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 open. Ed. @domkeykong.bsky.social + @johnnycordova.bsky.social. shopoetryjournal.com
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 · last mo.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
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 · 2mo 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!
We are open for submissions! We are reading for our winter issue and respond to all submissions in 30 days or less. Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Hi, now that it's Pride month, you can hear me read a poem of mine that @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social published last year live on their site. Very honored to be included on their Pride Playlist. :) shopoetryjournal.com/pride-playli...
Pride Month Playlist | 2026 - Shō Poetry Journal
For LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we've curated this playlist of poems recently published in Shō Poetry Journal Issues No. 7 and No. 8, featuring Aldo Ampáran, Chen Chen, Reuben Gelley-Newman, Iain Grinbergs, B...
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We are open for submissions! We are reading for our winter issue and respond to all submissions in 30 days or less. Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Be sure to listen to @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social’s #JewishAmericanHeritage Month playlist, featuring audio recordings from six poets including Daniel Lurie, Loisa Fenichell, Brooke Sahni, and more! shopoetryjournal.com/jewish-ameri...
Jewish American Heritage Month Playlist 2026 - Shō Poetry Journal
To celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month, we've curated this playlist of poems recently published in Shō Poetry Journal, featuring Loisa Fenichell, Shira Leah Haus, Daniel Lurie, Brooke Sahni, and…
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Do you have some work collecting dust that could find a good home? We open again soon…
Get your packets ready! Submissions to Shō Poetry Journal open June 1. We charge $3 for an expedited response of 30 days or less, pay one contributor copy (international poets included), and award two $150 Editors’ Prizes for each issue. Submissions are free for U.S. Indigenous poets.
