We accept work via email attached as a Word doc, PDF, or embedded as text in an email. Alternatively, submit via the form below. 
If you would like to submit your work via post mail, please send us an email to request guidelines. 
We assume the formatting with which you submit is how you wish the piece to be published. 

Email:  VersesFTU@gmail.com

You may submit up to 5 pieces per month. We do not provide unsolicited feedback regarding rejections. If you are interested in receiving critique, let us know. 

We accept short format poetry (1 page or less.) Any genre.

We tend to lean away from confessionalist style. We generally accept work that indicates a love of poetry for poetry’s sake—not those who intend to use poetry as means of expressing any specific opinion, but rather those that write due to their infatuation with words themselves, their meanings, sounds, derivations and relations. Any piece expressing a specific opinion or stance will never be judged by the merit or righteousness of its offered perspective, it will be accepted or denied only by the merits of its poetic proficiency and effectiveness.

Succinctly, we DO NOT CARE what your poem is about, but we DO CARE if it is written well.

We will make exceptions for anything— as long as it's good.

By submitting your work (via email or website), you agree:

We do not accept submissions from minors. There are many other literary magazines that WILL accept your submission. You can find a list of them HERE. We look forward to reading your work in a few more years...

All content must be your own intellectual property. We do not consider work that has been written, generated, created, or inspired in part or in full by AI. 

If Accepted:

We may make minor edits to your work to match our style & formatting. E.g.) Font, font size, and spacing. In the case of major edits, such as special formatting or a line break edit as deemed necessary by page sizing restrictions, we will consult with you before publication.

If you are not local to Philly, we'll send you a contributor's copy on release day.

We exclusively publish in print. Anywhere from 300-500 copies may be initially printed and distributed. We may print and distribute additional copies of the Issue containing your work after the initial publication month. We may also include your work in a future Verses retrospective.