Arizona-based nonprofit print journal. We publish an eclectic stew of poetry and award prizes for each issue. Submissions reopen December 15. Ed. @domkeykong.bsky.social + @johnnycordova.bsky.social. shopoetryjournal.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3muchawipmk23Still looking for more work for our winter issue—Submissions close August 31 at 11:59pm PT! shopoetryjournal.submittable.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3muchawipmk23https://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3msc2krhjec2hWe 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.com04 Aug 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc2krhjec2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mptkwoj7ik2rWe'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: https://shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/359796/free-submissions-for-bipoc-poets-sh-no-1004 Jul 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptkwoj7ik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mp2hwvhpc22qCover 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 Bly24 Jun 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2hwvhpc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3monnbkrouk2zSubmissions are free for Black poets today—Happy Juneteenth! Open until 11:59 PT. https://shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/358822/free-submissions-for-black-poets-sh-no-1019 Jun 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3monnbkrouk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mobhgf2ui22mOpen and reading for Shō No. 10! Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com14 Jun 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobhgf2ui22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mob4hoka4s2jCongratulations to the New York Knickerbockers!!! Subs are open 🏀 🏀 🏀 🏀 🏀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jun 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mob4hoka4s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mo4opzdflk2bSharing 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.12 Jun 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4opzdflk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnn3app3222pIf you're sending out poems this weekend, please keep us in mind. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnn3app3222phttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnncok6jsk2wICYMI, 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!06 Jun 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnncok6jsk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnn7vja5lk2qA 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-1006 Jun 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnn7vja5lk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnn3app3222pIf you're sending out poems this weekend, please keep us in mind. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnn3app3222phttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnaa2s5xpc2dWe 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.com01 Jun 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnaa2s5xpc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mnaa2s5xpc2dWe 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.com01 Jun 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnaa2s5xpc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shopoetryjournal.bsky.social/post/3mn3oicze5c2rSubs open Monday!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:kgbr33il4axpcsv4p4fn2aus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3oicze5c2r