Submission Guidelines

Next Submission call

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN We are only putting out ONE issue a year due to the EIC having family obligations and also a big boy job

General Submission Guidelines

We accept poetry, prose, short stories, photography, visual arts, 4 am notes app rants! PLEASE be mindful of the theme. We like themes here, it keeps everything fair and visually helpful.

We accept previously published works, just credit the mag or person who published it before! We accept simultaneous submissions, please just let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere so we can properly congratulate you!

Send your work (1-3 works no longer than 2 pages per poem) in a Document (PDF, DOCX, WORD, etc) to Poetryaspromised.submissions@gmail.com

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR SUBMISSION

• Please include the name you wish to be published under

• pronouns if needed or wanted by you

• any social media tags you wish to include,

• and a short bio either in the email or the document with your work. (Social media tags and bios are not required for publication)

3) We do not accept any works that are racist, homophobic, transphobic or generally just hateful, etc. Don't be that person. No-one likes that person.

No AI or plagiarized work (for obvious reasons)

Your work belongs to you. All we ask is for first North American serial rights. All publication rights revert back to the author after publication. If sending work elsewhere in the future, please credit Poetry as Promised as the initial publisher.

Please understand that this team is currently being run by one person. Be patient, kind, and considerate with responses! The editor is doing their best and is one papercut away from a mental breakdown.