NO SUBMISSION FEE — SUBMIT April 1-30 (11:00 PM EST)

Sheila-Na-Gig Editions is currently seeking poetry from BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) for AMPLIFY,  an anthology curated by Toledo, Ohio, poet Sandra Rivers-Gill. This anthology will exhibit powerful, provocative, poetry that amplifies and speaks to the personal experience. We are looking for poems that resist, bear witness to, prompt and inspirit, hope and affirm; poems that honor and celebrate. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Send us your best work! 

• Submit up to THREE previously unpublished poems as a single file (.doc, .docx) via the Submittable link below.
• Include a brief bio in the cover note field: 50-100 words 
• The 6 x 9 anthology can accommodate 4.25 inches width of text. Lines that run over the margin lengths will be indented on the next line.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted. If you need to withdraw submissions, please just add a “Message” through 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 minor changes at that time if necessary. 

• Work that is racist, homophobic, sexist, or includes hate speech of any kind will not accepted.
• Please do not send us AI-generated work. 

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.

Submit your work early — The submission portal will close when we reach 200 submissions!