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Tar River Poetry Tar River Poetry is a nationally ranked magazine of verse, edited by Helena Feder. Header image by Susan Luddeke.

Today is the day. Our fall reading period is now open! Visit this page on our website to submit: tarriverpoetry.com/home...
01/09/2026

Today is the day. Our fall reading period is now open! Visit this page on our website to submit: tarriverpoetry.com/home-page/submit-page/

We're looking forward to reading your submissions!

Hello TRP readers. Our fall 2026 reading period opens on Tuesday September 1 and we can't wait to read your work. In the...
29/08/2026

Hello TRP readers. Our fall 2026 reading period opens on Tuesday September 1 and we can't wait to read your work. In the meantime, we want to let you know about a few changes on the horizon.

Come January 1, 2027, we will officially phase out the free submission link tied to our old subscription model. As you know, we've been free for all to read online since Spring 2025.

What this means: the fall 2026 reading period will be the final time to submit for free if you were a part of the former subscription model and had a subscription active through 2026. When free access ends, we hope you will continue to submit to us through our regular submission link with $3 reading fee, which keeps us operational now that we are officially an independent nonprofit, or the expedited submission link (which, for $6, gets you a response within just three weeks). We also are grateful for any and all donations, which are now tax deductible: https://tarriverpoetry.com/donations/

We’re very grateful for your continued support and we’re thrilled to report an exponential increase in our readership since moving online.

For further information on submissions, please see our guidelines: tarriverpoetry.com/home-page/submit-page/

We are now an independent nonprofit and gratefully accept donations to help cover the cost of running the journal. Donations are tax deductible. We hope to raise enough money over the next few years to begin paying poets for their work. Thank you for supporting Tar River Poetry and our mission to pu...

We hope you are all having a great summer! As we await the next issue, read Suzanne Matson's work from our spring issue....
22/07/2026

We hope you are all having a great summer! As we await the next issue, read Suzanne Matson's work from our spring issue.

In case you missed the spring issue, click the link to read more: https://tarriverpoetry.com/

Suzanne Matson is the author of two volumes of poetry from Alice James Books, Sea Level and Durable Goods, and four novels, most recently, Ultraviolet. Her book of nonfiction, Winnowing, is forthcoming fall ’26, along with a new collection of poems, As Creatures. She is originally from Portland, Oregon and teaches at Boston College.

Out now! Read the spring 2026 issue of Tar River Poetry here: tarriverpoetry.com
23/04/2026

Out now! Read the spring 2026 issue of Tar River Poetry here: tarriverpoetry.com

The wait is almost over! Mark your calendars for April 15th.
10/04/2026

The wait is almost over! Mark your calendars for April 15th.

Congratulations to TRP’s prose editor, Matthew Buckley Smith, on the upcoming release of his newest chapbook! The Soft B...
05/03/2026

Congratulations to TRP’s prose editor, Matthew Buckley Smith, on the upcoming release of his newest chapbook! The Soft Black Stars is the winner of the 2025 Rattle Chapbook Prize, and it’s available for preorder here: https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/

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