General Submissions
Issue Nine: Inventory
Start making a list. For Issue 9, we're asking you for your best inventory poems, also known as list or catalog poems. As the name suggests, an inventory poem is a form + device that rely on an inventory of people, objects, images, characteristics, ideas, emotions, etc.
The list may explicitly or implicitly convey or evoke a particular emotion, realization, or idea/meaning. You can also look at litanies for inspiration.
Both the Academy of American Poets + The Poetry Foundation have some great resources + examples: List Poems, Taking Stock with the Catalog Poem, + Litany Poems.
We gravitate toward tiny poems with deep imagery + original, striking figurative language. Read previous issues or buy a tiny chapbook to get a sense of what we like.
Submit up to six (6) tiny poems in a single Word document (.doc or .docx or .pdf). Each poem should be on its own separate page, single-spaced, + in 12-point font, nothing fancy. Work should be your own + unpublished. Before you submit, please read our FAQ page + also make sure that your poem is a list or contains a list.
Submissions: May 1, 2025 through the last day of May.
tiny wren publishing's tiny chapbooks
tiny wren lit wants your tiny manuscripts of tiny poems to publish in zine format.
How tiny?
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No more than fifteen (15) lines in length (including stanza breaks)
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Five (5) to ten (10) lines are our sweet spot
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Each line should have no more than twenty-five (25) characters, including spaces
Submission deets
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Submit a manuscript of six (6) to fifteen (15) tiny poems in one file (.docx or .pdf)
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Have one (1) tiny poem per page
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One submission/manuscript per reading period
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Manuscript should be cohesive (theme, tone, + style)
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At least eighty (80) percent of poems should be new + unpublished
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tiny wren lit does not charge submission fees
Accepted manuscripts
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Authors of chosen manuscripts will receive twenty-five (25) complimentary copies from a print run of seventy-five (75)
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tiny wren lit will collaborate with authors on zine format + design
Submissions: Open Jan. 31, 2025 with submissions open through February
Print Anthology Theme: TBD
Next anthology's theme will be announced in Fall 2025.
We gravitate toward tiny poems with deep imagery + original, striking figurative language. Read previous issues or buy a tiny chapbook to get a sense of what we like.
Submit up to six (6) tiny poems in a single Word document (.doc or .docx or .pdf). Each poem should be on its own separate page, single-spaced, + in 12-point font, nothing fancy. Work should be your own + unpublished. Before you submit, please read our FAQ page.
Each featured poet will receive a free contributor's copy + 50% off for additional copies.
Submissions: Closed.