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Dear Fear: Dear Fear Letters to Fear Foods - Poetry Entry Fee: usd $3.00

Deadline: Thursday, October 15, 2026 11:59 PM CDT (in 32 days).

Please send one to three poems with a maximum of 45 lines.

If you are submitting a series, triptych, or poetry cycle, or other unified grouping of work, please indicate that information in your cover letter.

Please use the hybrid option if your work includes graphic or visual elements.

Please submit your work as a Word or PDF document.

Please use a readable font (Times New Roman, Garamond, etc.) in 12-point.

    We cannot accept any material generated by artificial intelligence.

    We welcome simultaneous submissions, but due to time constraints, appreciate prompt notification if your work is accepted elsewhere by withdrawing it within DuoTrope’s system.

    Please provide a cover letter, indicating the content you are submitting, including the titles, and a short author bio in the third person.

    We are unable to accept previously published work. By the term “published” we mean work where another organization or individual has established rights to the work, we do not mean work that has been published on a platform you control, such as a blog, newsletter, or social media site. Should we accept your submission, we will ask you to remove all copies.

    Category: Poetry
    File types: .doc, .docx, .pdf
    Number of Pieces: 1 piece
    Anonymous submissions are required (no identifying information in files).
    Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
    Reprints are not allowed.
    Multiple entries are allowed.
    AI-assisted works are not allowed.

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