Submission Guidelines
Please carefully read the 32 Poems submission guidelines below.
As usual, we prefer shorter lyric poems that fit on a single page, but we sometimes bend the rules to fit other extraordinary work. Please query us after 3 months if you still have not heard a reply concerning your poems. We aim to keep our response time at less than 2 months.
- We read poems between September 1 and June 30 of each year.
- Please submit poems of 32 lines or fewer.
- Include a brief bio with your submission.
- Simultaneous submissions are not accepted.
- Translations are not currently accepted.
- Response time is 2-3 months.
Send poems (no more than 5, please):
32 Poems
John Poch, editor
English Department
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091