


One of the luckiest things is finding the amazing and unknown within these submission pages. :: We thank you for trusting us with your work. We don't have restrictions on form or content, and we are interested in featuring poets at all stages of their career. When we read submissions, we seek poems that give us a little shiver, poems that catch the light and compel us to look closer. :: To get a better sense of our aesthetic, we encourage submitters to read past issues via our archives. We appreciate your support in showcasing the talented poets of our era. These proceeds will go towards the standard expenses a journal incurs: Submittable subscription, website fees, promotional costs, paying contributors and staff, etc. To offset the costs of running our journal (and to continue offering no mandatory fees), we recommend Tip Jar ($3+) and Requesting Feedback options ($7) for folks with the means to make a donation. :: We offer 300 fee-free submissions during each reading period, with the exception of our contest. We publish four issues per year and nominate for Pushcart Prizes, Best New Poets, and Best of the Net. We are a paying market that offers contributors $15, regardless of how many poems are selected.

:: Tinderbox Poetry Journal has been the original home of poems appearing in Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and Bettering American Poetry anthologies.
