Subgenres: Micro-poetry

Arc Poetry Magazine

Arc features poetry and poetry criticism from emerging and established writers in Canada and beyond. It is interested in brave new voices and poetry that is woozy, cunning, shearing, and wildlike, as well as prose that offers new... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Apr 1 to Jul 31
Sep 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Translation

subTerrain Magazine

“Strong Words for a Polite Nation.” subTerrain Magazine was founded in 1988 to publish writers from the other side of the tracks. Each issue features progressive and sometimes controversial writing, alongside timely book reviews and... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Feb 28
Mar 1 to May 15
Aug 1 to Sep 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Post Road

Post Road seeks to publish up-and-coming writers along with more established names. It publishes a wide range of styles, from realist to experimental and everything in between. Work at Post Road has been reprinted in Harper’s Readings,... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Sep 15 to Nov 14
Feb 1 to Mar 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

Carve Magazine

Carve, named in honor of Raymond Carver, publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that respects the power of language and craft and elicits genuine emotional truths. The editors also strive to foster a sense of camaraderie among all... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

New Michigan Press

NMP is a publisher of chapbooks and broadsides. The press has a pretty wide aesthetic range and acquires manuscripts primarily through their yearly chapbook contest ($1,000 prize, deadline in Spring). See the website for more information.

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

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