Prudence Dispatch

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Prudence Dispatch is a literary magazine publishing poetry in two annual issues, with seasonal submission windows and themed prompts.

Response time info: Within 30 days of the end of the submission window

Read the full guidelines at prudencedispatch.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

poetryLiteraryCloses Nov 30Pays: No payment; accepted poets receive two free print copies.

For Issue No. 4 (Winter 2027), submit up to 3 poems addressing the prompt “Ephemera: Unintended Survival,” including time, memory, planned obsolescence, or unplanned resilience. Shorter poems are preferred, though 2- or 3-page poems are considered. Submissions are open October 1-November 30, 2026; responses are expected within 30 days after the window ends.

poetryLiteraryCloses Nov 30Pays: No payment; accepted poets receive two free print copies.

The magazine publishes two issues annually: Winter submissions are accepted in October and November, and Summer submissions are accepted in April and May.

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