The Lake

Open now for poetry.

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The Lake is a contemporary poetry webzine accepting poetry submissions by email and offering unpaid publication.

Response time info: two to three weeks

Read the full guidelines at thelakepoetry.co.uk↗

Submission calls

poetryPays: No payment for publication.

Submit up to five poems in an email or one Word document. All forms of poetry are considered; previously published poems are eligible if the writer retains copyright and they were published at least one year earlier. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. AI-generated work will be rejected.

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