Grey Matter: Call for Medical Poems is a thematic open call that positions poetry as a site for examining the intersection of the physiological and the emotional. The call seeks work that registers health experiences—whether through clinical detail, metaphor, narrative, or fragmentation—without prescribing a single aesthetic. It is open to poets in the US and globally, without restriction by career stage or prior publication, and operates as an inclusive reading rather than a competition for a single award. The call is explicit in its parameters: there is no entry fee, no prize, and no specified publication or exhibition outcome. What is offered is the opportunity to submit up to three poems alongside a brief third-person bio of 150 words or fewer. This absence of transactional stakes places the emphasis squarely on the work itself and on the curatorial premise: how health experiences are registered in language, image, and form. By framing the call around medical poems, Grey Matter acknowledges a lineage of writing that attends to the body in states of vulnerability, treatment, and recovery. The curatorial vision is not to narrow but to gather—to read across approaches and to consider how poets make meaning from the clinical and the corporeal. The deadline is October 15, 2026, and submissions are accepted from anywhere in the world.