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Spoon River Poetry Review publishes contemporary poetry and runs an annual open reading period alongside its Spoonfuls Chapbook Contest.

Response time info: up to one year

Read the full guidelines at srpr.org↗

Submission calls

poetryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 2Fee: $25Pays: $250 award, book publication, and 20 author copies

Open to: Editorial staff of SRPR, previous Spoonfuls authors, and current students, faculty, or staff in Illinois State University's Department of English, plus alumni graduating from 2015 onward, are ineligible.

Spoonfuls Chapbook Contest 2026 seeks unpublished poetry chapbooks of new poetry in English or translation, 16–32 pages. The contest closes after 100 submissions; winners receive publication, $250, and 20 copies. Entry dates are October 1–October 31, 2025, but the live portal lists a November 2, 2026 closing time.

poetryCloses Feb 28, 2027

Poetry Open Reading Period 2026–2027 accepts up to five poems, including translations, multilingual poems, and long poems up to ten pages. The free reading period runs from September 1 to February 28 each year; response times may take up to one year.

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