Tipton Poetry Journal - Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Poetry Submissions

Submissions are read year-round. The Tipton Poetry Journal is published quarterly both in print and an online archive. Future issues will include a digital or electronic downloadable format.

The Tipton Poetry Journal publishes about 35 poems each issue and submissions are read throughout the year. Poems with the best chance for acceptance are quality free verse which evokes a shared sense of common humanity. The Tipton Poetry Journal is published in Indiana, so themes with a regional focus are encouraged.

Book Reviews

Tipton Poetry Journal publishes a limited number of reviews of books written by previous Tipton Poetry Journal contributors.

If you have been previously published in the Tipton Poetry Journal (or know someone who has) and have a recent book to be considered for review, please send an email with book details to bookreviews@tiptonpoetryjournal.com. Please let us know the following: (1) Author (2) Title (3) Publication Date and, if possible, a link to information about the book.

If you are a book reviewer and would like to review books for the the Tipton Poetry Journal please send an email to bookreviews@tiptonpoetryjournal.com and include a sample book review as an attachment or a link.

Please note that only a very few books will be selected for review and must be recent titles by past TPJ contributors.

Tipton Poetry Journal asks for one-time rights for publication in (1) print and (2) digital or electronic downloadable format and also the right to retain an HTML archive. Poets may opt out of digital or online formats by specific request. Author retains all future rights to the poem, following publication in print. Payment is one contributor copy of the printed journal.

Simultaneous submissions and previously published poems are ok. Please withdraw poem immediately if a poem under simultaneous submission becomes unavailable.

If a poem has been previously published, please indicate publication in order to be properly acknowledged.

Submit 1-5 poems per submission. If submitting a simultaneous submission through our online submissions manager, please submit SEPARATELY. Should you need to later withdraw one of your poems, this will leave your others to remain under consideration. Only submit multiple poems in one online submission if it is NOT a simultaneous submission.

Include name, address & phone number. A phone number will only be used for urgent contact (in case of last-minute issues before publication when email doesn’t suffice).

Including a short bio is preferred.

Electronic submissions are preferred and are processed more quickly by being entered into our system.

Submit online to Tipton Poetry Journal through our submissions manager

If you must, submissions are still accepted by mail. If you should find yourself submitting by US mail and including your email address, please include a note to explain because we don’t understand why.

Include the following information on each page:

Name
Address
Phone
Email Address (if available)

Including a short bio is preferred.

Mail with SASE to:

Barry Harris, Editor
Tipton Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 804
Zionsville, IN 46077

Sample Copies are available for sale on-line now for $5.00 including shipping.

TPJ Back Issues
(2009-2010)

Or send $5.00 check payable to "Tipton Poetry Journal" to:

Tipton Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 804
Zionsville, IN 46077

Tipton Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 804
Zionsville, IN 46077