Can you publish poetry

Note, submissions to the magazine are not accepted via email. The Review submission guidelines are published in full here.

Send ideas for articles to the Editor Mike Sims. If you are based in London we also suggest looking into courses at the Poetry School. If you are looking for details of copyright holders for specific poets, we recommend the WATCH database. The Legal Advice Centre , Queen Mary, University of London offers advice for writers, musicians, painters, performers, designers and sculptors.

The Poetry Society produces The Poetry Review every quarter, for more information about this and our other publications, see our publications page. For comprehensive lists you might like to take a look at:. Please note that The Poetry Society is not a publishing house. However, there are several places you can go to for information:. The Poetry Society has a database of poets. We do not give out personal information, but are happy to forward on any correspondence if we have current details on file.

Also check the Society of Authors database. Information about competitions the Poetry Society runs can be found on our competitions page. Members can request an up-to-date list of competitions from the Poetry Society; otherwise, check the Poetry Library website for a comprehensive list. For questions about poetry competitions you suspect to be of ill-repute, we suggest the Winning Writers site. Regional Arts Council Boards have lots of advice.

See also the Society of Authors. Even fiction may not be attractive to an agent unless your first novel sold reasonably well and you can add the lure of enticing titles to come. See also the Alliance of Literary Societies website. See also your local listings, Time Out, Hot Tickets, etc.

We do not have anywhere on our website dedicated to a list of links to other organisations, publications or competitions. It may be possible, if your project is poetry-related, to include a link or mention in our regular e-bulletins, or over our social media accounts. Are you a poetry enthusiast with the desire to share your work? Are you seeking the perfect publication for your poems?

Here are 5 routes to publication. This can be in person at open mic events, or online. Creating a blog for some of your poems and sharing poems on social media like Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube can be a confidence boost.

If you prefer to have control over where your poems appear, the freedom and customisation of personal blogs and social media is ideal. These platforms provide an easy way to share and engage with the poetrycommunity.

You might consider submitting your poems to literary competitions. Some competitions, like the Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award in Wales, publish the best work submitted to the competition in an annual anthology, and others, like our international poetry competition, will offer publication if you win.

Competitions are an exciting way to share your poetry, with the opportunity to win prizes. They are often judged by published poets. You might want to seek feedback from someone whose opinion you trust, or leave the poems in their file for a while before coming back to them with fresh eyes. Buy a copy of the journal if you can, or support your local library or nearest specialist library and see which journals they have subscriptions to.

There are some really helpful lists of magazine available online, such as this poetry-specific one from the National Poetry Library, and this general lit mags list from Neon Magazine.

Check that you meet their criteria:. List the titles of your poems. Confirm to the editor that the poem s meet any criteria they list in the submissions guidelines. Include your contact details somewhere.

Thank them for their consideration. Then let your poems do the talking! Biographies tend to be brief words and written in the third person.

Writers include a little about themselves where they live, day job, etc. You can say what sort of poetry you write and what impact you hope your poems will have — just remember to be succinct. Editors will have lots of submissions to read and this may take several weeks or even months.

Be patient, and only enquire about your submission after their stated reading period is over. If you have a poem accepted, the editor should contact you to let you know they would like to publish your poem, and to ask whether you are still happy for them to publish it. They might send you proofs to check over.

They will then let you know once the poem has been published.