Writers Market Report

By: Logan Ochoa

Website: http://www.2river.org/

The Dark, A Child Listening

by Pamela Garvey
night after night, eyes prowling
the sky outside for the death
regatta
breaking in the distance. I heard
their splashing, the churning
depths.
My mind hurried to ready itself
for those immigrant throngs.
How long? How soon?
I couldnt stand then and cant
stand now
the way day bruises so dark
that stars barnacle the deads
fleet,
how the owl-clock cocks its
plastic eyes,
points lopsided wings at glowing

Type of Genre Published: Poetry

Form of submission: Please
include all poems in a single
file, and submit no more than
once during any reading period.
Payment for the Author: 2River
does not charge a reading or
submission fee.
The artwork of the magazine
drew me towards the magazine
itself.

5x5 Literary Magazine

Website:
https://5x5litmag.wordpress.com/
Type of Genre Published: Poetry,
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction. 55 is an
online literary journal that publishes
poetry and prose of 500 words or less.
We also feature photography.
Form of submission: Online
submission that follows a set of
criteria. Font, spacing, and page
numbers are required.
Payment for the Author: There is no
payment to to author nor is there a
payment to read the items submitted.
Reading Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31
The poems that were on display on
the website attracted me towards this
magazine.

The Ilanot Review

Website: http://www.ilanotreview.com/
Rimbaud on Guard at the
Door of Sleep
By Deborah Bacharach
Little Whore Red, torn dress, mudspattered, begs
the match girl half her wares.
The match girl, with a mouthful of
ladybugs,
has already left for Pittsburgh.
Every flower evaporates in winter.
In the depth
of winter, even Grendel doubts
the black bare branches will ever
be reborn.
He slows his kills.
Who wants key lime pie?
Dont be shy. Theres a groaning
board of cakes
in this castle, all decked out for
death.

Type of Genre Published: In

2011, Ilanot was re-incarnated
as The Ilanot Review, a
biannual journal of creative
writing which publishes a
stellar selection of poetry,
fiction, non-fiction, and literary
interviews.
Form of submission:
Submission is sent to them
through email in Word format.
Payment for the Author: There
is no payment needed to be
sent to the author.
I enjoyed the artwork of the

Sun Star Review

Website: https://sunstarlit.com/library/
Type of Genre Published: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction,
Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBT,
Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Regional, Literary
Fiction, Translation
Form of submission: Online through a electronic submission.
Payment for the Author: There is no charge to submit your
piece and there is no charge to view the current issues.
The website layout is what attracted me towards this
source.
Sample Poem: Shapeshift By Maria Rosa Mills
When applied topically, snow will do wonders for split skin. Yours will do nicely as an
example. Splitting is a superficial wound, a separating. Your lips in your face move like
a limp in a stride, and in a public place someone fixes his eyes on you. Picture him
keeping one of his eyes in a glass jar on his bedside table. Its lights out. The buses are
running late, and out-of-doors the snow wrings its meaty hands. Someone else, you
know this man, reads a passage from a book aloud to you. In your supine ears it
sounds like him saying the phrase borne to the bone over again, in different ways,
with his eyes closed.

Tallow Eider Quarterly

Website: https://tequarterly.com/

Type of Genre Published: Genres

Published: Poetry, Fiction,
Experimental, Flash Fiction,
Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry,
Literary Fiction
Form of submission: Online
through the program
Submittable.
Payment for the Author: There is
no payment made to the author.
The quality of the poems on this
source is what attracted me to
this magazine.

The Matador Review

"PORTRAIT OF A FLOOD FAMILY"
By Steven Chung
Flung at the ground like
first steps in snow: an ancestor's name,
tamed only by the syllable of death.
Forgive the ground for refusing
the rain because it has buried
too many names. Some language dies
every two weeks when its last person
passes. Lost words in a flood
unable to be drained by the mouth.
But spot the boy who still translates
water into drop, flake, vapor,
all prayers for a person to talk into the
earth.
And below there is always
a song hidden under breath, missing
notes
and misplaced heartbeat,
whispered to the rhythm of silence,
the patter of absence
always present in these parts.
Only the surface of the round world
to keep the departed

Website: http://www.matadorreview.com/

Type of Genre Published: Fiction,

Creative Non-Fiction, Flash Fiction,
Poetry, and Visual Art. Their goal is
promote "alternative work" from
both art and literature, and to
encourage the new-wave of
respect for online publications.
Form of submission: Email to
editors@matadorreview.com
Reading Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31
The professionalism on this source
is what pushed me to check out
their variety of works.

Verdad Magazine
Website: http://verdadmagazine.org/vol20/contents.html
Poetry by R. T. Castleberry
Water at Stone
Bordered by cul de sac and river's curling
wake,
beneath the shaded sweep of a summer
oak,
night swimmers undress along the stony
bank.
Halfway done with evening miles,
a runner pauses to consider
the passive lunar light.
On this Good Friday, this Easter weekend,
I'm in love, though it's useless to me.
Rains come at ten
sly skirls that sheet the narrow lanes
between homestead Colonial and pre-fab
mansion,
flooding cobblestone courtyards, brick
turnarounds.
The sight of lightning strikes,
the scents of orange blossom and crape
myrtle
seep through curtains and windows.
I cannot rest.
My bed is a drain for water pounding at

Type of Genre Published: Verdad is an online, twice-yearly literary and

fine arts journal that showcases the best unpublished poetry, short
stories, non-fiction and visual art that comes our way. We also offer a
wide range of interviews featuring contemporary writers and artists.
Form of submission: Email inquiries and submissions to
verdadsubmissions@gmail.com.
Electronic submissions must be in the form of an attachment. Please do
not copy and paste the submission into the body of the e-mail.
Payment for the Author: Reading Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, there is no
payment made to author as well.
I liked the way that this source came together and I also liked the way
that the poems were put on display.

