*UPDATE 8/18/23* — Please wait at least two months between submissions.
*UPDATE February 2024* Submission Guidelines for ONE ART’s 2024 Haiku Anthology — Submit your haiku/senryu submissions to Haiku Editor, Katie Dozier. Submission Window: March 1-31, 2024. Please read the Haiku Anthology Submission Guidelines for details.
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ONE ART has Rolling Submissions. Always. We are open 365/24/7.
There is no fee to submit.
General Submissions can be sent in the body of an email [or] as an email attachment. (preferred methods)
Email attachment submissions can be sent as: .docx [or] .doc [or] .rtf
Submissions may be sent as a Google doc (if necessary)
Please do not send PDFs
Please contact about snail mail submissions.
Send 1-5 poems (10 pages max) + bio (any length)
Please consider a small *Tip Jar* donation. See our Donations page for more options.
Preference for concise free verse (but will consider formal poems that read in the manner of free verse)
Please refrain from simultaneous submissions as our typical response time is one to five days. (Please note that this is a preference. You will not be punished for sim subs.) Same day responses are common. Usually, we respond in three days. We do our best to respond within one week. If you have not heard anything after one week please reach out.
No previously curated work. What does that mean?
ONE ART will consider work that has previously appeared or is self-published on social media, a personal blog, forum, or message board, and poems that were recorded during a poetry reading or event. We do not accept submissions of work that has been previously curated (aka. published) in books, magazines, or similar sources that are publicly available.
ONE ART wishes to be the first publisher to highlight your poems, though we never want to discourage anyone from sharing their poems as they please. If a poem that has appeared on your blog is accepted for curation (aka. publication) in ONE ART, we ask that you revise your original blog post to note the publication.
It is ok if your work has been shared in an audio format previously, even if the event was recorded. We consider work curated (aka. published) in literary journal as audio (either alone or with text) as previously curated (aka. published).
Please query if you feel that your poem falls in a gray area of between sharing and publication.
ONE ART is intended to be a safe space for all. ONE ART values inclusivity and encourages submissions by poets who identify as being part of any marginalized group, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, poets who identify (privately and/or publicly) as part of the LGBTQAI+ community, neurodiverse poets, and poets with physical or mental health challenges.
We are always delighted to consider work by poets who are disadvantaged due to the many forms of social disenfranchisement as well as otherwise vulnerable populations in society both in the United States and Internationally.
ONE ART does not accept AI-created poetry. We will consider work that has been written with AI-assistance. What does this mean? Essentially, it means that we permit the use of AI in the process of brainstorming and development of poetry. We understand the desire to make use of AI in the creative process. That being said, we are disinterested in curating work that has not been created by humans. Sadly, yes, that means your dog and/or cat are not permitted to submit work either. If you are submitting AI-assisted work, then please indicate so in your Cover Letter.
Submissions are free.
Submissions to ONE ART should be emailed to: oneartpoetry@gmail.com
We encourage keeping your Cover Letter as simple as possible. Please mention if you are a previous contributor. Please include a 3rd person bio.
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Example Cover Letter:
Dear Editors, [or] (Dear Mark & Louisa)
This is my first time submitting to ONE ART. (if applicable)
I’m sending along X poems for your consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to read my work.
Warm Regards,
X
Bio:
X is a poet from X. X’s poems have appeared in X, X, X, X, and X. X is the author of X (X Press).
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Rights revert to author upon curation (aka. publication). ONE ART reserves the right to reprint your work in other formats. ONE ART reserves the right to reprint your work in future anthologies unless this creates a conflict of interest concerning permissions contractually agreed upon with another publisher. ONE ART reserves Archival Rights for all curated (aka. published) materials.
Please wait at least two months between submissions.
If you’d like to support ONE ART, please consider making a donation. This will not affect your likelihood of acceptance or rejection.
If you use Duotrope, &/or Chill Subs, we encourage you to report your submissions.
We are proudly listed on Chill Subs.
We are a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).
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ONE ART nominates for The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, as well as other awards.
