CLOSED to submissions

The Happy Poems issue is now LIVE! Please peruse. Watch this space for new calls for submissions as they come out.

P.S. If you have an idea for an issue around a kind of poetry, feel free to email your suggestions — though we may invite you to guest edit:  poemeleon@gmail.com

General guidelines:

Poemeleon is published whenever the editors have enough time to pull together an issue. Expect a response within— who knows? It varies. If you’re not the patient type, then you probably shouldn’t submit here. Due to limited time, we only respond to inquiries when we can. We have, historically, taken a while to get back to people, because — life. If that bothers you, please remember this is an all-volunteer labor of love.

Please include a 50 word third-person bio. Cover letter optional. Also optional: If moved to do so, include a 50 word contributor statement about the work submitted. (See past issues for examples of what we mean.)

Other details

• Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as we are notified promptly when work is accepted elsewhere.

• Only one submission per category (essay, poetry, book review), per reading period.

• Previously published is also fine, as long as it was in print, not online, and as long as you as the author retain all copyright. Because we strive to be the first online publisher of your work, if it has appeared anywhere that is publicly accessible on the web (including on your blog) then it is considered previously published. Please feel free to contact us and we will provide clarification on a case-by-case basis.

• We acquire one-time, non-exclusive rights to publish your work, at which time all rights revert back to you as the author. If we should ever decide to create a print anthology and would like to include your work, we will contact you.

• Please note that we are a non-paying market.

• No snail mail submissions. All submissions must come through our online submissions manager.

• The newsblog has been discontinued.