Prudence Dispatch is a semi-annual journal of poetry published from Prudence Island—Chippaquasett—in the center of Narragansett Bay.

Prudence Dispatch is a semi-annual journal of poetry published from Prudence Island—Chippaquasett—in the center of Narragansett Bay. The journal is published by George W. Shuster, Jr., Greta B. Shuster, and Georgia Hope Shuster, with Stephanie L. Van Patten serving as the copy editor. 

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Submit your poems for Issue No. 4 of Prudence Dispatch. Our prompt for this issue is "Ephemera: Unintended Survival." We are inspired by old postcards of Prudence Island, intended to be seen and discarded but instead saved and treasured as small windows into the past. Send us your poems that relate to upended expectations, things that have endured the risk of loss but have continued to exist, ideas that linger beyond what was anticipated. No submission fee, two free print copies for contributors, dedicated Instagram posts for all contributors, opportunity to read at a launch event in Rhode Island. November 30, 2026 deadline. Additional guidelines &amp; submission link on Submittable.

Issue No. 4

THE PROMPT FOR ISSUE NO. 4 IS: “Ephemera: Unintended Survival.” We’re inspired by our impulse to collect ephemera, including old postcards of Prudence Island, and by the idea that, in collecting these things, we are intentionally supporting the survival of objects that were meant to be transitory. Send us your work that addresses time, memory, planned obsolescence, unplanned resilience, and whatever else you hear in our prompt.
Please submit only unpublished original poems (your own work; not work of anyone else or artificial intelligence). Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please withdraw your submissions from us if a poem is accepted elsewhere.
We prefer shorter poems (that will fit on a single page), but we consider longer poems (2 or 3 pages); we will publish mostly one-page poems in each issue, and a few longer poems.
Please submit no more than 3 poems at one time. We will endeavor to respond to all submissions within thirty (30) days of the end of the submission window.
Upon acceptance of your work, Prudence Dispatch would acquire only first-publication rights, including on social media. You would retain all rights to re-publication, subject only to citation to Prudence Dispatch as the first publisher.
Prudence Dispatch does not charge for submission but cannot compensate poets for accepted work, as we ourselves subsidize printing and other costs. We will provide two (2) free copies of the print version of the issue in which your accepted work appears.

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