One week until the official release of Unrivered means one more week of the low sale price! If you are so inclined, pre-ordering also gets you a custom broadside. Thanks to those of you who have supported the book in this early phase...it means a lot. tinyurl.com/4pj96v59

Did you know we accept simultaneous submissions? Yes, we do! But ✨ please✨ withdraw your piece immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. It makes our process easier!

Send me your students’ poems! 🌸💫📖 Nomination details at link below.

I'm the poetry editor of this terrific journal by and for teachers, and I'd love to read your poems.

I loved talking poems with @hanvanderhart.bsky.social. Grateful for the opportunity.

Tomorrow (9/24)!! @taylorbyas.bsky.social, Ashley Jones, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social read for the WPLS. #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry @sundresspub.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social

The company I keep: www.bestnewpoets.org/finalists.php

Guess whose work will be in Best New Poets 2025? Which goes to show, you can endure months of battling with hospital park and pay machines and poetry still wins, for all of us.

Hey, here's the first interview about my new #poetry book, and some other things.

We are seeking cover art for our winter issue! Send us up to 8 pieces to consider. It’s free to submit. Payment is one contributor copy and a small honorarium. Full details: tinyurl.com/shocoverart

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2025/9/5/la-douleur-exquise

From “La Douleur Exquise” by Megan Merchant @meganmerchant.bsky.social . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #LaDouleurExquise #MeganMerchant #FridayPoem

Thank you, @gunpowderpress.bsky.social's Anacapa Review & guest editor @gyatchisin.bsky.social, for making a spot for slightly embarrassing but joyful poem. Thank you, Sarah Byker James, for making me more adventuresome, which is not quite to say brave. xo

LAST CALL!!! Subs close at the top of the hour.

Last call for submissions for Shō No. 8! We're still seeking work for our winter issue. Submissions close on August 31 at 11.59pm PT. We respond to submissions in 30 days or less.

Last call for submissions for Shō No. 8! We're still seeking work for our winter issue. Submissions close on August 31 at 11.59pm PT. We respond to submissions in 30 days or less.

This weekend is the last chance to get your work in. Submissions close Sunday at midnight (PT). Submit: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

This weekend is the last chance to get your work in. Submissions close Sunday at midnight (PT). Submit: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

It's official: Shō Poetry Journal now nominates work for Best of the Net! We are pleased to share our nominees for the 2026 anthology. Read these selected poems online at: shopoetryjournal.com/category/read/ These poems appear in Shō No. 7 (Summer 2025) alongside work by 41 other fantastic poets.

pay me almost nothing a month and you can read my poetry drafts, out of print chapbooks, and look at my strange and beautiful photography 😃

It's official: Shō Poetry Journal now nominates work for Best of the Net! We are pleased to share our nominees for the 2026 anthology. Read these selected poems online at: shopoetryjournal.com/category/read/ These poems appear in Shō No. 7 (Summer 2025) alongside work by 41 other fantastic poets.

Submissions close in 6 days! We're looking for more work to fill our pages for Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/26). Submit: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Submissions close in 6 days! We're looking for more work to fill our pages for Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/26). Submit: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

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

Sometimes I catch myself parenting in the shadow of the Khmer Rouge. Thanks to @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social and its editors for publishing this poem. Happy Sunday, All!

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

Alfonso Zapata ♥️ from TOGETHER NOW (Belle Point Press) Day 19 - #SealeyChallenge @bellepointpress.bsky.social @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social @sealeychallenge.bsky.social

Hey writing kin 🧡 I'm very much hoping this year is my year for AWP, but wondering if there are any opportunities to read or panel-participate left & would be grateful for any nudges.

Status Update: We've accepted 38 poems by 26 poets for our winter issue and are looking for more work! Each issue of Shō typically features 40-50 poets. • Send 3-5 unpublished poems • Submissions close August 31 • We respond to all submissions in 30 days or less shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Status Update: We've accepted 38 poems by 26 poets for our winter issue and are looking for more work! Each issue of Shō typically features 40-50 poets. • Send 3-5 unpublished poems • Submissions close August 31 • We respond to all submissions in 30 days or less shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Thank you so much to @davigray.bsky.social for these beautiful words about Dressing the Bear (@triohousepress.org), which are deeply meaningful to me. My brother was here once. You would have loved him too. 💙

We’re open!

look who’s coming!!!!

Finally remembering to post a couple signed copies of Larks—holler if you’d like one. $18, with shipping. 💙📚

We’re open!

We’ve entered the final month of our reading period for Shō No.8. Send us poems! • Payment is one contributor copy • We award prize money for best poem in issue and best poem by an emerging poet • We nominate for Best New Poets, Best Spiritual Lit, and the Pushcart Prize

We’ve entered the final month of our reading period for Shō No.8. Send us poems! • Payment is one contributor copy • We award prize money for best poem in issue and best poem by an emerging poet • We nominate for Best New Poets, Best Spiritual Lit, and the Pushcart Prize

Having this poem out in the world is a little intimidating. But mostly I feel grateful for all this being & becoming, for my parts and my dear ones' and my therapist. And for the folks, especially Keetje Kuipers, who made room for this poem in Poetry Northwest.

The Sealey Challenge starts soon! Stock up on poetry books from @triohousepress.org - free shipping on all print books and 50% off all e-books! We even have a 30 book bundle for 50% off AND free shipping! Shop now: triohousepress.myshopify.com

Hanzi in the Rain by Sean Thomas Dougherty Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social shopoetryjournal.com/sean-thomas-...

So grateful to @asteralesjournal.bsky.social--for publishing a poem of mine and pairing it with beautiful visual art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social, for sending a handmade thank-you card with a collage depicting a line from my poem, and for making the people they publish feel special ❤️

Another day, another love poem with geese.

I'm excited to announce some amazing events I have lined up this summer! I can't wait to chat all things SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS with Charlie and @claymcleod.bsky.social. Would love to see folks there 🤗

We are reading submissions for our winter issue. If you love holding a volume of poetry in your hands and like the work we've published, check us out! Submit 3-5 unpublished poems, no theme. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com Cover art: Close-up from "Interim" by Tanya Rastogi.

🙌Big congrats to BCP poet T DE LOS REYES for honorable mention at ONLY POEMS 2025 Poet of the Year!! For a limited time, get AND YET HELD by De Los Reyes for only $10! #SealeyChallenge buff.ly/BIuoQOi

"A doctor zippers Mom's belly together with a scalpel, / takes back the scar." Alejandro Lucero, from "Reverse Pregnancy" | SAPELLO SON available now for only $10 for a limited time #SealeyChallenge

We are reading submissions for our winter issue. If you love holding a volume of poetry in your hands and like the work we've published, check us out! Submit 3-5 unpublished poems, no theme. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com Cover art: Close-up from "Interim" by Tanya Rastogi.

Hey, everyone! I'm teaching a Zoom workshop for @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social on September 13th! The class will focus on elements of the short poem, & we'll read/discuss short poems & have time to write. Only $35 dollars - I'd love to see you there. fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/.../fahmidan...

If you're sending out work this weekend, please keep us in mind. • Payment is one contributor copy • We nominate for Best New Poets, Best Spiritual Lit, and the Pushcart Prize • We award prize money for best poem in issue and best poem by an emerging poet