Beloit Poetry Journal

01/07/2025

Send us your beauties! Our summer reading period opens today! Guidelines and more details at
www.bpj.org/submit/regular-guidelines

06/05/2025

Congratulations to the fabulous Marie Howe (our wonderful 2023 Adrienne Rich Award judge) for winning the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!

30/04/2025

This is it, folks! Submit your poems by midnight (Eastern) tonight! We’re excited to read them.

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

29/04/2025

Time is ticking to submit to The Adrienne Rich Award 2025!

Submissions close TOMORROW at midnight Eastern Time! Send along your beauties! 💜💜💜

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

28/04/2025

Still plenty of time to send your amazing poems to the BPJ!

The Adrienne Rich Award provides a $1,500 prize for a single poem, and all submissions are considered for publication.

As always, we offer a fee-free option if the reading fee presents a hardship.

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

27/04/2025

Happy weekend, poets! Now's the perfect time to send along your submissions to the Adrienne Rich Award!

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

26/04/2025

Polish up those poems and send them our way—we’re excited to see your work! $1500 prize, all poems considered for publication, and Nikky Finney as final judge. https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

24/04/2025

Check out this article (link below), featuring BPJ's own Kirun Kapur, for tips on submitting your work to poetry contests like the BPJ's Adrienne Rich Award! Don't forget to polish up your manuscript and submit it by April 30th!

Curating and sequencing your poems with intention can positively affect the outcome of your submission. Contest organizers and judges offer four guiding points as you assemble your poetry packet.

20/04/2025

Folks, it's a countdown!

Send along your poems by April 30 (midnight EST)!

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

16/04/2025

Just two weeks left to submit poems for this year’s ARA with brilliant judge Nikky Finney!

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

11/04/2025

A couple more weeks to polish your fabulous poems and submit them to the 2025 Adrienne Rich Award!

All submissions are considered for publication, and as always, the BPJ offers a fee-free option if the reading fee presents a hardship.

You know what to do! More info at https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

07/04/2025

We loved meeting some of our fabulous poets at AWP, including Stephanie Niu, Halee Kirkwood, and Gibson Fay-LeBlanc! Thanks to Kemi Alabi, Eduardo Corral, Katie Farris, and Michael Wasson for their luminous readings and for celebrating the BPJ's 75th anniversary with us!