SUBMISSIONS

ESSAY SUBMISSIONS:

All academic submissions are welcome in the area of literature, linguistics, philosophy, arts and humanities.

  1. First save your manuscript as a word document, with font 12, and double-spaced.

    • Each manuscript must have a cover page with the title of the work, the author’s legal name, e-mail address and an approximate word count.

    • All references in the text and works cited must be provided in a bibliography at the end of the essay.

      • We accept the following referencing styles: MLA, APA, Harvard, Chicago

  2. Send your manuscript to the following email: thepoetrylighthouse@gmail.com

  3. You’ll receive an email confirming that we received your submission.

    • Our response time can be up to 4 weeks. We appreciate your patience.

  4. If needed, you will receive corrections and feedback from our editors in order to make the best out of your manuscript.

    • If you agree with the corrections and take our feedback advise, your poem will be ready to be published.

  5. You will then fill out and sign a form to declare the authenticity of the piece, (all rights remain the property of the author).

  6. Congrats! Your manuscript will be published on The Poetry Lighthouse and will be considered for the semiannual paperback collection.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

  • Because we strive to give every submission careful review and feedback, our response time can be up to four weeks. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

  • We consider only previously unpublished work. Writing that has appeared online for any reason, is considered to have been previously published and should not be submitted.

  • We mostly publish works in English, but we welcome poems in all languages. For poems that are not primarily in English, please include a translation of the non-English portion(s) of the poem. This is an accessibility consideration for our editorial staff.

  • For those submitting a performative recording, please also include a written copy of your text, as both video and text would be published if accepted for publication.

  • Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, characters, or another person’s universe, without written permission, will result in disqualification.

  • Short stories, novelettes or poems generated or created by computer software and/or artificial intelligence will be disqualified.

  • Excessive violence or sex and the use of profane, vulgar, racist or offensive words, determined by the editors, will result in the story being rejected.

  • If your submission involves collaboration with another poet, writer, or artist, please include their name.