New Letters

Website: http://www.newletters.org/

Type of Genre Published: published: poems, fiction (short stories), nonfiction (essays and
memoirs). The mission of New Letters magazine, its radio companion, New Letters on the Air,
and BkMk Press, is to discover, publish and promote the best and most exciting literary writing,
wherever it might be found.
Form of submission: Mail Entries to:
New Letters Awards for Writers
UMKC, University House
5101 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499

The artwork of this cover is what drew my

attention initially. After, I figured out the
the work on here was top notch.

Payment for the Author: $20 for first entry; $15 for every entry after. If entering online, add a $5
service charge to entry fee. A one-year subscription, renewal, or gift subscription to New
Letters,
shipped
anyPoems
address
the
United States, is included in the price of the first
Sample
Poem:to
Two
Bywithin
Stephen
Dunn
entry.
The Invisible Man Blues If I were invisible, I might want to inhabit the privacies
of certain rooms, hang around before the bank closed, linger in a shower stall
until you disrobed. I could easily leave any scene unseen. But where to go?
And would you dare join me, become my conspicuous one? Id be the slippery
criminal, you the accomplice theyd catch with the goods. A song might begin,
sad, unmelodious, ours. It would say how unfair the world could be to those
who couldnt hide. It would say how lonely things can be for those who cant
be seen. Id no doubt start to see that the invisible were everywhere walking
the streets, sitting with others at meetings and meals, spoken through,
around, not to. The song takes on grit, hurts the both of us, but I think Ill
forever hear it, evidence of a privilege I no longer want.

Rattle

Website: http://www.rattle.com/

Jessica Goodfellow
WAKENING
In my dreams my uncle rides
the glacier like a surfboard,
arms wide open like a savior.
If he had lived, he might have
saved my childhood. He dismounts
the mountain, astonished to see me
no longer two years old and mittened,
hands hobbled by love. Im sorry, I say.
We almost never speak of you.
Its okay, he says. A snowman is a man
built of snow. A snow angel is made
by taking snow away.

Type of Genre Published: Poetry, Experimental,

Humor, Formal, Love, Micro-poetry, Political,
Prose Poetry. Rattles main goal is to promote a
community of active poets
Form of submission: Rattle publishes unsolicited
poetry and translations of poetry.Submissions
open year-round. These are submitted
electronically through Submittable.
Reading Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31 and there are
no payments made to the authors.
The artwork again on this source, is what drew
my attention. I liked how the varying artwork
contrasted that of the work that was found
inside.

Poetry East
The Landscape Inside of Me
by Thomas McGrath
Here I go riding through my morning self
Between West Elbow and Little East Elbow,
Between Hotspur Heart and the Islands of
Langerhans,
On the Rock Island Line of my central nervous
system.
And I note the landscape which inhabits me
How excellent in the morning to be populated by
trees!
And all the hydrants are manned by dogs
And every dog is a landscape full of fleas.
And every flea is an index to the mountains!
I am well pleased with myself that Ive kept the
mountains.
What I cant understand is why Ive kept the smog.
But since it inhabits me, why should I deny it?
Especially, why deny it on a morning like this
When Ive a large unidentified star in my left
Elbow and in my head a windy palette of birds,
And a lively line-storm crossing my pancreas?

Website: http://poetryeast.org/

Type of Genre Published: Poetry East is

committed to an art that is immediate,
accessible, and universal. Poetry East is
described by Choice as one of the best
current journals of poetry and ranked by
Londons Poetry Review as one of the top 20
literary journals in the United States.
Poetry East is an international magazine of
poetry, translations, criticism, interviews,
and art. Poetry East is an independent
magazine affiliated with DePaul University
and based in Chicago, Illinois.
Form of submission: Use #10 envelopes;
manuscripts will not be returned unless
accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped
envelope with sufficient postage. Please
allow up to four months for a reply. They do
not accept email submissions.
Payment for the Author: Reading Period:
Jan 1 - Dec 31, there is no charged reading

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Dates: Friday, February 17th, 2017
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
Sunday, February 19th, 2017
Location: The Crowne Plaza Hanalei, located at 2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108.
REGISTRATION FEES:
(does not include lodging)
Full Conference: $425
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Purpose: Founded and run by professional writers the

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Contests:
Website: http://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/poetry-awards
Entry Fee: The first entry fee is $20 while every other entry fee after that is $15.
Deadline: November 1st, 2016
Guidelines: 32 line maximum. Online Entry forms must have the line count listed where requested. Count refers to lines containing text. Do
not count blank lines between stanzas & do not count the title or contact information.
Prizes: One First Place Winner will receive:
$1,000 in cash
Their poem published in Writers Digest magazines July/August 2017 issue and to a worldwide readership on WritersDigest.com
A 20-minute consultation with Poets Market Editor, Robert Brewer
A copy of the 2017 Poets Market
Requirements: All entries must be submitted online. Entries must be accompanied by the required entry fee (credit card information, check or
money order made payable to F+W Media, Inc.). All checks will be cashed within 60 days of the competition final deadline. Entry fees are
non-refundable.
Your entry must be original, in English, unpublished and unproduced, not accepted by any other publisher or producer at the time of
submission. Writers Digest retains one-time non exclusive publication rights to the winning entries to be published in a Writers Digest
publication. Any piece posted anywhere online is considered published.