Editor Interview: Heliosparrow Poetry Journal Go to the listing List all editor interviews Edit answers (editors only) Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.Progressive Haiku & more!Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?Just on a personal basis, Paris Review, Poetry, Rattle, then the number of online sources including the Living Haiku Antihology, The Haiku Foundation, Modern Haiku Press & journal. Frogpond. Sonic Boom.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?I often read Ammons, Catherine Rundell, Anne Carson, Octavio Paz, Wallace Stevens, Jorie Graham. Terry Eagleton, Simon Critchley, Graham Harman, Curt Jaimungal, Rodger Penrose. Many authors in depth psychology.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025What sets your publication apart from others that publish similar material?I think we are the only online publication that is focused on progressive and experimental Haiku forms and extended forms that use some of the techniques of disjunction and others, that relate to Haiku including compression of thought and text, and we are also open to prose poems serial poems and parallel poems and other new forms that relate to Haiku and really extended ways. There is no other adrenal in print or online doing this right now.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?Please read the published works to get a handle on what we're into and what we like. It is all you need to know.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025Describe the ideal submission.The ideal submission simply is fresh and creative and relates in some general way to over 5 years of our publications previously but we also stretch so don't forget we accept visual media as well as poems and texts.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025What do submitters most often get wrong about your submissions process?Generally they just send Haiku usually that aren't what we publish, to put it simply.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?To be honest we try to ignore the credits a person sends. They just distract from the work. We read the submissions and try to be objective.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?All of it, always and often several times, of course.Richard Gilbert, Editor-in-chief on 28 December 2025 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