This year we are introducing another contest to our roster: the chapbook competition! You can submit chapbooks up to 20 pages long (not counting a title page with just the title on it, a table of contents, and an acknowledgements page) between Dec. 1-31 on our Submittable page. We are looking for remarkable poetry of
Starting with the Spring 2025 issue, Atlanta Review will now publish book reviews for recent poetry titles. We’re especially interested in reviews of debut authors at independent presses, so if you’ve read something brand new and fabulous lately, why not share your review with us? Our guidelines are simple: We’re looking for reviews whose tone
We’re excited to announce that Elina Kumra from Sunnyvale, California, is this year’s Dan Veach Prize winner for her wondrous prose poem “God Is My Love.” Elina is Reed Magazine‘s 2024 Emerging Writer. She has won First Place in Third Coast Magazine and Polyphony as well as a Marin County Poetry Award. She also won
It’s January again, which means our Spring submission period is open! We can’t wait to read what you’ve been working on! As always, you can submit through Submittable, or you can snail mail us for free. Don’t forget that our Spring submission period is abbreviated because the Contest opens back up on February 1st. So
We’re thrilled to announce that Carter Rekoske has won this year’s Dan Veach Prize for his poem, “Prayer for Gratitude.” He has won $100 and his poem will be published in the upcoming Fall issue. Carter is a 21 year old creative writing student at Bryan College in Tennessee. He won the poetry award in
Atlanta Review prides itself on its Spring issues, which are focused on an international country or region. Every year, we try to bring you the best new work, in translation, that we can. But we can’t do it without guest editors, and that’s where you come in. Are you fluent in another language? We’re looking
If you’ve been waiting to send us your contest submission, first of all, what are you waiting for? And second of all, Monday, May 1st is the last day to submit! That’s right, May Day is the last day we’re accepting poems, so be sure to get them to us for a chance to win
We’re half-way through our International Poetry Contest (we close on May 1st), and so far we only have 80 submissions which means your chances to win $1000 are pretty good! You can submit to the contest via Submittable at atlantareview.submittable.com. $15 for each 5 poems you enter. We’re excited to read your work! Don’t let
We’ve been busy uploading sample poems from past issues so that you can see all the great poems that we’ve published down through the years. The most recent past issues include Poetry 2014, Pakistan, and Poetry 2015, and you can find between 8-10 poem .pdfs per issue. This project (like the Index Project) is time-consuming
Like basic foods, poetry sustains us through the most difficult times. So, here at Atlanta Review we are providing what sustenance we can: free poetry. We are now offering you an opportunity to download the Spring/ Summer 2018 South African Women Poets issue! And in case you missed downloading the Spring/Summer 2020 issue, focusing on Cornwall
