Submissions are Currently Closed

We are not accepting submissions of poetry to the magazine at this time

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On This Page

• An update for submitters to our last call-out
• Submissions guidelines
• Features, interviews and reviews
• Information for writers (including current fees)

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Update on Submissions for Winter 2025:

Thank you to everyone who submitted for Poetry Wales Winter 2025. We were blown away to receive over 4,000 submissions for this callout, which is 1,000 more than we usually receive. We therefore appreciate your patience as we read through them and get back to everyone, which is likely to take longer than our usual response window.

We also waived our usual request to not send us simultaneous submissions, though as always we do ask that if you do submit simultaneously and find that your poem has been taken elsewhere you let us know ASAP by emailing submissions@poetrywales.co.uk with your poem name and method of submission (Submittable/email/post)

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Submissions Guidelines

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Features, Interviews and Reviews 

We are currently open to pitches for features, interviews, and reviews. If you would like to be considered as an addition to our pool of reviewers, please fill out this form

Also please see our Guide to Writing Articles, Interviews, and Reviews for Poetry Wales, and our Style Guide

Books for review

Please send books to review initially as a PDF, and we will request hard copies if we decide to review it. We are currently reconsidering our system and policy for review copies, so please check back soon for more details.

In the meantime, please send a PDF and AI of any collections you wish for us to consider for review to reviews@poetrywales.co.uk.

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Information for Writers

Payment Rates

• Poems £20/page
• Reviews £67.50/1500-word review
• Articles £150/3000 word, or in that proportion, depending on number of published words
• Payment is made on publication
• Payments are made by the publisher. Please contact francesturpin@serenbooks.com with any issue regarding payments

Contributors are also sent one complimentary copy of the issue they are featured in

Payment

For administrative and financial reasons, Poetry Wales Press Ltd pays all Poetry Wales magazine contributors via PayPal and is unable to pay through any other means. If you are unable to accept PayPal payment, this will effectively forfeit your fee. By agreeing to publication, you agree to these terms.

Copyright and publication

Upon acceptance, you will be sent a contract from us that will detail in full how we manage copyright and the publication of your work. Contributors should be aware that while copyright of your work will remain with you as the author, Poetry Wales Press Ltd will retain the right to reproduce the piece in digital and multimedia formats and for the magazine’s own purposes: electronically, in print, on the magazine’s own website and social media, and also to use extracts for publicity and marketing purposes

Any questions about copyright and publication should be directed to francesturpin@serenbooks.com 

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