NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE NO. 3 - THROUGH MAY 31, 2026
Thank you for considering Prudence Dispatch as a home for your work! We publish two issues a year (Winter and Summer), with submissions windows in the Fall (October and November) for the Winter issue and in the Spring (April and May) for the Summer issue.
Please submit your poems for our consideration through Submittable (link below). Submissions should be in Word format if possible, with all poems in a single document (start each poem on a new page). You are encouraged, but not required, to submit a personal statement of no more than 250 words.
Submission Guidelines:
- Please submit only unpublished original poems. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please withdraw your submissions from us if a poem is accepted elsewhere.
- We prefer shorter poems (that will fit on a single page), but we consider longer poems (2 or 3 pages); we will publish mostly one-page poems in each issue, and a few longer poems.
- Please submit no more than 3 poems at one time. We will endeavor to respond to all submissions within thirty (30) days of the end of the submission window.
- Upon acceptance of your work, Prudence Dispatch would acquire only first-publication rights. You would retain all rights to re-publication, subject only to citation to Prudence Dispatch as the first publisher.
- Prudence Dispatch does not charge for submission but cannot compensate poets for accepted work. We will provide two (2) free copies of the print version of the issue in which your accepted work appears.
OUR SUBMISSIONS WINDOW FOR ISSUE NO. 3 WILL BE OPEN APRIL 1, 2026 THROUGH MAY 31, 2026. THE PROMPT FOR ISSUE NO. 3 IS: “Buoyancy: Staying Afloat By Design, By Chance, By Perseverance.”
Submissions should be in Word format. You are encouraged, but not required, to submit a personal statement of no more than 250 words.
- Please submit only unpublished original poems. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please withdraw your submissions from us if a poem is accepted elsewhere.
- We prefer shorter poems (that will fit on a single page), but we consider longer poems (2 or 3 pages); we will publish mostly one-page poems in each issue, and a few longer poems.
- Please submit no more than 3 poems at one time. We will endeavor to respond to all submissions within thirty (30) days of the end of the submission window.
- Upon acceptance of your work, Prudence Dispatch would acquire only first-publication rights. You would retain all rights to re-publication, subject only to citation to Prudence Dispatch as the first publisher.
- Prudence Dispatch does not charge for submission but cannot compensate poets for accepted work. We will provide two (2) free copies of the print version of the issue in which your accepted work appears.