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Representative Poets:
Faith Shearin, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Donna Hilbert, Betsy Mars, Hayden Saunier, Julia Caroline Knowlton, Sally Nacker, Ona Gritz, Erin Murphy, James Crews, Grant Clauser, Gerry LaFemina, Ethel Rackin, Nicole Caruso Garcia, Natalie Homer, Laura Grace Weldon, Robbi Nester, Julie Weiss, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Bonnie Proudfoot, Laura Foley, Heidi Seaborn, Rachel Custer, Tina Barry, Tamara Madison, Susan Cossette, Carolynn Kingyens, Sandra Kohler, Margaret Dornaus, Andrea Potos, Michael T. Young, Alicia Hoffman, J. C. Todd, Jane Edna Mohler, Cathleen Cohen, Sarah Mackey Kirby, Patricia Davis-Muffett, Amit Majmudar, Barbara Crooker, Marge Piercy, Aaron Smith, Claire Keyes, Donna Sprujit-Metz, Jacqueline Jules, Heather Swan, Linda Laderman, Joan Mazza, Dick Westheimer, Amy Small-McKinney, Carla Sarett, Claire Keyes, Nancy Huggett, Karly Randolph Pitman, Sandra Kohler, Alison Luterman, Carolyn Miller, Tresha Faye Haefner, Susan Michele Coronel, James Harms, David P. Kozinski, Dan Simpson, Anton Yakovlev, Marc Harshman, Ace Boggess, Roseanne Freed, Linda Learner, Sandra Fees, Hilary Sideris, Jane Ann Fuller, Sean Hanrahan, Linda Blaskey, Robin Turner, Bruce Morton, Terri Kirby Erickson, Jennifer K. Sweeney, Sean Lynch, Craig Cotter, William Palmer, Vasiliki Katsarou, Emily Lake Hansen, Wendy Kagan, Jo Taylor, Cathleen Cohen, Bracha K. Sharp, Leanne Shirtliffe, Ann E. Michael, Marjorie Maddox, Karen Paul Holmes, Andrea Potos, Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Cheryl Baldi, Melissa A. Chappell, Erica Jasmin Dixon, Faith Paulsen, Paul J. Lambert, Leonard Gontarek, Tom Hunley, Michael Northen, Dana Kinsey, Mary Ford Neal, Valerie Bacharach, Jim Daniels, Ted Kooser, Kip Knott, Mike James, W. D. Ehrhart, Luke Johnson, Tom Snarsky, Kristin Garth, Chad Frame, Barbara Sabol, John Wall Barger, CL Bledsoe, Le Hinton, Michael Simms, Sid Gold, John Amen, Jenna Le, Leigh Chadwick, Eva Eliav, Judy Kronenfeld, Bunkong Tuon, Jason Gordy Walker, Courtney LeBlanc, Jo Taylor, Wendy Drexler, Sharon Waller Knutson, Laurie Kuntz, Valerie Bacharah, Miriam Levine, Robert Okaji, Paul Siegell, Ernest Hilbert, James Feichthaler, F. J. Bergmann, Joseph Chelius, Diane Kendig, Bonnie Naradzay, Sean Kelbley, Margaret Dornaus, Jacob DeVoogd, Anne Graue, Karen Paul Holmes, Robin Turner, Gary Metras, Nathaniel Gutman, Lailah Shima, Jenn Koiter, Melody Wilson, Richard Levine.
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Poets who exemplify the range of work ONE ART is seeking:
Ada Limón, Mary Ann Samyn, Jane Kenyon, Faith Shearin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Wisława Szymborska, John Murillo, Dorothea Lasky, Marie Howe, Danez Smith, Jacob Saenz, Laura Kasischke, Brenda Hillman, Marge Piercy, H.D., Kay Ryan, Dorianne Laux, W.S. Merwin, Eavan Boland, Alden Nowlan, Leila Chatti, Natalie Diaz, Sue Ellen Thompson, Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno, Adam Zagajewski, Maggie Smith, Tess Gallagher, C.D. Wright, Cornelius Eady, Ari Banias, Keetje Kiupers, Nate Marshall, Leila Chatti, Mary Karr, Amit Majmudar, Nickole Brown, Richard Siken, Erin Belieu, John Murillo, Tarfia Faizullah, David Kirby, Jean Valentine, Aracelis Girmay, Kim Addonizio, Jericho Brown, Sandra Simonds, Philip B. Williams, Aaron Smith, Wanda Coleman, Heather McHugh, Wendy Xu, Jennifer L. Knox, Dana Levin, Rachel Zucker, Cynthia Huntington, Matthea Harvey, Terrence Hayes, E. Ethelbert Miller, Jim Daniels, D. Nurkse, Etheridge Knight, Natalie Shapero, Lucille Clifton, Major Jackson, David Bottoms, Thomas Lux, Maxine Kumin, Larry Levis, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Nicole Caruso Garcia, Allison Joseph, Hayden Saunier, Ernest Hilbert, Luke Stromberg, Chad Frame, David P. Kozinski, Daisy Fried, John Wall