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Beloit Poetry Journal

Creative Magazine/Website

Rating

Recommend this magazinebased on 8 votes

I Just Love Them7

Great Editor(s)5

A Damn Good Read4

Career Builder2

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Creative

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No payment

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Acceptance rate

1.57%

Response time

287 days/240 days

Print issues

Accepts previously published

Nominates for prizes

Yes

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About

The Beloit Poetry Journal (BPJ), established in 1950 at Beloit College, is one of the oldest continuously published poetry magazines in the United States. It is renowned for its commitment to showcasing poems that speak "startling, complicated, necessary truths" in "surprising and beautiful ways." (bpj.org) BPJ is distinguished by its editorial process, which involves thorough and openhearted reading of each submission by senior staff members. W...

Location

United States

Founded

1950

Affiliations

Independent

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