Little Patuxent Review is a literary magazine with a longstanding commitment to publishing poetry that rewards close attention. The journal's editorial sensibility favors work that is crafted, deliberate, and alive to the possibilities of language—poems that justify their line breaks and earn their conclusions. For this reading period, the editors seek up to three poems per submission, each capped at 100 lines, presented in a single .doc or .docx file. There is no submission fee, a deliberate choice that keeps the reading process open to a broad range of practitioners rather than filtering by economic capacity. The submission requirements are precise and procedural: standard legible font (the equivalent of 12-point Times New Roman), flush-left margins, and clear identification of genre, name, pseudonym if applicable, and complete contact information. A brief third-person bio of fewer than 75 words is also requested. These are not arbitrary formalities; they reflect a magazine that reads carefully and expects its contributors to present their work with the same care. The absence of a stated prize or payment in the provided facts should be noted—this is a publication opportunity, not a contest, and the reward is placement in a journal with a discerning readership. What the editors are looking for is not specified by theme or school, which places the burden of distinction on the poems themselves. The strongest submissions will demonstrate control of voice, attention to music and image, and a willingness to take risks that are legible on the page. Little Patuxent Review has historically published work that sits at the intersection of the accessible and the ambitious—poems that do not condescend to their readers but also do not hide behind obscurity. This is a call for poets who understand that publication is a collaboration between writer and editor, and who submit work that is ready for that conversation.