Sneak peek at Issue #17

 Formal callout coming soon, but for now, here is the cover that features the gorgeous art of Kim Kalahar.

Callout for submissions to Issue #16 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal

 

The theme for Issue #16 is: Homelands. Artworks featured in this issue will be those of the Group of Seven, once known as the Algonquin School, a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933.

The deadline is March 31st, 2024. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same issue (optional).

Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems, each no longer than 64 lines, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. There is no budget for author copies. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Authors retain all rights to their poems. Reprints are rarely accepted, and if the poem has been previously published, please credit the prior publication.

Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, softcover, and color-illustrated hardcover, available primarily from Amazon, but some also via these sites and others: Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, and Powell’s. 

Callout for submissions for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #15

The theme for Issue #15 is: Companions. Companions take on many forms—human, animal, object, or ideas and memories. Some are loved, some are hated or do us harm. Some are with us now, others are lost to time, circumstances, death. The artist for this issue will be the accomplished and imaginative Ira Upin. 

The deadline is December 31st, 2023.  As with every issue, poems submitted do not need to follow the prompt/theme. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same issue (optional).

Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems, each no longer than 64 lines, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. All proceeds from the sale of LSPJ are used to purchase copies for libraries and for the editor’s choice award, so there is no budget for author copies. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Authors retain all rights to their poems. Reprints are rarely accepted, and if the poem has been previously published, please credit the prior publication.

Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, softcover, and color-illustrated hardcover, available primarily from Amazon, but some also via these sites and others: Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, and Powell's. (Donations via PayPal to laststanza@outlook.com will be used to purchase additional copies for libraries.)

Callout for submissions to Issue #14 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal: I Never Knew

 

The theme for Issue #14 will be I Never Knew. The featured artist will be the creative Sue Davis of Vachon Arts.

The deadline is September 30, 2023. New starting with this issue: no poems will be read prior to September 1st, and notifications of acceptances will be sent to poets throughout September. As with every issue, poems submitted do not need to follow the prompt/theme. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same issue (optional).

Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems, each no longer than 64 lines, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. All proceeds from the sale of LSPJ are used to purchase copies for libraries and for the editor’s choice award, so there is no budget for author copies at this time. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Authors retain all rights to their poems.

Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, softcover, and color-illustrated hardcover, available from these sites and others: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, and Powell's. (Donations via PayPal to laststanza@outlook.com will be used to purchase additional copies for libraries.)

Callout for Issue #13 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal

 

The theme for Issue #13 will be These Things We Carry. The featured artist will be the talented Wesley Dallas Merritt.

The deadline is June 30, 2023. As with every issue, poems submitted do not need to follow the prompt/theme. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same or next issue (optional).

Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to five poems, each no longer than 64 lines, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. All proceeds from the sale of LSPJ are used to purchase copies for libraries and for the editor’s choice award, so there is no budget for author copies at this time. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination.

Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, hardcover, and softcover, available from these sites and others: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, Powell's. (Donations via PayPal to laststanza@outlook.com will be used to purchase additional copies for libraries.)

Callout for issue #12 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal: Respite

The theme for issue #12 is Respite, which dictionary.com defines as “a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief.” Show readers how you define respite. The deadline is March 31st, 2023. As with every issue, poems submitted do not need to follow the prompt/theme. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same or next issue (optional).

Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to five poems, each no longer than 64 lines, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. All proceeds from the sale of LSPJ are used to purchase copies for libraries and for the editor’s choice award, so there is no budget for author copies at this time. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Issue #12 will feature the art of Felix Melchor https://www.instagram.com/felixmelchor.art

Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, hardcover, and softcover, available from these sites and others: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, Powell's. (Donations via PayPal to laststanza@outlook.com will be used to purchase additional copies for libraries.)

Callout for Issue #11 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal: The Outsider

 

The theme for issue #11 is The Outsider. The deadline is December 31st, 2022. As with every issue, poems submitted do not need to follow the prompt/theme. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same or next issue (optional).

Featuring the works of unknown outsider artists, this issue asks for poems of feeling outside of society, or standing on the inside looking out. Being left out or forgotten altogether.

Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to five poems, each no longer than 64 lines, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. All proceeds from the sale of LSPJ are used to purchase copies for libraries and for the editor’s choice award, so there is no budget for author copies at this time. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination.

LSPJ is published worldwide in ebook, hardcover, and softcover, available from these sites and others: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, Powell's. (Donations via PayPal to laststanza@outlook.com will be used to purchase additional copies for libraries.)