Last Stanza Poetry Journal

  The theme for  Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Issue #23,  is The Neighborhood. The cover artist is Nat Karson. The deadline for submissions i...

  The theme for Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Issue #22, is Arts & Crafts. The cover is a portrait of Gertrude Jekyll, the most influenti...

  The theme for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #21 is Conversation. Conversations, painful or joyful discussions, debates, gossip, pillow...

  The theme for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #20 is Games: board games, cards, puzzles, sports, quizzes, lawn games, role-playing games...

  DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL October 6th! The theme for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #18 is “Oops!” Brazilian J. Carlos [José Carlos de Br...

  The theme for Issue #17 is “A Table in the Wilderness.” The featured artist will be Kim Kalahar of  https://www.kimkalahar.com/   The ...

  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 Sc...

The theme for Issue #15 is: Companions. Companions take on many forms—human, animal, object, or ideas and memories. Some are loved, some are...

  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 Septemb...

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

The theme for issue #12 is Respite, which dictionary.com defines as “a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or ...

  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 t...

  The theme for issue #10 is Who are You? The deadline is September 15th. As with every issue, poems submitted do not need to follow the pro...

  The theme for issue #9 is synesthesia, the intersecting of two senses. A number may have a color. A word a flavor. A name a sound. For you...

The theme for issue #8 is: root, bloom, cultivate. Floral, gardening, farming, planting, and related poems are very welcome for this topic, ...

Last Stanza Poetry Journal is seeking poems on: premonition, coincidence, folklore, magic. The cover image is by Amy Brewer-Davenport, our t...

  Calling all poets! The theme for Issue #6 is: The Elephant in the Room. As usual, the prompt can be taken two different ways. What in your...

The theme for issue #5 is Lost / Found / Rediscovered. This can be interpreted in two ways. Do you have poems you’ve written long ago that n...

Calling all poets! Submissions are now open. The prompt for Issue #4 is The Undictionary.  I’m a great admirer of clarity, but sometimes the...

Open to all poets! Now accepting submissions for Issue #3 of 𝐿𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓏𝒶 𝒫𝑜𝑒𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝒥𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁. The theme is: "altered ...