cattails

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

Response time info: Acknowledgement within a week; final decisions are sent once final 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 for the Spring/April issue open February 1 and close February 28, while submissions for the Autumn/October issue open July 1 and close July 31. Works must be unpublished and not submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

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 Works must be unpublished and not submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

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 Works must be unpublished and not submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

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 Works must be unpublished and not submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

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 Works must be unpublished and not submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

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 Works must be unpublished and not submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

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