"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."
Open for submissions
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Introduction
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.
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
4 months or less / 34 days
Average acceptance rate
40%
Types of Submissions Accepted
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Translations
No specific limitations
Interview
No specific limitations
Review
No specific limitations
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Translations
No specific limitations
Interview
No specific limitations
Review
No specific limitations
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2022 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Jacob Schepers
Editor-in-Chief
Sara Judy
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
8
Average acceptance rate
40%
Average response time
34 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
21/43 days
Fastest response time
13 days
Slowest response time
61 days
