Ballast
Literary Magazine
A journal of poetry and poetics that seeks to add to the world more poems and more poems and more poems. Ballast keeps the ship afloat as it navigates toward the horizon. Ballast keeps the train on its tracks as it hurtles down the mountain in a blaze.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 3 months*/Editor reported data35 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 38.89%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Nonfiction
Sub Genres: , , ,
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Translation
Max pieces: 5
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Include a cover letter with a short bio in the body of your submission email.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
a single document as an attachment in .doc or .docx formats or as PDFs for special formatting requirements.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
43
Total submissions tracked
35 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
13 days
Fastest response time
64 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 252 days
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About
Ballast wants your stabilities in a topsy turvy world. Ballast wants your musings on the wreckage of the earth. Send us your linguistic explosions. Your textual objects. Your darings. Your darlings. Send us your ports in the storm. Send us your storms. Ballast does not aim to fill a niche in po...
Read moreFounded
2022
Country
US
Masthead
Jacob Schepers
Editor-in-Chief
Sara Judy
Co-Editor-in-Chief