The Mid-Atlantic Review, an imprint of the Washington-based literary organization Day Eight, operates with a stated commitment to regional literary publishing and equitable access. This particular submission portal is designated for poets who reside outside the Washington, D.C. area. The journal's editorial scope is national in reach but rooted in the Mid-Atlantic, and its reading period for this call closes on November 2, 2026. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis, generally within three months. The fee structure reflects an explicit equity mandate: thanks to support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, submission is free for D.C. residents. Non-D.C. residents are required to pay a $5 fee through this portal. The editors further invite poets from historically disincluded demographics—including Black, Indigenous, Native American, and AAPI writers—to submit using the free, D.C. resident form, provided they note the reason for accessing that form in their submission. This is not a prize or a residency; it is a publication opportunity in a literary review with a demonstrated institutional commitment to access. What the journal offers is publication itself, within a review that positions itself as a venue for serious poetic work. There is no cash prize, no residency, no exhibition. The curatorial vision is one of literary citizenship: a regional review that uses public arts funding to lower barriers for local writers while asking others to contribute a modest fee toward the journal's operations. Poets should understand this as a standard literary magazine submission, distinguished by its explicit attention to who gets to submit for free and why.