The mandate and primary aim of Contemporary Verse 2 is to educate, engage, and expand public appreciation of the poetic art form by sharing and promoting high-calibre, original verse and critical writing by local, national, and international poets.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 180 days after submission*/Editor reported data153 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data22.92%*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
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
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Each submission should include: A short cover letter with your name, the titles of the poems/writing you have enclosed, and a sense of your publication experience, if any. Please include a word count for essays, interviews or reviews. Your name at the top of every page of your submission. A short (maximum 70 words) biographical statement for editorial purposes, written in the third person. Please use the form of your name that you would like to see in print. Please let us know if your submission is simultaneous
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Prose should be double-spaced.
Author's rights
CV2 purchases first North American serial print rights and limited, non-exclusive digital rights only. Authors retain full copyright for works published in CV2.
Additional info
Pays! Poetry: $30 per poem. Interviews: $50-$100. Articles: $50-$100. Essays: $40-$150. Reviews: $50-$80. Available in print. Writers whose work is selected for publication receive 2 complimentary copies of the issue in which their work appears.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
153 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
17 days
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About
A key component of our vision for CV2 centers around inclusivity. CV2 has historically focused keenly on this aspect of its mandate, and this focus has, in recent years and months, expanded to home in on what, more specifically, it means to be actively – rather than passively – inclusive. For us, a...
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Chelsea Peters
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