TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics
Literary Magazine
poems and other writing about or related to poetry
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: within 2 weeks*/Editor reported data46 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 2%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$75 per piece
Find more details in the Genres section
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
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net
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
Nonfiction
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres:
Payment: $ 75 per piece
Poetry
Max lines: 24
Min pieces: 1
Max pieces: 5
Payment: $ 75 per piece
Interview
Max pieces: 1
Payment: $ 75 per piece
Translation (Poetry)
Max pieces: 5
Payment: $ 75 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
We invite you to include a short cover letter that includes a biographical/professional statement to add context for your submission. We also invite you to share your social media url/handle(s). Both these components are optional and are not viewable by initial readers.
Eligibility
18+
Formatting
Because the initial review is done anonymously, do not include your name in the file name or inside the file.
Author's rights
Chapman University (the institutional home of Tab Journal) shall have First North American Serial Rights to publish accepted work electronically and/or in print. Publication rights revert to the author upon publication in Tab Journal, but we do retain permission to republish and to submit to other outlets such as the Pushcart Prizes and Best of the Net. In addition, we ask that subsequent publication of the work acknowledge its first publication in Tab Journal.
Additional info
We welcome submissions from writers with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, voices, and aesthetics and continue to seek work by BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and D/disabled writers. Payment. Though we cannot guarantee payment, we expect to pay $75 to each contributor for as long as the budget allows. For accepted poems, Tab Journal requires poets to provide an audio file or give Tab Journal permission to make a recording of the work. We are not currently requiring audio for work other than poems.
Tracker statistics
45
Total submissions tracked
46 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
167 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
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About
TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics re-envisions literary cultural production using design thinking; publishes work that represents a range of aesthetics and stages of career; and strives to create increasingly inclusive and accessible poetry reading experiences both in print and online.
Founded
2013
Country
US
Masthead
Anna Leahy
Editor-in-Chief
Claudine Jaenichen
Creative Director