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Welcome to The Poetry Box

“Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.” ― Dylan Thomas

Here at The Poetry Box®, we strongly believe great literature is meant to be accessible and enjoyed by everyone. Poetry is all around us. We invite you to share in the experience, to become an active witness to the beauty, the struggle, the joy, the sorrow and the ordinary brilliance of life. Through these carefully crafted observances we call poems, we as humans are led to the well of compassion and invited to get drunk on its language.

   

As a boutique publishing company, The Poetry Box® enjoys providing a platform for both established and emerging poets and writers to share their work — their words, their imagination, their artistry — with the world. We understand that in an ever-evolving publishing world, a one-size-fits-all paradigm doesn't work for every writer. Therefore, we offer several options to meet your publishing goals and present your work in the highest aesthetic possible, in a book you will be proud to share. We invite all voices, and especially those that have been historically marginalized or under-heard to submit and partner with us.


 

We are currently closed for manuscript submissions and will be open again in February.
Scroll down below for information about our forthcoming chapbook contest.

Upcoming Events

(click on image below for details)
1st Prize: $500 and Publication of Your Winning Chapbook
2nd Prize: $100 plus and Publication of Your Winning Chapbook
3rd Prize:: $50 and Publication of Your Winning Chapbook

Open for Submissions: February 1 – March 15, 2023

For Details Click HERE

Forthcoming Books to PreOrder

Taking Pre-Orders for
Signs

We are taking pre-orders now thru Feb 15 for “Signs” by Emily Newberry (Scheduled Release: Mar 15, 2023.)

front book cover of In Transit, depicting a sole butterly aloft on a mottled turquoise background

Taking Pre-Orders for
In Transit

We are taking pre-orders now thru Feb 15 for “In Transit” by Teddy Norris (Scheduled Release: Mar 15, 2023.)

Taking Pre-Orders for
A Starved Heart

We are taking pre-orders now thru Feb 15 for “A Starved Heart” by Genevieve Lardizabal (Scheduled Release: Mar 15, 2023.)

Image of book covers for poems nominated for Pushcart Prize in 2022

Forthcoming & Recent Releases

CoverFront-TheCallHome (with painting of Heron taking off from rock by river)
Cover Front-Aching Our Bones, Our Breaking Hearts
Book Cover showing telescope in star-filled sky and large title "Why Do We Look Up?"
A Starved Heart
Signs
front book cover of In Transit, depicting a sole butterly aloft on a mottled turquoise background
CoverFront-TrackingtheFox-web
front cover Elemental Things
front cover of Listening in the Dark
front book cover of The Round Whisper of No Moon, designed by Robert R. Sanders

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