Thank you to the 87 poets from all over the world who have sent in their excellent short poems for Wild Whispers 1:2. The selector and myself will be going over them in the coming weeks and will get back to selected poets after that. We appreciate the high standard of poems sent in. Submissions are now closed. We will be reopening submissions for Wild Whispers 2:1 early in the new year.

Best regards,
Wendy Beach
Wild Whispers Team

Dear Whisperers,

A quick reminder that submissions for short poetry to be considered for Wild Whispers, Issue 1 Vol. 2 will close on 30 September. If you have a poem you’d like to share, we’d love to receive it before the deadline.

We’re also excited to let you know that Wild Whispers is evolving! From this issue onward, we’ll be moving from a graphic-based online magazine to a clean, text-based format. This change will let the words shine more strongly on the page while keeping the focus on your voices and creativity.

Thank you for being part of our growing community—we can’t wait to read your poems.
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Warm regards,
The Wild Whispers Team

🌟 Hello Whisperers! 🌟

First of all — a HUGE thank you to everyone who’s sent in their beautiful poetry and thoughtful writings! 💌 We’re absolutely thrilled by the creativity pouring in. If you haven’t submitted yet, don’t worry — there’s still a couple of weeks left to send us your short poems or your musings about poetry. ✨

Now, just a quick (and exciting!) update:
We’re making a few changes to the magazine format for this issue — and maybe future ones too. Our previous layout was super pretty, but it was also very graphics-heavy and sadly, our current webhost just can’t handle all that visual goodness. 😅

So! We’re simplifying things and switching to a more text-based format, and republishing the previous issue in this new format as well so that no poems will be lost in the changeover. That means more space for your words to shine — poems, articles, reflections — all front and center. 💬📚 Don’t worry, it’ll still be beautiful — just a different kind of beautiful. And bonus: it gives us more time to focus on what we love most — your writing!

Some of you may know that Ruth and I have been navigating a very difficult time, with the loss of a family member and everything that’s followed. We truly appreciate the love and understanding from this wonderful community. 💛 We had hoped to include a special section on grief, but emotionally, we’re just not quite there yet. If you’ve submitted grief-themed poems, we’ll simply include them in the general pool.

On a brighter note: Because of all this, we’re now accepting up to 6 poems per person for this issue, just to keep things fair and flowing for everyone. 🎉 So feel free to send in more if you’d like!

As always, we welcome your short poetry, reviews, essays, and poetic reflections. Let’s keep this magazine a joyful, free, and open-hearted space for creativity. 🌈💫
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With love and gratitude,
Wendy + Ruth
Wild Whispers Team
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Hi Whisperers,

For those of you who are wondering if we are publishing your poems or not, we will let everyone know within the next fortnight. There were so many wonderful entries, and our poetry selector for this edition is working through each one with care.

Best regards,
Wild Whispers Team

​Hi Whisperers!

Thanks to everyone who submitted to Wild Whispers 1:1. There were  poems sent in from exactly 300 poets from all over the world! We had submissions from Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Spain, UK, and the US. Absolutely amazing, thank you! We will be contacting sucessful poets by the end of February. The entries were fierce. For those who miss out on being selected this time, please make sure to subscribe to our website for future announcements. Our first issue will be released in late March/ early April. There will be a second issue later in the year.

The Wild Whispers Team