Submission Guidelines | Glass: A Journal of Poetry

Submission Guidelines: Glass: A Journal of Poetry Note: For chapbook submissions guidelines, please see the Glass Poetry Press guidelines page. Glass: A Journal of Poetry pulishes a single poem each week on Wednesday. Glass does not charge any reading fees or hold any contests. We read unsolicited submissions for the journal in February and August each year. Any submissions that are sent outside of these two reading periods will not be read. Note: We are currently closed to submissions. We will reopen in February 2025. We are interested in poetry that enacts the artistic and creative precision of glass. We are not bound by any specific aesthetic; our only mission is to publish high quality poetry. All styles, forms and schools of poetry are welcome, though easy rhymes and "light" verse are less likely to inspire us. We like poems that show a careful understanding of language, music, passion and creativity. The best way to get to know our tastes is to purchase a copy of one (or more) of our chapbooks or to read the Glass: A Journal of Poetry archives. Our mission is to engage with the wider literary community. To do this, we are committed to publishing a variety of new, emerging and established voices. Further, we are committed to inclusion and equity in publishing. We highly encourage submissions from underrepresented voices including, but not limited to, women poets, poets of color, LGBTQ poets, poets living with poverty, and incarcerated poets. All submissions must sent through our submission manager. Any submissions not sent through the submission manager will not be read. Accepted poems will be published on the Glass website in perpetuity. Unfortunately, we are currently unable to pay contributors, but hope to change that in the future. Glass: A Journal of Poetry does not accept previously published poems. If your work is accepted, we request First North American serial rights as well as the right to archive your work on our website and to use your work, with credit given to you as the author, for promotional purposes. Otherwise, upon publication, all rights revert back to the author under the condition that you will credit Glass: A Journal of Poetry as the original publisher should your work be reprinted.

General Submission Guidelines

Please submit 3-5 poems, any style, any length. Please submit 3-5 poems, any style, any length, and please include a cover letter with your author bio and any info you feel like sharing with us. Please submit all poems through our submission manager in a single file as .doc, .docx, .odt, or .pdf files. We do not accept poems created with AI softoware. Manuscripts should be single spaced and written in a standard font and standard size (12 pt. Times New Roman, for example) with standard (at least 1 inch) margins. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere (congratulations!), please send an follow up email to submit@glass-poetry.com letting us know. Please submit only once per reading period. If your work is accepted for publication, we ask that you please wait one year before submitting again. We do not accept previously published poems.

General Submissions with Editorial Feedback Guidelines

This option is offered to help us offset costs of running the press and website and to help us achieve our goal of paying our authors (chapbook and journal authors) by the start of 2026. Thank you for your help in moving us closer to this goal. Please follow all submission guidelines for regular poetry submissions (reprinted below). Additionally, please choose ONE (1) poem from your submission packet for editorial feedback. Feedback poems should not be more than TWO (2) pages long. Feedback will come from Glass Poetry Press Editor in Chief, Anthony Frame, and will include feedback on some (though not necessarily all) individual lines as well as overall feedback on the poem. Feedback will be as generous and positive as possible, but also will offer specific, detailed critique -- we're here to help your poem and sometimes that means saying some things that might be difficult to hear. Feedback Submissions are only offered during our regular reading periods of February and August. Please submit 3-5 poems, any style, any length. Please submit 3-5 poems, any style, any length, and please include a cover letter with your author bio and any info you feel like sharing with us. Please submit all poems through our submission manager in a single file as .doc, .docx, .odt, or .pdf files. We do not accept poems created with AI softoware. Manuscripts should be single spaced and written in a standard font and standard size (12 pt. Times New Roman, for example) with standard (at least 1 inch) margins. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere (congratulations!), please send an follow up email to submit@glass-poetry.com letting us know. Please submit only once per reading period. If your work is accepted for publication, we ask that you please wait one year before submitting again. We do not accept previously published poems.