The Lake

Open now for poetry.

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The Lake is a contemporary poetry webzine publishing poetry and offering one-poem reviews of recent books and pamphlets.

Response time info: two to three weeks

Read the full guidelines at thelakepoetry.co.uk↗

Submission calls

poetryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Previously published poems must be at least one year old and remain under the submitter's copyright; AI-generated work is not accepted.

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 submitter retains copyright and they were published at least one year earlier. AI-generated work will be rejected. Include a biography of no more than 50 words.

poetryEligibility requirements

Open to: The book or pamphlet must have been released within the last twelve months or be expected to be published.

One Poem Review: send three poems from a book or pamphlet, a JPG of the cover, and a link to the publisher's website. Contact the editor if the book or pamphlet was released in the last twelve months or is expected to be published.

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