Blue Bottle Journal
Literary Magazine
Blue Bottle is a journal for the emotional rather than the esoteric, for poems that pulse, writhe, and stick to our skin. Blue Bottle focuses on the natural world, animals and land through ecocritical lenses.
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Highlights
- Vibe:We're just chilling here
- Response time: 4-6 weeks*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
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
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Please include a bio (50 words max) and your personal pronouns, along with any social media handles in the body of your email, so we have a general idea of who you are and how to promote you online. Submissions are NOT read blindly, so feel free to keep your name in the file/doc itself too if you like.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Not specified.
Author's rights
We'd greatly appreciate you taking the courtesy to credit our journal if you decide to republish your work elsewhere in future (and congrats if you do!).
Additional info
Blue Bottle hopes to elevate marginalised voices including people of colour, queer, gender diverse, emerging, older and disabled poets. We are also open to work by established poets but will prioritise new names wherever possible.
Tracker statistics
12
Total submissions tracked
38 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
8 days
Fastest response time
66 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 196 days, 556 days
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Submission calls
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Sean West
Editor-in-Chief