Poetry for the ear, the eye, and the ego.

Distributed internationally with subscribers in over twenty countries, each issue includes 32 shorter poems, most of them under a page in length. 

This minimalist focus has fostered an intimate, unhurried reading experience since 2002, when Deborah Ager and John Poch founded the journal as an alternative to larger, less-selective, and more diffuse literary magazines.



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32 Poems

32 Poems welcomes unsolicited poetry from February 1st to April 30th (2/1 – 4/30) and from August 1st to September 30th (8/1 – 9/30). We respond quickly (often within a few weeks) and poets who have not received a response within 90 days are encouraged to query regarding their manuscript's status.

As a rule, we publish shorter poems that fit on a single page, but we sometimes make exceptions to accommodate remarkable work that runs a little longer. Please send no more than five poems (in a single document, if submitting online) and no more than one active submission at a time. We do not accept translations or work that has been previously published in print or online.

We believe poets should be paid for their work (and wish we could pay more). Contributors receive $25 per poem and two copies of the issue in which their writing appears.

For online submissions, we charge a $3 reading and processing fee, but that fee is waived for current subscribers.

General Poetry Submissions

32 Poems seeks reviews of recent poetry collections for online Prose Features. For us, poetry is a collaboration between poets and readers, and reviews showcase that dialogue. We believe that reviews shouldn’t simply be about good writing; they should be good writing. With that in mind, we aim to introduce our readers to the diverse talents of reviewees and reviewers as well as offer a space for important discussions about craft. While we prefer reviews that eschew ascerbic zingers and aesthetically dogmatic whistle-blowing, we enjoy thoughtful criticism that accounts for a collection’s weaknesses and the various challenges facing contemporary poets.
 Potential reviewers should consider the following guidelines and suggestions:
We prefer longer reviews of 1,000+ words as we believe that this length allows for sustained exploration and questioning, whereas shorter forms more often contain only evaluation.
Avoid passive voice. (Don’t tell us what the poems are, but rather consider how they work.)
Consider how this collection relates to others stylistically and thematically.
Consider how the collection operates as a project as well as in individual poems.

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