Shō Poetry Journal
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
Arizona-based nonprofit print journal. We publish an eclectic stew of poetry and award prizes for each issue. Submissions reopen December 15. Ed. @domkeykong.bsky.social + @johnnycordova.bsky.social. shopoetryjournal.com
We’ll be at CantoMundo Book Fair & Mercado at the Piper Center at ASU Tempe today! Come say hi
Save the date: The CantoMundo Book Fair & Mercado returns to ASU Tempe on Saturday, October 17, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Visit the Piper Writers House Patio for local vendors and a celebration of literature. Free and open to everyone.
Also featuring @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social, @anmlymag.bsky.social, @thedriftmag.com, @tahomareview.bsky.social, @adimagazine.bsky.social, and @callaloojournal.bsky.social! www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Hispanic Heritage Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed annually from September 15 to October 15, we asked our members to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in celebration. (Learn…
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Tiny poem from our collaborative chap, BRINK WAS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR: diodepoetry.com/leary_susan_... Love poem-ing with Jarrett Moseley! Happy #smallpoemsunday! @darkwebtofu.bsky.social @diodeeditions.bsky.social @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Got an audio feature up on the @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social website, where you can listen to me read a poem aloud, then get the backstory of how the poem came into being. If you like that sort of thing 😊 🙏 Thanks so much for the spot, @johnnycordova.bsky.social and Dominique!💙 Link to listen 👇
Still looking for more work for our winter issue—Submissions close August 31 at 11:59pm PT! shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Sho Poetry Journal Submission Manager
Shō Poetry Journal is an Arizona-based biannual print journal revived in 2023 after a twenty-year hibernation. We publish an eclectic array of poetry by a diverse range of poets and release online aud...
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Shō Poetry Journal@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are open for poetry submissions until August 31! Submit up to 5 poems, no theme. We respond in 30 days or less. Submissions are open to international poets. Payment is 1 print contributor copy. US-based contributors are also considered for two editors' prizes. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Featuring: @southbroadway.bsky.social, @fahmidangroup.bsky.social, @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social, @superlativelit.bsky.social, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, @sundresspub.bsky.social, @sillygoosepress.bsky.social, @epistemiclit.bsky.social, and more
Writers, don’t miss submission deadlines coming up between August 27 and September 1! Send your work to these indie presses and lit mags: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
Calls for Submissions - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Take a look at the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers from the many literary magazines and presses that are members of CLMP. Before submitting your work, be sure to check…
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Day 14 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Bunkong Tuon (@bunkong.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Shō Poetry Journal (@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.
We are open for poetry submissions until August 31! Submit up to 5 poems, no theme. We respond in 30 days or less. Submissions are open to international poets. Payment is 1 print contributor copy. US-based contributors are also considered for two editors' prizes. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Don’t miss these new magazine issues that just launched last month: www.clmp.org/news/july-20...
July 2026 Roundup of Member Magazines - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual artwork, and more in July 2026. After Dinner Conversation | July 2026…
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Each week, BotN randomly selects a journal from the previous year's Participating Journals list to highlight on social media. Check out @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
Flowers & gratitude to the Shō Poetry Journal editors for choosing my poem “An Old Story” for pub & for the Editor’s Prize for the summer issue (link in bio). Thanks, Dominique Ahkong, Johnny Cordova & Claire Zhou! Folks, Shō is open now - send your work their way!🌻♥️🌷 @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
“Do not speak to me of peace unless you have tasted war’s metal…” — Sheema Kalbasi 🇮🇷 @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social #Iran #war #poetry
🚨Dream journal moment!🚨Beyond excited to have a poem in the new issue of North American Review alongside some absolutely rockstar poets and writers! Here’s to poetry, a little imagination, and the bizarre interplay of loss, lineage, and memory. @northamerreview.bsky.social
We're offering 100 free submissions to BIPOC poets this weekend! If you already have a submission in-progress with us, please wait for a response before submitting again. Project link: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/35979...
Sho Poetry Journal - Free Submissions for BIPOC Poets (Shō No. 10)
This submission portal is specifically for BIPOC poets. If you are a U.S. Indigenous poet, please note that we always have a free portal open specifically for you here—because this project is capped, ...
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Happy book birthday to DRESSING THE BEAR! Can’t believe it’s been 2 years! I’m still so proud of this one! Here are some highlights! Thank you to everyone who has shined a light on these poems, and thank you, as ever, to Trio House Press! @triohousepress.org
Be sure to bookmark our #PrideMonth reading list for year-round reading recommendations from lit mags and indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Pride Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Pride Month, observed annually during the month of June, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature by…
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Very happy to be among friends in the new issue of Shō
Shō Poetry Journal@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoCover reveal: Shō No. 9 | Summer 2026 Cover art: “Past Looking” by Nara Allsop Our summer issue features 69 poems by 45 poets (listed below). Preorder Shō No. 9 at: tinyurl.com/shono9 Issues will ship in July. Conal Abatangelo Jessica Ballen Anne Barngrover Madeleine Bazil Finnegan Bly
Cover reveal: Shō No. 9 | Summer 2026 Cover art: “Past Looking” by Nara Allsop Our summer issue features 69 poems by 45 poets (listed below). Preorder Shō No. 9 at: tinyurl.com/shono9 Issues will ship in July. Conal Abatangelo Jessica Ballen Anne Barngrover Madeleine Bazil Finnegan Bly
Submissions are free for Black poets today—Happy Juneteenth! Open until 11:59 PT. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/35882...
Help me celebrate the launch of my debut on July 15 with @jacklegpress.bsky.social and friends! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Sharing this audio feature here because @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social is not on IG! Listen to them read “In the Dark, the Arms Look Like Crosses” from Shō No. 8 and our Pride Playlist.
Thank you so much, @shomedasgupta.bsky.social! 🌸🌺🌼
shome dasgupta@shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 5mo agoNow this is a trifecta! Congratulations, @suzyeynon.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, and @susanlleary.bsky.social! I’m such a big fan of each of you, and I’m so looking forward to your words—the cover art, too!
ICYMI, this happened: Erica Dawson's poem “Portrait of the artist as sonnet for Dickinson’s line A wounded deer—leaps highest—”, published in Shō No. 6, will appear in the The Pushcart Prize LI: Best of the Small Presses (2027). Congratulations, Erica!
A reminder that submissions to Shō Poetry Journal are always free for U.S. Indigenous Poets! Send a cover letter and up to 5 poems; we respond in 30 days or less. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/356139/free-submissions-for-u-s-indigenous-poets-sh-no-10
Stephanie Choi 💙 Absolutely love this poem in the most recent issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social!
