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 so excited to share that Kareem Tayyar wins this year’s International Poetry Contest! Kareem wins $1000 and publication in the Fall issue. Victoria Chang was the final judge. His most recent collection, Keats in San Francisco & Other Poems, was released in 2022 by Lily Poetry Review Books, and his work has appeared in
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
Hi, Everyone! We just wanted to give you an update on the contest: we’re still reading submisions (there were a lot of them!), and still looking for a judge, but we’re hoping to finish up all decisions by October at the latest. The Fall issue will come out in December, as usual. Meanwhile, just a
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
It’s that time of year again! We can’t wait to read your submissions for the 2023 International Poetry Contest. We want to read poems that sizzle, poems that make us cry or laugh or lose our breath. We want to be inundated with your beautiful and strange words. As always we appreciate all kinds of
We are thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Knapp’s poem “It’s Ok to Worry about the State of Britney Spears’s Mental Health” has been selected by this year’s competition judge, Steven Reigns, as the winner of the 2022 International Poetry Prize. Of her work, Steven writes, “There’s a cleverness to this poem that could potentially alienate
We are so excited to announce the winner of the 2022 Dan Veach Prize! Congratulations go to Edwin Williamson, for his poem, “Each D ay I Press My Ear to the Ground.” Of his own writing, Edwin says, “My poetry often aims to blend natural and scientific concepts occurring on Earth (or off-Earth) with
