Atlanta Review publishes all kinds of great poetry; we do not subscribe to any particular "school." We read and admire lyric, narrative, experimental, form, free verse, prose poems, and any other kind of poetry. To get a sense of our journal, read some back issues, or better yet, subscribe.
Reading Periods on Submittable:
General submissions: January 1st to March 1st; September 15th to December 1st
Contest submissions: February 1st to May 1st.
Dan Veach Prize for Younger Poets submissions: April 1st to June 1st.
Response Time:
We will try to respond within six months (it may be considerably longer for contest entries).
Caps:
If it is within our reading period, but no submission window appears, we have reached our cap for that period. You may submit work by snail mail without a fee at any time as long as you accompany your work with a SASE with enough postage to return your poems. Otherwise, we will recycle manuscripts. Submissions without an SASE will not be read. Our mailing address is Atlanta Review, 686 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0161.
Issue Themes:
Our Fall/Winter issue is our Contest Issue, and includes poetry by winners and runners-up. Our Spring/Summer issue is our International Issue, and includes poetry by poets from an international region or country, translated into English (if necessary). Both issues contain general poetry submissions, so feel free to send us poetry any time.
Simultaneous Submissions:
Yes, we are happy to accept them, but please notify us immediately that you need to withdraw a poem via the "Messages" function in Submittable. Only click "Withdraw" if you need to withdraw the entire submission.
Other Info:
All contest entries must be submitted through Submittable. We will not read any contest poems submitted by mail.
Cover letters are not necessary for any submission, but we appreciate learning about your interest in the Atlanta Review and in poetry in general, and we do like it if you list the poems you've sent. We read cover letters after decisions have been made. We read poems anonymously, so please do not put your name and address on each page of your submission.
Please do not send us poems created by/with A.I.
If you have any additional questions, please drop a line to the editor at to jc.reilly@lmc.gatech.edu.
Atlanta Review is pleased to announce our first-ever poetry chapbook competition! As with our journal, we seek simply amazing poetry–poetry that delights, poetry that refreshes the spirit, that sparks curiosity, that intrigues the intellect, that fills the senses, that says something genuine about the world as well as the individual. We celebrate diversity and are open to many styles, forms, and kinds of poetry, about any and all subjects. Chapbooks with a clear theme are especially welcome. (We are not looking for visual/graphic poetry at this time.)
The chapbook will be saddle-stitched with a full-color cover. The prize is $500 plus 25 copies of the chapbook.
The entrance fee is $25 which includes a copy of the winning chapbook.
Guidelines
- 20 pages max, excluding cover sheet with title only, a page with the table of contents, and a page with acknowledgements. Please do not put your name anywhere on the manuscript or file name. (Your file name should be the title of your manuscript.)
- Each poem single-spaced on its own page; indicate if there is a line break if the poem extends onto another page.
- Times New Roman or Arial font, 12 pt., with 1 inch margins.
- Poems may have been published individually, but not as a collection.
- Poems that have lines longer than 4-ish inches may need to wrap to the next line. If you use creative spacing, or long Whitman-esque lines that go to the right margin, please keep that in mind.
- Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please let us know if it's taken elsewhere (and congrats!).
- Submit between Dec. 1-31, 2024, for publication in 2025.
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