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Glass: A Journal of Poetry Glass Poetry Press

Founded in Toledo, Ohio, the Glass City, by Holly Burnside and Anthony Frame, Glass: A Journal of Poetry (ISSN 1941-4137) was published online twice a year (June and December) from 2008 until 2014 by Glass Poetry Press. In 2016, it published a single poem each week (and occasionally published double features). From 2017 until 2020, the journal published monthly issues of around ten poems. Beginning in 2021, the journal moved to a quarterly schedule. Interviews and reviews are also published on a rolling schedule.

We are interested in poetry that enacts the artistic and creative precision of glass. We are not bound by any specific aesthetic; our only mission is to publish high quality poetry. All styles, forms and schools of poetry are welcome, though easy rhymes and "light" verse are less likely to inspire us. We like poems that show a careful understanding of language, music, passion and creativity. The best way to get to know our tastes is to purchase a copy of one (or more) of our chapbooks or to read the Glass: A Journal of Poetry archives.

Our mission is to engage with the wider literary community. To do this, we are committed to publishing a variety of new, emerging and established voices. Further, we are committed to inclusion and equity in publishing. We highly encourage submissions from underrepresented voices including, but not limited to, women poets, poets of color, LGBTQ poets, poets living with poverty, and incarcerated poets.

Poetry Submissions

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Opens on Friday, August 1, 2025 12:00 AM EDT (in 71 days).

Please submit 3-5 poems, any style, any length.

Please submit all poems as a single document.

Poems should be sent through the Submission Manager System as .doc, .docx, .odt, or .pdf files.
We do not accept poems created with AI softoware.

Please include a cover letter and bio when prompted by the submission manager.

Manuscripts should be single spaced and written in a standard font and standard size (12 pt. Times New Roman, for example) with standard (at least 1 inch) margins.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere (congratulations!), please send an follow up email to [email protected] letting us know.

We do not accept previously published poems.
Please submit only once per reading period.

Response times may vary. We hope to reply within eight to sixteen weeks. If you have not received a response to your submission within four months, please send us an email.

If your work is accepted, we request First North American serial rights as well as the right to archive your work on our website and to use your work, with credit given to you as the author, for promotional purposes. Otherwise, upon publication, all rights revert back to the author under the condition that you will credit Glass: A Journal of Poetry as the original publisher should your work be reprinted. Accepted poems will be published on the Glass website in perpetuity.

Tip Jar Option: This option is offered to help us offset costs of running the press and website and to help us achieve our goal of paying our authors (chapbook and journal authors) by the start of 2026. Thank you for your help in moving us closer to this goal.

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Poetry Submissions w/Editorial Feedback

Temp Closed
Opens on Friday, August 1, 2025 12:00 AM EDT (in 71 days).

This option is offered to help us offset costs of running the press and website and to help us achieve our goal of paying our authors (chapbook and journal authors) by the start of 2026. Thank you for your help in moving us closer to this goal.

Please follow all submission guidelines for regular poetry submissions (reprinted below). Additionally, please choose ONE (1) poem from your submission packet for editorial feedback. Feedback poems should not be more than TWO (2) pages long.

Feedback will come from Glass Poetry Press Editor in Chief, Anthony Frame, and will include feedback on some (though not necessarily all) individual lines as well as overall feedback on the poem.

Feedback will be as generous and positive as possible, but also will offer specific, detailed critique -- we're here to help your poem and sometimes that means saying some things that might be difficult to hear.

Feedback submissions are only offered during our regular reading periods of February and August,
Please submit 3-5 poems, any style, any length.

Please submit all poems as a single submissions.

Poems should be sent through the Submission Manager System as .doc, .docx, .odt, or .pdf files.
We do not accept poems created with AI softoware.

Please include a cover letter and bio when prompted by the submission manager.

Manuscripts should be single spaced and written in a standard font and standard size (12 pt. Times New Roman, for example) with standard (at least 1 inch) margins.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere (congratulations!), please send an follow up email to [email protected] letting us know.

We do not accept previously published poems.

Please submit only once per reading period.

Response times may vary. We hope to reply within eight to sixteen weeks. If you have not received a response to your submission within four months, please send us an email.

If your work is accepted, we request First North American serial rights as well as the right to archive your work on our website and to use your work, with credit given to you as the author, for promotional purposes. Otherwise, upon publication, all rights revert back to the author under the condition that you will credit Glass: A Journal of Poetry as the original publisher should your work be reprinted. Accepted poems will be published on the Glass website in perpetuity.

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