Naugatuck River Review
Open now for poetry.
Last updatedNaugatuck River Review is a literary journal focused on narrative poetry, featuring an annual contest and an open reading period for unpublished narrative poems.
Response time info: ~84 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at naugatuckriverreview.wordpress.com↗Submission calls
18th annual narrative poetry contest; submit up to 3 unpublished narrative poems (no more than 50 lines each, not including stanza breaks) in one file; electronic submissions only via Submittable; all poems considered for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.
General (no fee) submissions for narrative poetry open January 1 – February 1; submit up to 3 unpublished narrative poems (no more than 50 lines each, not including stanza breaks) in one file; electronic submissions only via Submittable; all poems considered for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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