Our spring issue of Sheila-Na-Gig online will be currated by special guest, Simona Carini. Simona is a long-time contributor to and supporter of Sheila-Na-Gig online, and her collection, Survival Time appears from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. Read more about Simona! https://sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gig-inc/sheila-na-gig-editions-quick-shopping/simona-carini/

Sheila-Na-Gig online seeks well-crafted poems with excellent imagery and a strong sense of voice. Our bias leans toward free verse, but we are open to traditional forms as well.

Please submit up to THREE previously unpublished poems as one file (.doc, .docx) via the Submission Opportunities link on our home page. We do not mind if your work has appeared on your personal webpage or social media. Include a brief bio in the cover note field. Please do not send us AI-generated work.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted. If you need to withdraw submissions, please just add a "Message" in Submittable. If you write a "note" in Submittable, editors don't see these. Please do not ask to EDIT submissions while they are under review. If your work is accepted, you may make changes at that time.

 We award one Editor's Prize of $100 for each issue. All poems accepted for publication are eligible for this prize. 
 

Sheila-Na-Gig online publishes quarterly.
 

SUBMISSION FEES:  We charge a $3.00 reading fee for submissions. These fees help cover our overhead costs for Submittable, Wordpress, Zoom, and more. A no-fee Early-bird option is available (first 50 submissions only) for those who are unable to pay submission fees. Please be mindful that our no-fee option is designed to support lower/fixed-income writers. We cap our paid submissions at 150.
 

IMPORTANT: A note on Deadlines. The submission portals will close at 11:00 pm (EST) on the deadline dates noted below. We will not reopen the portals, so please be mindful of the cutoffs.

July 1-- July 31 for Fall issue, published in September
October 1 -- October 31 for Winter issue, published in December
January 1 -- January 31 for Spring issue, published in March 
April 1 -- April 30 for Summer issue, published in June
 

At Sheila-Na-Gig online, we expect to receive 200 submissions for each issue quarterly. Each volume will usually contain 30 to 45 poets (15-22% acceptance rate). Some Sheila-Na-Gig Editions authors (those who have published books with us) will always appear in our issues, but they are not counted among the 30-45 acceptances, to keep that space open to our broader community of writers. Sheila-Na-Gig Editions authors are not eligible for our Editor's Prize. We strive to reserve space (about 15-20 slots) in each issue for writers new to Sheila-Na-Gig online. 

Editors will select up to six poems yearly (drawn from all of our issues, not each issue) to nominate for the Pushcart Prize and/or The Best of the Net.
 

Sheila-Na-Gig online acquires First North American Serial Rights. All rights revert back to authors upon publication. If your work is later republished, please acknowledge Sheila-Na-Gig online in subsequent journals.

We are actively seeking submissions from underrepresented populations. BIPOC poets and LGBTQ+ poets are encouraged to submit.