We like prose poems, narrative poems, lyrics poems, erasure poems, hybrids, you name it. There’s definitely a soft spot in our hearts for well worded narrative poems that teach us something new.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 270 days after submission*/Editor reported data318 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data16.67%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
We nominate pieces for all of the various year-end anthologies we can find—the Pushcart Prize, the multiple Best Americans, Best New Poets, O.Henry and Best of the Net, as well as any others we discover. Don't include your name in the document or file. We currently pay $30 per piece, or $100 for a feature—the author’s payment rising with the more Pay-it-Forward submissions we receive. Features are ‘folios’ from the same writer which will be published all together, and carry a payment of $100. There should be something that unites the pieces, whether it’s a thematic or stylistic unity. Tidepools is an occasional feature of very short works, 25 words and under. These are submitted via the normal portals, and publication in the Tidepools feature pays $10. Waterlogged Paper is the category for pieces which have been published in print but do not appear online. Waterlogged Paper publication pays $10. Coastal Shelf acquires first-time North American electronic rights for work published in Coastal Shelf Magazine as well as anthology rights to reprint the work in print for up to five years with an additional payment of 2 copies of the printed anthology.
Tracker statistics
22
Total submissions tracked
318 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
74 days
Fastest response time
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