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Ink Nest Poetry (Gold Star Program) Gold Star

Submissions for Spring 2025 issue. - Ink Nest has a unique twist to our print publication, please read the entire description before submitting.

  • Flash fiction/short stories - No more than two stories Under 3,000 words.
  • Poems - No more than six
  • Art - No more than four
  • Ink Nest features a Spotify code for readers to listen to a personally curated playlist by the authors! Please include a song that represents your work or a personal favorite.

Ink Nest promotes a strong connection between readers and authors.

Each author will have 2 pieces published in each issue. Unless you are submitting flash fiction or short stories in which case, it will be just one.

Author pictures and short bios will be printed on the page with featured text.

We hope this personal touch from author to reader fosters a deeper understanding of your writing and creates a stronger literary community. We also hope authors and artists appreciate the opportunity to have both poems published side by side in a way that showcases their work and voice for readers.

Please note: Authors are paid for their accepted work as a set of publications. This means $20 for both poems, not $20 each.


Quick Links to Open Calls:

April '25 issue - Poetry, Fiction, Visual Art Free Tip Jar Option

Open
Closes on Saturday, March 15, 2025 11:59 PM EDT (in 37 days).

Submissions for April 2025 issue. - Ink Nest has a unique twist to our print publication, please read the entire description before submitting.

Ink Nest promotes a strong connection between readers and authors.

Each author will have 2 pieces published in each issue. Unless you are submitting flash fiction or short stories in which case, it will be just one.

Author pictures and short bios will be printed on the page with featured text.

We hope this personal touch from author to reader fosters a deeper understanding of your writing and creates a stronger literary community. We also hope authors and artists appreciate the opportunity to have both poems published side-by-side in a way that showcases their work and writing voice for readers.

In each issue, there is a featured author interview and a personally curated playlist for the readers. (Each author and artist is asked to submit one song to the playlist.)

We understand the trials of securing that elusive first publication! Ink Nest offers a platform for gifted emerging writers to showcase their debut poems alongside the works of established and renowned authors. Readers love being the first to discover an author and this makes for an exciting opportunity! Debut and emerging writers will be noted with a small stamp on their page.

Debut meaning never before published. Emerging meaning published less than 5 times. Established writers do not have a stamp on their page.

  • Flash fiction/short stories - No more than two stories Under 3,000 words.
  • Poems - No more than six (If your poem rhymes, be sure that the rhymes are not forced and the meter is consistent.)
  • Art - No more than four - Magazine prints on cream-colored paper, art will be printed in black and white - Sketchwork and/or grayscale art required.
  • Ink Nest features a Spotify code for readers to listen to a personally curated playlist by the authors! Please include a song that represents your work or a personal favorite.

Editorial Feedback Fee: usd $15.00

Open

Receive editorial feedback from our Editor-in-Chief, Evelyn M. Hoyt. Please allow up to two weeks from submission date to receive feedback (though we aim for sooner). Your submission will also receive reading priority for publication consideration in the magazine should you choose to accept. Please submit no more than 3 poems as a single file. (PDF preferred, .docx also okay.)

Poetry Contest - February Fee: usd $5.00

Open
Closes on Saturday, February 15, 2025 11:59 PM EST (in 9 days).

Winner will be issued $100, published in our spring issue, and sent a free author copy of the magazine.

Please submit three previously unpublished poems only.