Barger, Lynn Levin, Ross Gay, JC Todd, Barbara Crooker, Amy Small-McKinney, Vasiliki Katsarou, Fereshteh Sholevar, Dan Simpson, Ona Gritz, Natalie Homer, Grant Clauser, Amy Barone, Cathy Shea, Alicia Hoffman, Marjorie Maddox, Vijay Seshadri, Sean Webb, Malachi Black, Gerry LaFemina, Marc Harshman, James Harms, Nausheen Eusuf, Le Hinton, Jeff Rath, Anton Yakovlev, Afaa M. Weaver, Darius Simpson, Jean Valentine, Bianca Stone, Shane McCrae, Cameron Conaway, Jamaal May, Jenn Givhan, Nancy Scott, Michael Dylan Welch, Mary Jo Bang, John Amen, Sophie Cabot Black, Margaret Ross, Rena Priest, Carmen Giménez Smith, Erin Elizabeth Smith, Rio Cortez, Rex Wilder, Donte Collins, Aaron Smith, Jesse Graves, Rasheed Copeland, Scott Edward Anderson, Mai Der Vang, Richard Jones, Michael Mark, Natasha Trethewey, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Wendy Cope, Murial Rukeyser, Mark Halliday, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Dorianne Laux, Dorothy Parker, Kim Addonizio, Jeff Gundy, Lyn Hejinian, Aracelis Girmay, Margaret Atwood, Louisa Schnaithmann, Joyce Carol Oates, C.X. Hua, Victoria Redel, Jennifer Soong, Jeffrey Harrison, Umit Singh Dhuga, Chessy Normille, Robin Becker, Maya C. Popa, Rimas Uzgiris, Parneshia Jones, Louise Bogan, Adrienne Rich, Chloe Honum, Nick Flynn, Chen Chen, Craig Morgan Teicher, Gary Whitehead, Alberto Rios, Amy Alvarez, Hayden Carruth, Chelsea Dingman, Hanif Abdurraqib, Philip Larkin, Terri Kirby Erickson, Joy Harjo, Frank Bidart, Mark Sanders, Patrick Rosal, Samiya Bashir, Hazel Hall, Mary Ruefle, Carl Phillips, Czesław Miłosz, Richard Hugo, Elizabeth Leo, Wesley McNair, Robert Pinsky, Sherman Alexie, Blas Manuel de Luna, Jill McDonough, Lois Parker Edstrom, Richard Blanco, Natalie Eilbert, Tracy K. Smith, Jennifer Moxley, Hart Crane, Kwame Dawes, Safiya Sinclair, Ishion Hutchinson, Amy Lowell, William Stafford, Max Ritvo, Susan Hutton, Charles Simic, Denise Duhamel, Suzanne Simmons, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, BJ Ward, Robin Coste Lewis, Frank X Walker, Miriam Bird Greenberg, Vona Groarke, Yehuda Amicahi, Mark Vinz, Prageeta Sharma, Mark Doty, Elisabeth Eybers, Kate Colby, Anna Akhmatova, Lia Purpura, Barbara Ras, Nicole Kocot, Carlyn Pagel, Anne Bradshaw, Jeffrey McRae, Eloise Klein Healy, Jennifer Franklin, Eileen Moeller, Christian Wiman, Emily Hunt, Ladan Osman, Rachel Sherwood, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mark Strand, Heather McHugh, Gary Snyder, Ron Padgett, Kathleen Jamie, Idra Novey, Megan Fernandes, Ryan Black, Donald Justice, James Wright, Sherwin Bitsui, Francesca Bell, A.R. Ammons, Nicholas Christopher, Anna Newman, Chase Twichell, Joyce Sutphen, Cynthia Huntington, Charles Wright, George Bilgere, Mark Irwin, Elizabeth Jennings, Michael Hofmann, Claudia Emerson, Louis Jenkins, Eileen Myles, Katy Lederer, Robert Francis, Sina Queyras, Kim Dower, Judy Ireland, G.C. Waldrep, Justin Marks, Tony Hoagland, Dean Young, Michael Burkard, W.S. Di Piero, Michael Brokos, David Ignatow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Meg Day, James Galvin, Marvin Bell, Gary Jackson, James Richardson, Todd Davis, Russell Edson, Carl Dennis, Tom Wayman, Tamara Oakman, Donna Masini, Barbara DeCesare, Dana Gioia, Deborah Garrison, Vera Pavlova, Kimiko Hahn, Philip Levine, Jorge Luis Borges, Gregory Corso, Linda Pastan, William Carlos Williams, Wendell Berry, May Sarton, Wendell Keys, Julia Harwig, Linda Gregg.
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Want more information about submitting to ONE ART?
Check out this essay by Benjamin Davis (of Chill Subs). Ben unpacks ONE ART’s submission guidelines, contextualizes our guidelines, and compares them to other lit mag guidelines. It’s a fun and educational read! Plus, there’s a whole free course at Write or Die… so… Highly recommend.
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