“How We Glitter Up” & “Shebang”
“In the upcoming years, or the morning or evening skies / we acquaint ourselves with slow deaths.”
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Becoming Poet: Peter Cooley
“I think that period getting the first book accepted, the time right before it was accepted, when I kept getting ” almosts” from publishers was the worst. I was in my early thirties, so I could take it.”
Poetry Deadlines: January & February
We’ve got to be thankful to live in a world which offers so many opportunities for poets to get their work out there. Here are XXXXX contests, magazines, and fellowships to submit your poems to soon.
Final Day to Submit!
Last day to submit to our Spotlight Award! $2000 + Quarter Page Ad in Poets & Writers with your profile!
Child of the sea
“My father knows me by names / that are not mine. / Tonight, I’m the fishwife.”
Winners and Finalists of the Emerging Poet Prize!
We are honored to share with everyone the winners and finalists of the Emerging Poet Prize.
view from the highway
“immodest / of a rural town displaying like that // its hill long”
Only 10 Days Left to Submit to the Spotlight Award!
The winner of this award will receive publication, $2000, and a unique opportunity to have themselves profiled across a quarter-page spread in Poets & Writers: bio, headshot, excerpt of work, and contact information for solicitation.
Our Pushcart Nominees of 2018
We’ve been honored to share new work by some tremendously good poets—here are our six nominees for the 2018 Pushcart anthology.