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    The Comstock Review (est. 1987): Poetry Journal publishes great poems twice a year. Open Reading Jan 1 - Mar 31, no fee; Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry Contest winners included in Fall/Winter issue

    Highlights

    • Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
    • Response time:
      90 days after deadline*
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    • Acceptance rate:
      8%*
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    Publication

    • 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

      From the editors

      Pushcart

    • Active on social media

    • Available in print

    • Provides contributor copies

    • Has examples online

    How to submit

    • Processs

      Submittable

    • Cover letter

      Please include specific information if your submission name or contact information is different from the name you want to appear in the issue if one of the poems is printed. To assist the editors to read each poem impartially, they will not read cover letters before poems are evaluated. Please include a bio. Bios are limited to 50 words or less.

    • Eligibility

      No specific eligibility requirements

    • Formatting

      We do not publish poems under 10 lines or over 60 lines including stanza breaks, epigraphs etc. The maximum line length cannot exceed 70 characters including spaces and punctuation. Submit your poems as Word documents. Editors’ eyes appreciate the use of standard fonts and size such as Times New Roman 12 or Calibri 12 Limit each online submission to 5 poems. You may submit more than once per reading period. Do not put your name on your poem submission document(s), including in the filenames, so judging can be impartial. (When submitting poems by mail, DO put your name on the BACK of each sheet of paper) 8. Replies will be sent up to 2 months after the close of the reading period. Acceptances are published in either Issue 1 or Issue 2 of the current year. Candidates for Pushcart nominations are selected from the current year’s accepted poems.

    • Author's rights

      We reserve first publication rights once the work is accepted. After publication in print, we may request permission to quote or display the poem on our website, but no enduring rights beyond publication and issue reprints are assumed as part of submission and acceptance. The Comstock Review reserves the first refusal rights after acceptance, even in the case of simultaneous submission. Notify us immediately of withdrawals for any reason up to that point.

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    The Comstock Review (est. 1987): A print poetry journal that publishes great poems twice a year. About 80% of our poems are chosen during our Open Reading period, Jan 1 - Mar 31 (no fee). Beginning as a local journal and poetry community, The Comstock Review survived and grew to have a national sub...

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    Founded

    1987

    Country

    US

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      Carolyn Ostrander

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      Clare Chu

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      Peggy Sperber Flanders

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      Martin Willets, Jr.

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