cattails

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cattails is a literary journal publishing short-form poetry, including tanka, haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka prose, and haiga/tankart.

Response time info: within a week for acknowledgment; final decisions once selections are complete

Read the full guidelines at cattailsjournal.com↗

Submission calls

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 6 tanka per reading period. Submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue, and open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 5 haiku per reading period. Submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue, and open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 10 senryu per reading period. Submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue, and open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 haibun per reading period. Submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue, and open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 tanka prose pieces per reading period. Submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue, and open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 haiga/tankart pieces per reading period; images must be at least 1200 px and 200 dpi. Submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue, and open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

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