Naugatuck River Review

Open now for poetry.

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Naugatuck River Review is a literary journal focused on narrative poetry, featuring an annual contest and an open reading period for unpublished narrative poems.

Submission calls

poetryCloses Sep 1Fee (amount not stated)Pays: Prize money for winners; publication and contributor copy for finalists and semi-finalists

18th annual narrative poetry contest; submit up to 3 unpublished narrative poems (no more than 50 lines each, not including stanza breaks) in one file; electronic submissions only via Submittable; all poems considered for publication; prize money for winners; contest open July 1 – Sept. 1, 2026.

poetryOpens Jan 1, 2027

General (no fee) submissions for narrative poetry open January 1 – February 1; submit up to 3 unpublished narrative poems (no more than 50 lines each, not including stanza breaks) in one file; electronic submissions only via Submittable; all poems considered for publication.

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