Poetry Northwest was founded as a quarterly, poetry-only journal in 1959 by Errol Pritchard, with Carolyn Kizer, Richard Hugo, Nelson Bentley, and Edith Shiffert (“Far Eastern”) as co-editors.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 180 days after submission*/Editor reported data311 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data11.24%*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
Email
Cover letter
Out of respect for our volunteer readers, we request that you include a content warning if your work references or depicts personal or historical trauma (including violence, genocide, assault, abuse, etcetera). Please use the format "CW: ______" at the bottom of your cover letter.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Please note that our monthly submission limit for poetry is 300. Once we reach that limit, submissions will be closed for the remainder of that month. Our cap is usually reached within a couple days. In recognization of the fact that that is an equity and access issue, we gladly accept submissions from poets who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color after we hit our cap in the months of October, November, February, and March. A submission category for BIPOC poets only will be available throughout those months after our submission cap has been reached. Provide contributor copies
Tracker statistics
121
Total submissions tracked
311 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
26 days
Fastest response time
1373 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2862 days
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