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Sixth Finch is an online journal of poetry and art, founded in 2008 and published quarterly. 

Poems from Sixth Finch have appeared in Best of the Net, The Best American Poetry, Bettering American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize.

Sixth Finch also runs an annual chapbook contest, accepting manuscripts from July 1 through January 6. The full catalog can be found at https://sixthfinch.com/store

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Sixth Finch

Please submit up to eight poems within a single file. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but if work is accepted elsewhere, please add a note to your submission. Previously published work will not be considered. We take pride in bringing your poems to a wide audience, and your work will become a part of our permanent archives, so please be sure to send us your best. Contributors retain all rights but are asked to acknowledge Sixth Finch as first publisher if poems appear in books or anthologies.
If you need to revise your work, please do not withdraw and resubmit. Instead, simply use the "Messages" tab in Submittable and attach a new file with your revisions.
Please submit only once per 3-month reading period; thanks for understanding that we're a tiny team!

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If your work is online, please simply send a link to submit@sixthfinch.com.  If not, please submit one small sample image file (under 1 MB).  Artists retain all rights.

Sixth Finch is currently reading chapbook-length manuscripts (16-40 pages). Submissions will be<div>accepted from July 1 through January 6, when we will select at least two manuscripts for publication. </div><div><br></div><div>In place of reading fees, we ask that you make a donation of any amount to an organization that’s doing </div><div>important work right now.</div>

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