Poetry (Individual Consideration) - Free General Submissions
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Send up to 3 poems in a single document (you can send more, because I can't stop you, but we won't read them.) All submissions are read blind, so please remove any identifying information from your submission prior to sending. This category is for poems to be read individually, as opposed to the Suites category.
Aesthetically, we're looking for things that challenge. Challenge form, challenge language, challenge society, challenge your rival to a bake-off, but most importantly, challenge yourself to exceed what came before you and to be your own voice. Shrug off your cliches and hang-ups and give us something new. Poetry, in whatever form it takes, can move our hearts and brains in places that other arts can't. Embrace it. Fucking run wild.
Note: As a rule, we are not fans of erasure works, and these are unlikely to be accepted. However, if you do send them, please keep in mind that the source material of erasures cannot contain private, personal information about other people, such as medical records, even if the names are obscured.