For thirteen years, Iron Horse Literary Review has dedicated an annual issue to National Poetry Month, a tradition that places contemporary verse at the center of its publishing calendar. The NaPoMo issue is among the review's most anticipated, and its editorial stance is deliberately Janus-faced: it seeks new voices alongside established poets, refusing the false choice between discovery and mastery. The resulting issue is not a survey but a curated gathering, one that reflects the editors' conviction that poetry's vitality depends on a conversation across generations and career stages. The journal's decision to release the NaPoMo issue electronically via ISSUU is a curatorial statement in itself. By making the issue freely downloadable, Iron Horse ensures that the eleven selected poets reach a readership beyond the usual subscriber base—an increasingly rare gesture in a landscape of paywalled literary magazines. Contributors are not merely published; their work is placed in a format designed for broad, open circulation. Selection is rigorous. Only eleven poems will be chosen: one winner and ten finalists. This is not a volume that pads its pages; it is a tightly edited sequence, and the editors' language suggests they read for poems that have been worked and reworked, not merely produced. The submission window opens in the fall, and the fee structure—including a one-day free submission link on September 15—indicates an awareness of access barriers while maintaining the resources required for a competitive jury process.