"Spring Reflections" Paintings
by Judith A. Lawrence
Music by Sandy Bender
"Let it all go and relax"
This page was last updated: April 5, 2010
River Poets Journal Submission Guidelines
(submissions open year round)
River Poets Journal Accepts:
New and Established Writers
Poetry - 3 to 6 poems
Flash Fiction - under 3,000 words
Essays - under 500 words
Short Memoir - under 1,000 words
Excerpts from novels that can stand on their own - under 3,000 words
Art (illustrations and paintings) or Photography
Simultaneous and previously published exceptional poems are accepted as long as we know where poems are being considered or have appeared.
We prefer:
Work that inspires, excites, feeds the imagination, rich in imagery, work that is memorable.
Work that is submitted in the body of an email or as a word attachment, but will accept work through regular mail if the writer does not use a computer.
When submitting work, please provide a short bio. Listing all your published work is not required. Previously being published is not a requirement for publication in our Journal. We love new writers with great potential.
Email work in simple format, Times New Roman, or Arial, 12 pt font, single spaced to: judithlawrence@comcast.net
We do not accept:
Unsolicited reviews
Pornographic and blatantly vulgar language
Clichéd or over-sentimental poems
Response time is:
3 to 6 months depending on time of year work is submitted. All submissions are thoroughly read.
Unpublished work is returned if Author requests it and SASE is provided with sufficient postage.
River Poets Journal Quarterly Subscriptions:
$10.00 an issue plus $2.23 postage.
$35.00 for a yearly subscription plus postage (4 issues)
Contributor Copies:
River Poets Journal issues are free in PDF format on the Quarterly Journal/Links page for easy access. We do not offer free contributor copies, with the exception of the featured poet, and featured artist/photographer as the cost would be too prohibitive for a small press. Bound covered printed copies are available for anyone who would like to purchase a copy/copies for $10 each plus shipping cost.
2010 Themed Special Edition of River Poets Journal
"Things Lost"
The theme “Things Lost,” includes many forms of loss:
loss of love, loss of friend, loss of faith, loss of childhood, loss of parent, loss of idealism, loss of a place in time, loss of memory, loss of keepsakes, loss of photos, loss of country, loss of innocence, loss of thesis, loss of home, loss of belief, loss of pet, loss of job ...
Accepting poems, short memoirs, flash fiction, and short-short stories (under 1,000 words).
Submissions for this special edition issue will open July 1st, and close October 31, with projected publication in December.
Submissions must reflect a loss.
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