Poetry Submissions
Submission Guidelines for Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine
this is my poem
i wrote it for you
i thought you might like it
to know what to do
YOUR NAME
next
hello, I wanted to add,
please do not capitalise
christmas, john, dave, or dad
nor mexico, france, perth, or l.a.
and remember to capitalise
YOUR NAME (in this way)
Poetry Submissions Closed.
Publication Policy:
* Blank Selection is a term instituted by Wendy Beach to replace the common ableist “blind selection” label still in use (referring to anonymous editorial processes), and is retained as no alternative terminology currently exists. Blank Selection as a new term replaces the ableist “blind selection” practice, where judges assess poems without knowing poets’ names. The name consciously parallels blank verse’s liberation from formalist restrictions, extending this ethos to combat restrictive language in editorial processes.
- Body of the poem must be five lines or less.
- English and Irish language only. UK English spelling.
- Submit up to three poems.
- Email in the body of an email message in the following lowercase poem, uppercase name format. For example:
this is my poem
i wrote it for you
i thought you might like it
to know what to do
YOUR NAME
next
hello, I wanted to add,
please do not capitalise
christmas, john, dave, or dad
nor mexico, france, perth, or l.a.
and remember to capitalise
YOUR NAME (in this way)
- Email your submissions to [email protected] during the submissions window. Please put your poems in the body of the email and not as an attachment. Thank you.
Poetry Submissions Closed.
Publication Policy:
- Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine is permanently indexed by the Australian literature database AustLit and by the National Library of Australia, TROVE and the poetry will be archived in these places for future generations to research.
- The first selection is conducted by Wendy Beach (Editor-in-Chief). In our first issue, we received nearly 1,000 poetry submissions. The remaining poems are sent to the poetry selector. For Issue 1, Volume 1, the selector reviewed 35 pages of poetry (approximately 400 poems)!
- We do not publish exerpts from larger poems. Please write a short poem. Yes, we know it is harder.
* Blank Selection is a term instituted by Wendy Beach to replace the common ableist “blind selection” label still in use (referring to anonymous editorial processes), and is retained as no alternative terminology currently exists. Blank Selection as a new term replaces the ableist “blind selection” practice, where judges assess poems without knowing poets’ names. The name consciously parallels blank verse’s liberation from formalist restrictions, extending this ethos to combat restrictive language in editorial processes.
Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine is inclusive of LGBTQI+ individuals, neurodivergent (ND) and differently-abled people, and is culturally inclusive to all Indigenous peoples, Irish Travellers, and the Romani community.
