"Promenade"
Painting by Judith A. Lawrence
Music by Sandy Bender
"Let it all go and relax"
This page was last updated: September 12, 2011
River Poets Journal Submission Guidelines
(submissions open year round)
River Poets Journal Accepts:
New and Established Writers
Poetry - 3 to 6 poems
Short Stories - under 5,000 words
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@verizon.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Unpublished work is returned if Author requests it and SASE is provided with sufficient postage.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 is now a larger issue and is published
Semi-Annually
$18.00 an issue plus $2.38 postage
Contributor Copies:
River Poets Journals are free in PDF format on the River Poets 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 $18 each plus shipping cost. For postage on multiple copies, or International postage, please contact: judithlawrence@verizon.net
Seeking Submissions
Please Note Change in Email Address Listed Below
Special Edition of River Poets Journal - 2011
“The Hopeless Romantic”
Seeking in poetry or flash fiction, those lovely slice of life interludes, strange obsession for the local butcher, for the girl you see each morning on the train, unrequited love, those affections that go awry, an unexpected twist or awakening, quirky love triangles, all the idiosyncrasies of love in all its glory and madness, in any stage of life.
Submissions deadline: November 30, 2011
