Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry

27/02/2024

Oh happy day! All of the notifications went out today for Poemeleon's Happy Poems issue. Look for it this spring!

17/10/2023

What makes you happy? We want to see your happy poems. Submissions open October 27 and close December 31, 2023.
Link in comments.

02/09/2022

01/04/2022

So excited to announce on the first day of National Poetry Month 2022 that the VisPo Issue -- Our 19th issue! Our 17th year! -- is NOW LIVE! We love exclamation marks on a normal day but TODAY? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Contributors: Rosaire Appel • Jeehan Ashercook • Amy Bobeda • Lawrence Bridges • Elena Karina Byrne • Louise Carson • Federico Federici • Tim Gaze • Joshua Gottlieb-Miller • Stephanie Barbé Hammer • Jean Harper • Rose Menyan Heflin • ithacan • Michael Jacobson • Afieya K...

17/04/2021

VisPo Poets: Submit! www.poemeleon.me/guidelines

20/02/2021

Poemeleon friends: If you missed our The Plague Papers reading at the Sacramento Poetry Center last Monday, here is a recap on YouTube. It was a nicely organized event with some very nice poets, hosts, and excellent poetry. Enjoy!

06/12/2020

Thanks to all who’ve read, liked, watched, participated or otherwise supported Robbi Nester’s The Plague Papers, published by Poemeleon. If you missed the readings, all three are here for your viewing pleasure. Keep reading, keep writing, stay safe.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

05/12/2020

Tomorrow! Please join us for the third and final reading for the launch of The Plague Papers e-anthology. 2 pm on Zoom. Join us as we close out this wonderful series of events. PM me for a link. Hope to see you then!

04/12/2020

Dear Readers,

We the editors are delighted to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees for The Plague Papers.

We wish we could have nominated ALL of you, but alas, they allow only six entries. Choosing which poems to nominate was a little like having to choose a favorite child. But we did it.

Congratulations, and thank you all for your words and your work!

11/11/2020

Thanks to all who attended and/or read in The Plague Papers Reading #1!

Emceed by editor Robbi Nester this reading features Lavina Blossom, Christina Lovin, Sarah White, Margaret Mackinnon, Mary Ellen Talley, Jessica Purdy, Alexandra Umlas, Hedy Habra, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, Judy Kronenfeld, Jeanne Julian, Susana Case, James Penha, and Alan Wolowitz.

Next readings: November 17, 2020 at 2 pm and December 5, 2020 at 2 pm.

31/10/2020

Dear Readers:

We've been quiet for a while, but we've been busy. I'm thrilled to announce that we have just launched a special issue, an e-anthology titled "The Plague Papers" and guest edited by Associate Editor Robbi Nester.

It began as a call for those of sheltering at home to pay virtual visits to museums and other cultural sites and to write something in response to a piece that affected them.

This is an eclectic anthology. In addition to poems about paintings:

We have poems about eels, an octopus, and museum-going penguins.

We have a visit to the medical museum, a museum of oddities, and a museum of witchcraft.

We have poems written in response to a virtual tour of the Statue of Liberty, and to Michelangelo's Davide.

We have a poem written about a p***s bone. (Yes, there is one. Look it up.)

Did you know there is an archive of lost forests?

Start here: www.Poemeleon.me

Browse the issue by painting, by museum, or by author.

Enjoy!

11/04/2020

Hello poet-people! As many of you know, the other hat I (Cati) wear is that of director of a literary nonprofit which also publishes books. One of our projects it the Hillary Gravendyk Prize, a poetry book competition with two prizes. The deadline is coming up: April 30. If you have a manuscript, please consider submitting. Full details here:

Call for Submissions: The 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Prize, Sponsored by the Inlandia Institute One National and one Regio...

30/03/2020

Dear Patient Readers,

It’s been a long, slow process, but I’m happy to announce that The Truth/y Issue, in the newest iteration of the Poemeleon website (at www.Poemeleon.me), has just launched, complete with 26 poets, 13 book reviews, four new “spotlights” segments curated by Maureen, and a new “Notes from Abroad” segment curated by Ren Powell, with a lovely, long interview with Natasha Sardzoska, a North Macedonian poet.

Our editorship now spans three continents and four countries: Norway, Australia, Canada, and the United States. With many countries now subject to stay-at-home orders, we hope that this new issue will give you hours of reading pleasure.

(And fear not: Back issues will remain online and housed at our legacy site, but after 15 years, it was time to trade up. See the “read the issues” page for relevant links.)

Be well, and stay home.

Cati on behalf of the editorial staff

Judy, rob, Maureen, Ren, Charlotte, Robbi, and Bridget

17/03/2020

17/03/2020

17/03/2020

Hello from southern California!

This is a little later than I'd planned, but I am happy to report that all notifications have gone out.

If you've submitted and haven't yet heard from me, drop me a note either through Submittable or poemeleon (at) gmail (dot) com. The Truth/y Issue coming soon!

(Hoping to put some of this self-isolation time to good use....)

30/11/2019

Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry Submission Manager

Last day to submit to The Truth/y Issue of Poemeleon!

Call for Submissions: The Truth/y Issue  In a world where “post-truth” is an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, where it has been declared that “truth isn’t truth”, and “truthy” now substitutes for evidence-based truths, how do we define “truth”?  What is the truth about thi...

24/10/2019

https://poemeleon.submittable.com/submit

05/09/2019

Poemeleon

We’ve moved! And, we have a call out for a new issue: The Truth/y Issue.

[The new site is a work in progress. Also, past contributors, please note new email address and a call for contributor news.]

Submit!

In a world where “post-truth” is an entry in the dictionary, “truth isn’t truth”, and “truthy” substitutes for evidence-based truths, how do you define “truth”?

18/04/2019

Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry

05/08/2018

The long-awaited Canadian Issue is now up! Many thanks to guest editor rob mclennan for a superb job selecting poems for this issue.

http://www.poemeleon.org

16/04/2018

From Poemeleon's inaugural summer poetry reading, 2006 at the Riverside Art Museum.

16/04/2018

Art by Amy Joy Payne!

16/04/2018

Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry's cover photo

02/05/2017

Cover art from the Asian Pacific American issue of Poemeleon, an artistic collaboration between editors Kenji Liu and Angela Peñaredondo. http://www.poemeleon.org/apa-editors-note/

02/05/2017

poemeleon - Current Issue

Grateful to the kick-ass poets Kenji Liu and Angela Peñaredondo for pulling together the Asian Pacific American issue of Poemeleon, in which they "...wanted to present a slice of what scholar Timothy Yu calls “a coalitional space,” a certain grouping of poets and poetry, varied but bound by a common, yet permeable political position." Please go read. Please share.

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01/06/2016

Did you submit to the Over the Moon e-anthology? Today is your last day! https://www.facebook.com/events/1099272596760630/

26/04/2016

FOUR-LEGGED GIRL NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY | Graywolf Press

Congratulations, Diane Seuss (Gender and Persona Poem issue contributor) on being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize!

“A richly improvisational poetry collection that leads readers through a gallery of incisive and beguiling portraits and landscapes.” The above citation from the Pulitzer Prize jurors speaks to the singular, visceral artistry displayed by Diane S

06/03/2016

This Choice: Podcast Series

Poemeleon associate editor Ren Powell has launched a new podcast interview series with poets. Follow her page and listen in!

This Choice: Ren Powell interviews poets to find about how their writing influences the choices they make in their daily lives.