New Verse Review Gold Star Program Gold Star New Verse Review: A Journal of Lyric and Narrative Poetry features work that renews the ancient affinities among poetry, song, and story.While open to well-crafted free verse, NVR is especially interested in lyric and narrative poetry written in meter. Some journals advise submitters to stay away from meter, rhyme, and even alliteration. NVR welcomes them. That said, the journal is interested in living form with a healthy pulse, not the mummified.NVR consists of a weekly (sometimes twice weekly) substack newsletter, which publishes reviews, essays, interviews, and a monthly links round-up, and a companion website, which hosts issues of the poetry journal.Two full issues are published each year, one in summer and one in winter, with occasional special mini-issues. Winter Issue Free Tip Jar Option OpenCloses on Monday, November 30, 2026 11:59 PM EST (in 28 days).New Verse Review will consider submissions to its 2027 winter issue from November 1 through November 30, 2026. Submit up to five poems (no more than seven total pages) as a .doc or .docx file. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please send a prompt follow-up message if a submitted poem is accepted elsewhere. No AI-generated or AI-assisted work. Please review the complete guidelines before submitting.Submit Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. We do not use any marketing, advertising, or third-party cookies. Read our full cookie policy. Accept All Cookies Allow Essential Cookies Only