Poetry Guidelines

32 Poems welcomes submissions from February 1st to April 30th (2/1 – 4/30) and from July 1st to October 31st (7/1 – 10/31). We respond quickly, often within a few weeks, and poets who have not received a response within 90 days are encouraged to query regarding their manuscript’s status.

As a rule, we publish shorter poems that fit on a single page, but we regularly make exceptions to accommodate remarkable work that runs a little longer. Please send no more than five poems (in a single document) and no more than one active submission at a time. We do not accept translations or work that has been previously published in print or online.

Contributors receive $25 per poem and two copies of the issue in which their writing appears.

For electronic submissions, we charge a $3 processing fee, but that fee is waived for current subscribers. We accept submissions through both Submittable and Duosuma at the links below.

Alternatively, we continue to accept fee-free postal submissions sent to

George David Clark
Editor, 32 Poems
Washington & Jefferson College
Department of English
60 S. Lincoln Street
Washington, PA 15301

Please note, we respond to all submissions electronically, so postal submitters should be sure to include an email address with their submission in lieu of an SASE.