The Lake

Open now for poetry.

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The Lake is a contemporary poetry webzine accepting poetry submissions by email and offering One Poem Reviews for recent or forthcoming books and pamphlets.

Response time info: two to three weeks

Read the full guidelines at thelakepoetry.co.uk↗

Submission calls

poetryEligibility requirementsPays: The magazine cannot pay for publication.

Open to: AI-generated work is rejected. Previously published poems must have been published at least one year before submission, with copyright retained by the author.

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

poetryEligibility requirements

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

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 within the last twelve months or is forthcoming.

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