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The Big Book of Useful Poetry

A project of Big Wonderful Press (see other related projects).

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

About

We are also collecting submissions for The Big Book of Useful Poetry. This is a humor/poetry collection that is a little oddball.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
One-time publication

Poetry Closed

Submit "useful" poems as well as the tags for their usefulness. Tag examples: comforting a friend on the death of his cat; quitting your job; congratulations on your facelift; thank you for watering my plants. Also, poems have to be actually good. I know this makes it harder, but it is what it is. No limericks.

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 3 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Light verse. Excluding: Limerick.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Humorous.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

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The Big Book of Useful Poetry Submission Statistics

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This listing is inactive and does not have any submission reports for the past 12 months.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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