Broken Lens Journal Gold Star Program Gold Star

To some, a broken lens might seem like junk, refuse, a failure. To us, a broken lens is a refraction, a distortion, a rupture, a kaleidoscope. It represents possibility.

Broken Lens Journal seeks inventive work from poets who are looking to stretch the limits of language.

We want work that bends genres and disciplines.
We want work that shatters false dichotomies and social constructs.
We want work that breaks myopic worldviews.
We want broken lenses.

General Guidelines and Info:

• Broken Lens Journal publishes new issues quarterly. Submissions are welcome year-round.
• We do not accept work that trades in racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc.
• Please send only one submission at a time and wait until you hear back from us before uploading a new submission.
• Submission calls will be limited to a cap of 25 submissions. Once the limit has been reached, submissions will temporarily close until openings become available. Our response time can be up to 3 months, but may be longer, because we want to have ample time and space for everyone’s submissions to be considered.
• Please wait until you receive a response before you submit again. We ask that you do not request feedback from the editors.
• We are not able to pay for submissions at this time; however, we hope to do so in the future.
• If you have published work with Broken Lens Journal during the last year, please wait until next year to submit any new work. If you send work before the year is up, the work will be archived unread and will receive no response.
• To make sure you receive our response, set your spam filter to allow emails from [email protected] and duosuma.com.
• We consider only unpublished work. Work that has appeared online for any reason, including social media posts, is considered to have been previously published and should not be submitted. If work has been previously published and is submitted it will be archived unread.
• Broken Lens Journal is open to simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately if work is accepted elsewhere by withdrawing the submission in Duosuma or, alternatively, emailing us at [email protected].
• If you have any difficulty using this site for any reason and need alternative submission options, please reach out to us for more information at [email protected]. Please include your name and contact information. Please note that alternative submission options will only be considered on a case-by-case basis and with permission from the editors.
• Submissions that are sent via email without being approved by one of the editors beforehand will be archived and remain unread.