Mundane Joys Anthology

A project of Derailleur Press (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (March 2021). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Derailleur Press is looking for poems about joys, specifically simple joys. Things that would be trivial, trite, or inconsequential— if they didn’t make you happy. Please send us the unexpected ladybugs on your windowsill, or the way your mom flicks her hair out of her eyes. A middle school inside joke remembered well into adulthood. Anything, everything, please. We are trying to remember the way being human is, in large part, smiling privately at silly little things.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: One-time publication

Poetry Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 30 lines; Up to 3 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026