Submission Guidelines
 

The Innisfree Poetry Journal welcomes submissions of original, previously unpublished poems year round.  We accept poems for consideration only via email from both established writers and new writers whose work is excellent.  We publish well-crafted poems, whether in free verse or in traditional forms, poems grounded in the specific, which speak in fresh language and telling images.  And we admire musicality: we welcome those who, like the late Lorenzo Thomas, “write poems because I can't sing.”

Deadlines:

February 1 for the spring issue, August 1 for the fall issue.  Submissions received after these dates will be considered for the following issue.

Details:

1. In ONE Word document, submit a brief bio and up to five poems attached to an email addressed to editor@innisfreepoetry.org. (If you do not have Word, please use Google Docs or rich text format.)

2. Include your name, as you would like it to appear in Innisfree, in the subject line of your submission.

3. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, and encouraged. If a poem is accepted elsewhere, however, please notify us immediately at editor@innisfreepoetry.org.

4. Please submit only once per issue.

Note for the diligent submitter:  In this age of digital publishing, it is also helpful if you (a) state in the email the number of poems being submitted, (b) cast your bio in 3rd person, (c) format poems flush left (except for indentations intrinsic to the form of the poem), and once more for emphasis, (d) attach one document that includes the bio and all submitted poems.

Assurances:

By making your submission, you assure The Innisfree Poetry Journal that the work is your own original creation; that it has not been published, electronically or in print; that it has not been accepted for publication elsewhere; and that you are 18 years of age or older.

Rights:

By accepting a poem, Innisfree acquires first publication rights, including the right to publish it online and maintain it there as part of the issue in which it appears, to make it available in a printer-friendly format, to make the issue of Innisfree in which it appears downloadable as a PDF document and available as a printed volume.  All other rights revert to the poet after online publication of the poem in The Innisfree Poetry Journal.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

Hear Yeats read: