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If you are a poet, prophet, peace-loving artist, if you are tolerant, traditional or anarchistic, haiku or epic, and points in between;
if your poems sing, shout, whisper, dance, scratch, tickle, trot or crawl; if you value the humane treatment of every creature
and the planet on which we dwell, SoFloPoJo seeks your best work.
What do we mean when we say "your best work?" Or that we seek well-crafted poems that are thematically complex, emotionally nuanced,
or "in your face," filled with images that excite wonder, mystery and dread, and challenge the reader to question their assumptions?
We invite you to check out our Nominations page to see some of what excited our editors.
if your poems sing, shout, whisper, dance, scratch, tickle, trot or crawl; if you value the humane treatment of every creature
and the planet on which we dwell, SoFloPoJo seeks your best work.
What do we mean when we say "your best work?" Or that we seek well-crafted poems that are thematically complex, emotionally nuanced,
or "in your face," filled with images that excite wonder, mystery and dread, and challenge the reader to question their assumptions?
We invite you to check out our Nominations page to see some of what excited our editors.
We read year round and publish quarterly: February, May, August, and November
There are NO READING FEES.
All Poetry, Essay, Flash Fiction, & Video submissions should be submitted through our Submittable page.
After reviewing our guidelines please use the SUBMIT button at the bottom of this page
Thank you for thinking of South Florida Poetry Journal as an opportunity to showcase your work. We seek poetry, flash fiction and essays that inspire, stimulate, evoke, emote, shock and surprise. We want poetry performed well on video that is dynamic and exciting. Transport us by your words to wondrous and strange places, and familiar places that you have made new.
Please send us your best work. SoFloPoJo is a no fee, no pay, no paywall, self-funded publication.
During 2021-2022-2024 we averaged a 4% acceptance rate for poems submitted to our quarterly open calls.
There are NO READING FEES.
All Poetry, Essay, Flash Fiction, & Video submissions should be submitted through our Submittable page.
After reviewing our guidelines please use the SUBMIT button at the bottom of this page
Thank you for thinking of South Florida Poetry Journal as an opportunity to showcase your work. We seek poetry, flash fiction and essays that inspire, stimulate, evoke, emote, shock and surprise. We want poetry performed well on video that is dynamic and exciting. Transport us by your words to wondrous and strange places, and familiar places that you have made new.
Please send us your best work. SoFloPoJo is a no fee, no pay, no paywall, self-funded publication.
During 2021-2022-2024 we averaged a 4% acceptance rate for poems submitted to our quarterly open calls.
GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Please, only one submission per reading period: Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec and whether we accept or reject your submission, please wait 6 months before submitting again.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please withdraw your piece right away once it is no longer available.
- We respectfully request that once you have acknowledged our acceptance, you do not withdraw your submission. We will gladly discuss any extenuating circumstances.
- Please include a brief third-person bio and tell us what city/town you live in. SoFloPoJo reserves the right to edit bios for length.
- SoFloPoJo may add your email address to our contact list; if you do not wish to be added to our email list, please let us know.
- By submitting to SoFloPoJo you attest that your submission is your original unpublished work.
- We do not publish sexually explicit work because we do not limit access to our site based on age. That being said, we do publish and support Me Too & Sex Positive work. Email [email protected]. Due to the mature subject matter that sometimes appears in our journal and Florida's fraught political climate, we ask that our authors have reached, at time of publication, the Florida majority age of 18 or older.
- SoFloPoJo retains First Serial Rights, and the right to electronically archive and/or reprint your work in a SoFloPoJo Anthology.
- Once published, SoFloPoJo may feature your work on our Social Media, YouTube, Facebook Channels, or SoFloPoJo Anthology.
- SoFloPoJo nominates published work for Pushcart, Best of the Net, etc.
- Following publication, all rights revert back to the author.
- If your work is reprinted or anthologized elsewhere, please credit SoFloPoJo or South Florida Poetry Journal as the place where your work first appeared.
- Please tell the world your work has been accepted, and send them the link after it appears!
POETRY
- Please submit up to three (3) unpublished poems in one (1) document not to exceed 5 pages (approx 150 lines in total) on our Submittable page (please, no more than 1 submission every 6 months).
- Do not include your name, email, or other identifying info in the document containing your poems.
- We prefer 12 pt. font in Times New Roman or similar in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf format.
- Once your work is accepted we will contact you regarding optional audio files, headshots, and participation in Zoom issue launch readings.
- We’re looking for personal essays related to being a writer, and/or visual artist. (We interpret this very broadly!) Highly technical craft essays are not a good fit for us. If you have something you think we’d be interested in, send it our way. Or, if you have an in-progress idea on which you’d like a bit of feedback, we’d love to hear from you. We’re excited about working with new and published essayists alike.
- We publish approximately two essays in each issue. Check our website to read what we’ve published: SouthFloridaPoetryJournal.com.
- Up to 1,500 words.
- One story, one submission per reading period, one file per submission, simultaneous submissions allowed, please withdraw your piece if it is accepted elsewhere.
- Please submit on our Submittable page. (link below)
- Up to 750 words.
- Send inquiries regarding performance/Slam, Spoken Word, or other vibrant poetry readings recorded on video through our Submittable Call for Video Submissions.
- Use the Submit button below or search "SoFloPoJo Video" on the Submittable Discover Page.
VISUAL ART
- To submit or query about Visual Art please contact Art Editor Kristine Snodgrass at [email protected]
GUEST REVIEWS
- There is now a SoFloPoJo Submittable Call for Reviews so that we can better track Review Submissions.
- We are currently accepting poetry review submissions at SoFloPoJo. If you have something you think we’d be interested in, please send it our way. Or, if you have an in-progress idea on which you’d like a bit of feedback, we’d love to hear from you. Reviews of upcoming or recent work preferred for individual books and anthologies. Reviews of a new book by an author within a retrospective of their previous books and an overview of the publishing trends of a particular publishing house will also be considered. Approximate word count of up to 1,500 words with a balance of reviewer's observations and generous samples of the poetry from the reviewed work. Unfortunately, we are not able to pay contributors.
The Second Annual
Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize
a joint project of Limp Wrist & SoFloPoJo
https://soflopojo.submittable.com/submit
Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize
a joint project of Limp Wrist & SoFloPoJo
https://soflopojo.submittable.com/submit
Submissions were open through December 31, 2024. Stay tuned for the results.
Final Judge: Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith is the author of five books of poetry published by the University of Pittsburgh Press’s Pitt Poetry Series: Stop Lying (2023); The Book of Daniel (2019); Blue on Blue Ground (2005), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize; Appetite (2012), an NPR Great Read and finalist for the 2013 Paterson Poetry Prize; and Primer (2016), a Poetry Must Read for the Massachusetts Center for the Book. He is also cohost with James Allen Hall of Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast.
As active as our judge is in the poetry community, it is possible that submitters may have interacted with him. To be fair, please do not submit work that you have previously shown,
discussed, workshopped, etc. with the contest judge. Former students of the judge should refrain from entering.
1. The Prize for this contest is five hundred dollars $500.00. There is no entry fee. The prize will be paid to one winner or split among the collaborators in the case of collaborative work. There will be up to three (3) honorable mentions.
2. Eligibility: This year we are inviting submissions from the LGBTQIA+ Community. There are no geographical restrictions. Please note: you must be at least 18 years old to submit.
3. Guidelines: You may submit one (1) document containing one (1) previously unpublished poem. The total document length should not exceed three (3) pages in a standard 12-point font. All entries will be read concealed. That means your name should not appear anywhere on the document. Please only one (1) entry per submitter.
4. Process: Our readers for 2025 are Dustin Brookshire, host of the Wild & Precious Life Reading Series; Judy Ireland, SoFloPoJo Senior Poetry Editor; and Nicole Tallman, Miami Dade Poetry Ambassador and Editor at Redacted Books. The readers will score the submissions and the highest ranking submissions will be forwarded to the Final Judge, Aaron Smith.
5. Publication: The prize winner and honorable mentions will be published in SoFloPoJo and later reprinted in Limp Wrist. They will also be featured in a future Wild & Precious Life Series reading. All entries will be considered for publication.
6. Theme: there is no theme for this contest. Let the spirit and work of Maureen Seaton be your guide.
Final Judge: Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith is the author of five books of poetry published by the University of Pittsburgh Press’s Pitt Poetry Series: Stop Lying (2023); The Book of Daniel (2019); Blue on Blue Ground (2005), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize; Appetite (2012), an NPR Great Read and finalist for the 2013 Paterson Poetry Prize; and Primer (2016), a Poetry Must Read for the Massachusetts Center for the Book. He is also cohost with James Allen Hall of Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast.
As active as our judge is in the poetry community, it is possible that submitters may have interacted with him. To be fair, please do not submit work that you have previously shown,
discussed, workshopped, etc. with the contest judge. Former students of the judge should refrain from entering.
1. The Prize for this contest is five hundred dollars $500.00. There is no entry fee. The prize will be paid to one winner or split among the collaborators in the case of collaborative work. There will be up to three (3) honorable mentions.
2. Eligibility: This year we are inviting submissions from the LGBTQIA+ Community. There are no geographical restrictions. Please note: you must be at least 18 years old to submit.
3. Guidelines: You may submit one (1) document containing one (1) previously unpublished poem. The total document length should not exceed three (3) pages in a standard 12-point font. All entries will be read concealed. That means your name should not appear anywhere on the document. Please only one (1) entry per submitter.
4. Process: Our readers for 2025 are Dustin Brookshire, host of the Wild & Precious Life Reading Series; Judy Ireland, SoFloPoJo Senior Poetry Editor; and Nicole Tallman, Miami Dade Poetry Ambassador and Editor at Redacted Books. The readers will score the submissions and the highest ranking submissions will be forwarded to the Final Judge, Aaron Smith.
5. Publication: The prize winner and honorable mentions will be published in SoFloPoJo and later reprinted in Limp Wrist. They will also be featured in a future Wild & Precious Life Series reading. All entries will be considered for publication.
6. Theme: there is no theme for this contest. Let the spirit and work of Maureen Seaton be your guide.
We look forward to reading your work
SUBMISSIONS TO CHAMLEON CHIMERA, AN ANTHOLOGY OF FLORIDA POETS ARE NOW CLOSED
Watch Purple Ink Press for announcements regarding the print publication https://purpleinkpress.com/
Submissions for Witchery are now closed - email [email protected]
SoFloPoJo is a self-funded labor of love. Everyone on staff is a volunteer.
Donations through the Tip Jar are NOT tax deductible, are NOT required, and do NOT affect your submission in any way.
All donations through our tip jar are used to improve the Journal & offset the Journal's expenses.
Donations through the Tip Jar are NOT tax deductible, are NOT required, and do NOT affect your submission in any way.
All donations through our tip jar are used to improve the Journal & offset the Journal's expenses.
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