OUTSIDE 

the BOX 

POETRY

an online literary journal for early and emerging poets


Rebecca Collins, Editor

SUBMISSIONSREAD EVERYTHING BEFORE SENDING A SUBMISSION QUESTION OR A SUBMISSON


WHO

Anyone anywhere who is 18 years and older and unpublished, self-published, or published through independent editors or literary journals may submit. Those published through traditional publishing houses may not submit; this is to ensure early and emerging talent is highlighted.


OtB seeks diversity in every aspect: place, ethnicity, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith, etc.


CATEGORIES

Book two—up to 10 haiku


regular Books—up to 6 poems in other forms including prose poetry


REQUIREMENTS


FEE

waiver

If you are low-income, include that and a request for a fee waiver in your submission email (see "SUBMITTING" below).


paid submission (nonrefundable) 

$3 US per category (so $6 US for both categories). All currencies are accepted since the link (secure through Square) takes Apple Pay, Google Pay, or major credit card (see exchange rates online). Please go to https://square.link/u/seAbJhYI and enter the total payment for the number of categories to which you are submitting.


SUBMITTING

1 Word document per category


email body


Send to outsidetheboxpoetry@gmail.com.


TIMELINES

Submissions are ongoing. The response and posting time is 1 week. Due to the quick turnaround, withdrawals and simultaneous submissions are not allowed.

PUBLISHING


Per accepted poet, up to 3 haiku or 1 poem in another form will be published on this site. The maximum per book is 30 sets of haiku and 25 poems in other forms.


Please skip 2 regular books before submitting again: if your poem is in "one", skip "three" and "four". Poets in the regular Books may submit to Book two and vice versa.

RIGHTS


Outside the Box Poetry gets first rights, meaning it has the right to first publish a work as well as maintain it on this site and share it for the purpose of literary exposure (e.g., on X). Rights will revert to authors upon publication; if a poem in OtB is then published elsewhere, include a note acknowledging Outside the Box as the first publisher.

PAYMENT (not money, but exposure)


X

OtB has over 400 followers and counting, most from the literary world, including organizations and other journals. A link to each published poem with a brief note on it will be posted, and the post will be highlighted until the book is complete and the next is started (exceptions: the last poems in a book will be highlighted at least 1 week, and poets in Book two will be highlighted alongside poets in other books and vice versa).


PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATIONS

Poems published in OtB before 15 November will be considered (to ensure nominations arrive before Pushcart's 1 December deadline).

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