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POETRY submissions REOPEN DECEMBER 15

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Shō Poetry Journal

Established in 2002, revived in 2023

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News & Updates

2024

Tuesday July 23: Shō No. 5 is here!

Monday July 1: Submissions are now open! See our guidelines for more info. We now read for the Sita Martin Prize and Shō Poetry Prize.

Saturday April 13: Shō Poetry Journal will be attending the 2024 Northern Arizona Book Festival (NOAZBF) in Flagstaff. Look for our table (no. 21) in Heritage Square (22 E Aspen Ave). We will be selling discounted copies of Shō No. 3, Shō No. 4, and The Art of Mercy. One of our editors, Johnny Cordova, will also be speaking on a panel, Editing and Publishing with Independent Presses, from 2:30pm – 3.30pm at Theatrikos Theatre Company (11 W Cherry Ave). The panel will also feature editors from Spurl Editions, Terrain.org, Noemi Press, and Little Somethings Press.

March: Thank you, J.P. Dancing Bear, for featuring the following poems from Shō No. 4 on Verse Daily!

– Faith Gómez Clark: “Caretaker“

– Sage Ravenwood: “Deer Woman“

– Jane Zwart: “How to Eat Like a King“

– Nathan Xavier Osorio: “How to Cook a Wolf“

2023

December 31: These pages are now live!

Recent & Forthcoming Books from Shō No. 3 Poets
Contributors’ Notes: Shō No. 3

August 23: Shō Poetry Journal was featured by NewPages in the New Lit on the Block Series

August 23: We joined Bluesky! Follow us here.


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Publishing Stats

Since our revival issue was published in Summer 2023:

444

Poems Published

310

Total Poets Published

180

Audio Features Published

61

Prize Nominations

6

Poems chosen for inclusion in anthologies

Shō Poetry Journal


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