The Shore

Open now for poetry.

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The Shore is an online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring poems from new and established poets, publishing four times a year.

Response time info: 1-10 days, with no submission reply taking more than about 60 days

Read the full guidelines at theshorepoetry.org↗

Submission calls

poetryCloses Dec 1

Seeking cutting, strange, and daring poems that explore worlds, ideas, liminality, and shifting meanings. Submit 3-5 poems in one document; only one submission is allowed per reading period. No translations or previously published poems. Submissions for Issue Thirty-Two: Winter 2026 are open until December 1, 2026.

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