Lily Poetry Review is a print journal set to publish in the winter and summer of each year. Due to the high cost of mailing print copies internationally, contributors from outside the U.S. will receive a pdf of the magazine.
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Our porch light is always on. If we exceed 400 free submissions in a month, the submissions will open at the start of the next month.
The Lily Poetry Review is interested in promoting contemporary poets, poetry, art, flash fiction, and literary citizenship.
We promise that each writer will be proud of all of the work published here.
Please don’t send previously published material.
Send no more than five poems per submission. All must be contained in one document.
Send no more than three flash pieces per submission. All must be contained in one document.
You may submit up to ten pieces of visual poetry per submission.
Authors are free to send simultaneous submissions as long as they withdraw work here once it is accepted elsewhere.
Individual poetry manuscript consultations:
Manuscript consultations are available for a fee of $400. Please keep your documents to a maximum of 75 pages. Each new poem starts on a new page. No need for TOC or Acknowledgements.
Our editors will read and provide:
1.) A summary of written feedback going into details about how the book works: feedback on all poems in the manuscript as well as on book structure and order, titles. narrative arc, (if appropriate), sections, and how it is all coming through to the reader. We will focus on strengths and where the book can be strengthened, as well as where ideas can be expanded upon. The second document is a poem-by-poem close read, with recommended edits and comments on the actual manuscript.
2.) A scheduled one hour zoom or phone meeting, where you can discuss your manuscript with a Lily editor (either Eileen Cleary or Christine Jones.) We talk about individual poems and how they are working as book. We close by discussing steps to move forward with publishing.
Individual Chapbook Poetry Consultations
Manuscript consultations are available for a fee of $200. Please keep your documents to a maximum of 30 pages. No need for TOC or Acknowledgements.
Our editors will read and provide:
1.) A summary of written feedback going into details about how the book works: feedback on all poems in the manuscript, as well as on book structure and order, titles. narrative arc, (if appropriate), sections, and how it is all coming through to the reader. We will focus on strengths and where the book can be strengthened, as well as where ideas can be expanded upon. The second document is a poem-by-poem close read, with recommended edits and comments on the actual manuscript.
Please submit up a minimum of three and a maximum of ten visual poems for consideration in jpg, gif, png, tiff, or pdf format. Please note we are not able to consider audio or video poems at this time but hope to in the future.
We look forward to seeing your work! We will try to respond within three months; feel free to query if you have not heard from us within that time.
Thank you for submitting to Lily!
Submit three poems (not to exceed 5 pages of poetry) altogether. The editors will read and critique these poem within four weeks, and provide edits and helpful suggestions.
Submit additional poems in a separate submission.
Please submit 1000-1250 word reviews of poetry books published in the last 3 years. Reviews should include an implicit argument for what is new, striking, or particularly notable in this author's work, and why the book deserves an audience greater than it may have received.
This is NOT a contest. Please submit a chapbook-length manuscript for consideration to be published through Lily Poetry Review Books.
All submissions must go through Submittable.
Manuscript length recommendation: 14-18 poems. No more than 25-30 pages.
Include Table of Contents. At the beginning of your manuscript, please include a list of poems that appear elsewhere (in journals, magazines, chapbooks, or anthologies).
We recommend that 25-50% of the poems have been previously published. More than that is fine.
Simultaneous submission is acceptable but please immediately withdraw your manuscript if it's accepted elsewhere.
Each manuscript must be submitted separately.
Please include a one-paragraph biographical note and contact information in your cover letter.
Corrections and new versions will not be accepted.
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A $10 processing/reading fee will be charged for each submission.
This is NOT a contest. Please submit a full-length manuscript for consideration to be published through Lily Poetry Review Books.
All submissions must go through Submittable.
Manuscript length recommendation: 40-60 poems.
Include Table of Contents. At the beginning of your manuscript, please include a list of poems that appear elsewhere (in journals, magazines, chapbooks, or anthologies).
We recommend that 25-50% of the poems have been previously published.
Simultaneous submission is acceptable but please immediately withdraw your manuscript if it's accepted elsewhere.
Each manuscript must be submitted separately.
Please include a one-paragraph biographical note and contact information in your cover letter.
Corrections and new versions will not be accepted.
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A $20 processing/reading fee will be charged for each submission.
This is an open call in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. To that end we at Lily want you to know that our doors are wide open . We seek to promote and provide space for Black poets and look forward to reading your work. This form is always open and will remain open.
This is NOT a contest. Please submit a full-length manuscript for consideration to be published through Lily Poetry Review Books.
All submissions must go through Submittable.
Manuscript length recommendation: 40-60 poems.
Include Table of Contents. At the beginning of your manuscript, please include a list of poems that appear elsewhere (in journals, magazines, chapbooks, or anthologies).
We recommend that 25-50% of the poems have been previously published.
Simultaneous submission is acceptable but please immediately withdraw your manuscript if it's accepted elsewhere.
Each manuscript must be submitted separately. We accept book-length poetry manuscripts only.
Please include a one-paragraph biographical note and contact information in your cover letter.
Corrections and new versions will not be accepted.
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Lily Poetry Review seeks cover art and other visual art to be published within the pages of the magazine.
LPR pays contributor copies for art.
Submit no more than 3 pieces per submission in one attachment.
Please wait until we have responded to your submission before sending another.
Thank you for your interest in Lily Poetry Review! We can't wait to read your work.
Please wait three months between submissions. Our porch light is always on,
Lily Poetry Review is a print journal set to publish in the winter and summer of each year.
Please don’t send previously published material.
Send no more than five pieces per submission., all contained in one document.
Each new poem should start on a new page.
Send in an easy-to-read font.
Authors are free to send simultaneous submissions as long as they withdraw work here once it is accepted elsewhere.
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We can't wait to read your work!