Prairie Poetry is published monthly, except in August. New issues usually appear on or just before the first of the month. The poetry submissions we receive on or before the 20th of each month will be read and a decision made just prior to the 1st of the next month. Depending on what's already been accepted, publication may be delayed as long as four months after acceptance. We do not accept poems that have already been or will be published elsewhere on the Internet.
Poems previously published in chap book form are acceptable.
Original work is preferred. We do not read or publish short stories. We have a decided bias against very long poems. You may copy the text of your poetry into the e-mail message or send poems as attachments. Attachments should be saved either in ascii txt format or as Microsoft Word documents.