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Last Stanza Poetry Journal [1]

Basic Information
State: 
Indiana
Website: 
https://facebook.com/Last-Stanza-Poetry-Association-132639496814167 [2]
Country: 
United States
Submission Guidelines: 
https://laststanzapoetry.blogspot.com [3]
Address: 
634 North A Street
City: 
Elwood
Zip / Postal Code: 
46036
Contact Information
Jenny
Kalahar
editor and publisher
Contact E-mail: 
laststanza@outlook.com [4]
Details
Formats: 
Digital
Print
Payment: 
No payment
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Response Time: 
Less than 3 months

Themed issues with suggested prompts, but open to off-topic submissions of strong, personal, timely, or narrative poetry. Find the latest prompt on Last Stanza Poetry’s Facebook page. There's no reading fee. Prize of $100 for one outstanding poem per issue. Nominates for Pushcart Prize. The prize-winner’s interview will be published in each issue (optional). Published worldwide in softcover, full-color illustrated hardcover, and ebook. Not seeking horror, fantasy, juvenilia, or erotica.

Submit up to three non-rhyming poems in a single Word document or in the body of your email to laststanza@outlook.com [4]. Each issue is sent to libraries throughout the United States. Limit submissions to three poems per issue. Any form, up to 64 lines. Most poems will be edited. Published in ebook, softcover, and color-illustrated hardcover. All back and current issues are available worldwide. Prefer unpublished. Please note credit if submitting one previously published. No payment / no contributor copy—sorry—other than the single $100 prize.

Representative Authors: 
Michael Ansara, Scott Beal, Matthew Brennan, Michael Brockley, Michael H. Brownstein, Dan Carpenter, Jared Carter, Curtis L. Crisler, Luke Austin Daugherty, Karl Elder, James Green, John D. Groppe, Liza Hyatt, Michael Joyce, JL Kato, Norbert Krapf, Stellasue Lee, Lucy J. Madison, James Nolan, Denise O’Hagan, Jessica Reed, Royal Rhodes, Stephen R. Roberts, Mary Sexson, John Sherman, Christopher Stolle, David Vancil, Rp Verlaine
Issues per Year: 
4
Year Founded: 
2020
Distributors: 
Amazon
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published: 
Greater than 50
Issue Price: 
$12.95
Number of Debut Authors per Issue: 
10-15
Less than 1,000
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices [5]
Experimental [6]
Feminist [7]
LGBTQ Voices [8]
Poetry [9]
Prose Poetry [10]
Translation [11]
Visual Poetry [12]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/last_stanza_poetry_journal_0

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/last_stanza_poetry_journal_0 [2] https://facebook.com/Last-Stanza-Poetry-Association-132639496814167 [3] https://laststanzapoetry.blogspot.com [4] mailto:laststanza@outlook.com [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/bipoc-voices [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/feminist [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/poetry [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/translation [12] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/visual-poetry