"The mandate and primary aim of Contemporary Verse 2 is to educate, engage, and expand public appreciation of the poetic art form by sharing and promoting high-calibre, original verse and critical writing by local, national, and international poets."
Introduction
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
2-6 months / 139 days
Average acceptance rate
12.5%
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
Yes
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
two contributor copies
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Poetry
6 pages max
Nonfiction
3-4 pages max
Interview
6-8 pages max
Review
Max words: 1000
Translations
CV2 welcomes poetry submissions in French, as well as translation projects, including both French to English and English to French.
Magazine
Founded in 1975 | Canada
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 :)
Chelsea Peters
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
18
Average acceptance rate
12.5%
Average response time
139 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
295/62 days
Fastest response time
58 days
Slowest response time
295 days