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
It’s summer and we can’t wait to share our Taiwan issue with you. So many great poets to read! Plus we have amazing general contributors as usual. If you want to read some fantastic poetry, check out our Current Issue page. Happy reading!
Hello World! The Atlanta Review is in the process of re-vamping our social media so that we can connect more with you all. The people behind our social media are none other than Master’s students in the Global Media and Cultures program (GMC) at Georgia Tech taking a class by the name of—you guessed it—The
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
Summer is a good time to catch up on all the great poetry, including contest entries, that we’ve received from you (but haven’t had a chance to get through yet!). We will be closing shop on June 1st, so make sure you get your (online) submissions in before the deadline! (But as always, you can