past winners and selected work.
2024Kay Ryan
2024A.E. Stallings
2024Tony Hoagland
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