Submission Guidelines | Glass: A Journal of Poetry

Anthony Frame (Editor in Chief) is an exterminator from Toledo, Ohio, where he lives with his wife. He is the author of A Generation of Insomniacs (Main Street Rag, 2015) and of four chapbooks, including To Gain the Day (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2015) and Where Wind Meets Wing (forthcoming from Sibling Rivalry Press). He is the editor/publisher of Glass Poetry Press, which publishes the Glass Chapbook Series and Glass: A Journal of Poetry. His poetry has appeared in Third Coast, Harpur Palate, Boxcar Poetry Review, Muzzle Magazine, The Adroit Journal and Verse Daily, among others. He has twice been awarded Individual Excellence Grants from the Ohio Arts Council.

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 be emailed to submit@glass-poetry.com. Any submissions not sent to this email 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 in a single email. The poems and your cover letter can be pasted into the body of the email or attached as .doc, .docx, 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.