RockPaperPoem is an independent, nonprofit online poetry journal that publishes today's finest contemporary poetry.
Highlights
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 45 days after submission*/Editor reported data20 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 4%*/Editor reported data?*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
From the editors
Best Of The Net
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
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
Other
Formatting
We prefer 12-point Times New Roman, but we're flexible.
Author's rights
By submitting to RockPaperPoem, you confirm that all your work and submissions are yours alone and that no part of your submission has been generated by ChatGPT or any other artificial intelligence content generator. We reserve the right to reject your work at anytime in our review, acceptance, and publication process if we discover that content has been AI generated or otherwise plagiarized. If accepted, RockPaperPoem acquires First North American Serial and First Electronic Rights. All rights revert to the author after publication. Contributors agree to credit RockPaperPoem as the place their work first appeared. RockPaperPoem reserves the right to archive your work in perpetuity and, with your permission, anthologize your work in the future.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
49
Total submissions tracked
20 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
30 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 9 days
Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!
About
RockPaperPoem releases issues triannually from new, emerging, and established poets writing in English. We seek to include all cultural, ethnic, and gender identities as we highlight work that expands the boundaries of mainstream poetry, without sacrificing accessibility for experimentation. RockPa...
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Alan Perry
Editor-in-Chief
Vincent O'Connor
Managing Editor/ Website Editor
Susan McMillan
Senior Poetry Editor
Pam Sinicrope
Senior Poetry Editor