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Poetry International is a world class literary magazine based on the campus of San Diego State Unive

04/25/2025

Introducing our 29th edition of Poetry International! Read a variety of diverse poets and translators in our newest edition to get a taste of brilliant poems from around the world 🌎💫

Now discounted on the website: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=r8v6MS8HKZj1mfNfJdoNax6AWSXzNmgDE7ivlVd8wiZ

03/27/2025

PI @ 🌴📚✨

Throughout the week:
Stop by our book fair table (T1105) for author signings, chats with the PI Editorial Team, and a chance to purchase physical copies of PI!

Friday, 3/28: “The Translator’s Note: Bridging Linguistic & Cultural Chasms, Sponsored by ALTA”
Our panel featuring Blas Falconer, Sandra Alcosser, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Wayne Miller, and Armen Davoudian addressing how the Translator's Note bridges linguistic and cultural chasms while fostering an understanding and appreciation for diverse voices!

See you at the convention center☀️

https://poetryinternationalonline.com/poetry-international-at-the-2025-awp-conference/

03/18/2025

Congrats to our 2024 Winter Chapbook Competition winner: Carlos Andrés Gómez’s “Circling Fatherhood” 📖❄️✨

“Circling Fatherhood” will be featured in an upcoming edition of PI! Read more about Gómez & our chapbook competitions here: https://poetryinternationalonline.com/chapbooks/

03/17/2025

✨✏️ Congratulations to John Okrent, winner of the 2024 PI Prize (selected by judge Rick Barot) for his poem “Scrub Pine.” Okrent’s “Scrub Pine” will appear in an upcoming issue of Poetry International.

For more on Okrent and our annual PI Prize, check out our side: https://poetryinternationalonline.com/pi-prize/

01/13/2025

Poetry International’s Winter Tiny Chapbook Competition is up and running 📝✨ From now until February 1st, submit your 8-16 page tiny chapbooks for the chance to be published in an issue of Poetry International.

More info & our Submittable link on our site here: https://poetryinternationalonline.com/chapbooks/

12/02/2024

Poetry International Online has a brand new look!
Explore our ✨SNAZZY✨ homepage that spotlights new and archival work, including Suphil Lee Park’s poem “A Little Light”:

“Stand
still. My little
light, go
around the world
and spread joy.
Make heavy hearts
a
little
lighter.”

poetryinternationalonline.com

10/31/2024

“I would like to believe in souls reaching through / the flesh of understanding, hungry to be seen / and detecting each other through defective means. / I would like to believe this life is a sleep we’ll wake from”

Tony Barnstone from
“Hungry Ghosts”
PI 6

10/14/2024

Poetry International is accepting submissions for our annual Cavafy Poetry Prize. Submissions are open from now until December 1st.

The winning poem receives $1000 & publication in a future edition of PI. You may submit a maximum of 3 poems for a $15 entry fee.

For more information, visit:
https://www.poetryinternationalonline.com/cavafy-prize-now-open/

09/24/2024

Congratulations to our 2023 C.P. Cavafy Prize Winner, HOLLY POLLARD, whose prize-winning poem “Epicerie L’Idéal” (chosen by Sandra Alcosser) will be published in an upcoming edition of PI!📝✨

More on Holly & the 2024 Cavafy Prize submissions period here: https://www.poetryinternationalonline.com/cavafy-prize-now-open/

07/22/2024

Poetry International’s Summer Tiny Chapbook Competition is well under way📝✨ From now until September 1st, submit your best 8-16 pages for the chance to be published in an issue of Poetry International.

For more info: https://www.poetryinternationalonline.com/chapbooks-2/

Our Submittable: https://poetryinternational.submittable.com/submit

03/01/2024

‼️Our PI Prize Contest submissions period is OPEN! The PI Prize awards $1,000 and publication for a single poem. Today until 4/30, submit up to 3 poems for a fee of $15. Submit additional poems for $3 per poem.

For more info & our Submittable, click here: https://poetryinternationalonline.com/pi-prize-2/

01/24/2024

PI IN LA✈️

In celebration of PI turning 25, THIS FRIDAY (1/26) we’ll be hosting a reading at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA featuring Sandra Alcosser, Mariano Zaro, Sarah Maclay! The reading is free to the public and can be attended in person & live on YouTube.

To RSVP or for more information about the event, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-25-years-of-poetry-international-tickets-790507528297?aff=oddtdtcreator

We’re excited to celebrate with you this Friday at 8PM at Beyond Baroque!

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