2025 and 2026 Open Reading Periods
2025
Following careful consideration and discussion, we are making our final decisions about the remaining 2025 Open Reading Period submissions now. Poets and translators will receive status updates on their manuscripts very soon. Thank you to everyone for your patience as we’ve taken thoughtful time to consider so many remarkable poems. We are eager to share some of this extraordinary work with you.
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2026
Thank you for your interest in our 2026 Open Reading Period! We have received 850 submissions, the maximum number our editorial team can review, and we will not accept any more submissions to this review period. Confirmation emails have been sent to all submitters who successfully sent us their work.
Submitters, our goal is to send status updates on each manuscript within six months of submission. Please refrain from inquiring about your work before six months have passed. If we would like to review a full manuscript based on the strength of your sample, we will send you a request through Submittable. Thank you for your patience as we work with limited resources to give all manuscripts the time and thoughtful consideration they deserve.
We expect to hold another Open Reading Period sometime next year. Please periodically check back here—and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky—for an announcement from our editorial team. We will strive to give you two weeks’ advanced notice of the next reading period’s start date.
We are excited to review the many amazing submissions in our queue! Thank you to everyone who has entrusted us with their work.