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Shō Poetry Journal is committed to supporting the work of both established and emerging Native American poets. Submissions are always free for US Indigenous poets with tribal affiliation. We look forward to reading your work! Cover Art: Detail from "Hopi Leia" by Sikuyva Dawavendewa.

A heartfelt thank you and deep gassho to Zen Abbot Richard Collins for his review of The Broken Buddha, live today at Rat’s Ass Review (lol). It’s the second review when you scroll down the page: ratsassreview.net?page_id=4452

Our free BIPOC call for Shō No. 9 is now closed—thank you to everyone who submitted. This is the first time we've reached our submissions cap for a BIPOC call...we've got a lot of reading to do. Everyone will hear back from us in 30 days or less.

Free submissions for BIPOC poets open today at 12pm MST.

BIPOC Poets: Get your packets ready! We're offering 75 free submissions this weekend. Project opens: Saturday 24 January @ 12pm MST Project closes: Sunday 25 January @ 11:59pm MST (or once cap is reached) If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response.

BIPOC Poets: Get your packets ready! We're offering 75 free submissions this weekend. Project opens: Saturday 24 January @ 12pm MST Project closes: Sunday 25 January @ 11:59pm MST (or once cap is reached) If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response.

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Over the moon to have the opening poem of DEAR DEAR (!!) in the lovely new issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social Read on for Mitski gay sadness and order the issue at link in bio 1/2

HAPPY NEWS! I am grateful to the amazing Eugenia Leigh for choosing my manuscript SENTENCE to win the 2025 Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest! These poems are as much my brother’s as my own & I am thankful to everyone at Smith College for believing in them! Coming fall 2026! Image: 9SP IG page

one of 2 poems from my angel series in the new issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social 🖤

Had a poem about my fun fun time with electroconvulsive therapy, which I didn't really know was still a thing before I got it, and its resulting memory loss, in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social thanks to @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social! Read it here: fifthwheelpress.com/blog/guest-e...

phoebe’s submissions are OPEN today, January 15th! Head to the link in our bio for more information. 🎉

We’re 30 days into our reading period and already Shō No. 9 is shaping up to be a great one. Send bangers!

If you're sending out work this weekend, please keep us in mind!

Today’s Feature: “Abecedarian for My Undocumented Amá’s Tongue in TX” by Saúl Hernández published by @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/abeceda...

We are celebrating the upcoming release of @susanlleary.bsky.social’s More Flowers by offering you a special deal! Get a copy of Dressing the Bear for 50% off with every order of My Flowers this January: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...

“Chaos is how we know we're in love.” Truly an honor to have two short love poems in the new issue of The American Poetry Review. Here’s one —

James O’Leary with the closing poem of Shō No. 8 ✨🌵

In the new issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social, one of two poems from my Angel series:

Arah Ko 💙 from @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social

Welcome to the world, Shō No. 8! 💛

An excerpt of my forthcoming memoir, The Sound of Burning: a Mother, a Daughter, a Murder (UGA Press, 2026) is out now in @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social (TW: blood) hypertextmag.com/no-contact/

Thank you so much, @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social!

So much for that—forgot to tag @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social!

Another bsky experiment! Betsy Mitchell Martinez was selected as the winner of the Shō Poetry Prize for three poems. Read her poem “Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear” here. All three of Betsy's poems are published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/26).

Bsky experiment! Here's Elizabeth Loudon (@esloudon.bsky.social) reading her poem “Renunciation” from our forthcoming issue Shō No. 8. You can also read the poem on our website: shopoetryjournal.com/elizabeth-lo... An earlier version of this poem appears in Best New Poets 2025.

My poem "What if all doomscrolling was narrated by Werner Herzog" was published by @havehashad.com today. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/wha...

I have been savoring Donna Vorreyer’s Unrivered (Sundress Publications, 2025). Took her with me to Bela for one of their last evenings open. Here she is in candle glow with ginger lemon tea and holiday lights, and yes, she was accompanied by cake.🍰 📖 @sundresspub.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social

Is 2026 the year you will publish your poetry book? Enter your manuscript in one of our contests! We can’t wait to read it. 💜💛💜💛 www.triohousepress.org/submissions

Cap reached!

Free subs open at noon (MST).

We're offering 30 free submissions on December 24! Opens at noon MST, closes at 11:59pm MST (or once our cap is reached). If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response. Full guidelines: shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/

& pre-order directly from Trio House Press here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...

THESE gorgeous words from @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social about MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress.org)! I am so happy to have one of my favorite poets (& people!) endorse this collection & with a book about being seen, it is wonderful to see myself in her insights & to feel so affirmed. Thank you, Cynthia!

We're offering 30 free submissions on December 24! Opens at noon MST, closes at 11:59pm MST (or once our cap is reached). If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response. Full guidelines: shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/

Vannida S. Kol 💙 “…souls remembering their way / back to the body…” Really loving this poem, first featured in @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social Number 4.

Sometimes at dusk I walk around and look (ok snoop) through people's windows, after they turn on lights and before they close the curtains. This poem just out in the lovely Dawntreader (from @indigodreamspub.bsky.social) is in part about that - in part about heartache.

So much done so swiftly here - grief, suspension, dailiness, wonder and terror, in the fourteen lines of a pared down sonnet. shopoetryjournal.com/robert-okaji...

What has 464 poetry collections, chapbooks, and anthologies? Our Poetry of 2025 roundup, featuring an incredible wealth of poetry published by independent literary presses this year! www.clmp.org/news/poetry-...

Super stoked to be a finalist for the Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest! I just love this list of poets, and I’m so happy to be among them! Congrats to all! Thanks to all! 💜🩵

Calling poets! Shō Poetry Journal opens for submissions tomorrow, December 15, at midnight MST. Full guidelines: shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/ Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

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We are thrilled to announce that Betsy Mitchell Martinez has been awarded the Shō Poetry Prize for ”Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear,” ”Girl with Death Mask,” and “Diego Weighs in on Quality”! Shō No. 8: tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social!

I’m thrilled that @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social published my poem “Wakulla.” What a highlight to be in the same issue as Chen Chen! #poetry #poem #literature shopoetryjournal.com/product/sho-...

We are thrilled to announce that Cheyenne C. Fletcher has been awarded the Sita Martin Prize for three poems: “Lady of the Holler,” “Obit #1,” and “Obit #2.” Cheyenne’s poems will be published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/2026)—preorder your copy at tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, Cheyenne!

Thank you @triohousepress.org for the opportunity to reflect on MORE FLOWERS and, of course, the sincerest, most heartfelt gratitude to Lili Gourley for asking the smartest questions that helped me see the poems anew! Check out the interview, friends! 🌸🌼🌺 tinyurl.com/n4uavefb

We are excited to announce the prize honorees for our winter issue! Rebecca Morton is the runner-up of the Shō Poetry Prize for three poems titled “Uncertainty Principle.” Rebecca’s poems will be published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/2026). Reserve your copy at tinyurl.com/shono8

We are excited to announce the prize honorees for our winter issue! Rukan Saif is the runner-up of the Sita Martin Prize for her poem “Harami Ghazal.” Rukan’s poem will be published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/2026). Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/shono8 Congratulations, Rukan!

Loved chatting with the brilliant @summ.bsky.social about my book! Cannot WAIT for her forthcoming debut The Hungering Years!!!