Submissions
Send 1-3 unpublished poems
about trauma, loss, and/or grief
(max 6 pages) to:
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Please attach submissions as a .doc(x) file
12-pt font, 1-inch margins
Times New Roman
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Please only submit once per issue.
Any submissions received after the cutoff dates
will be rolled over to the next issue.
June issue cutoff: April 30th
December issue cutoff: October 31st
Please include:
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Trigger Warnings (TW) at the beginning of the document or each poem, or in the body of the email
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Your name in the title of the attached file
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A short (70 words or less) third-person bio in the body of the email
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"SUBMISSION" in the subject line
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No cover letter necessary
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There is NO bigotry, prejudice, or hate allowed at Harrow House. Any work that is hateful, discriminatory, or not factually/scientifically accurate will be disqualified and you may be permanently banned from future submissions.
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NO AI-generated or AI-assisted writing is permitted. If work is found to be AI, your work will be disqualified and you may be permanently banned from future submissions.
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If your work is accepted at Harrow House, you agree to grant us First North American Serial Rights, all archival rights, plus the rights to reprint in any future anthologies. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author. You agree that if your poem(s) subsequently appear(s) elsewhere (in print or online), you will give due credit to Harrow House Journal.
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Harrow House will publish issues in June and December.