​​​Mission Statement: APJ seeks to publish a diverse range of creative voices in poetry, hybrid work, audio work, and cover art that will connect all creatives and their readers from around the globe. APJ also strives to publish emerging, established, and marginalized voices, taking diversity and inclusivity in publishing into the utmost consideration when choosing work for an issue and/or creative project. APJ looks for emotionally adept, risk-taking work that hones its craft skillfully, honestly, and imaginatively, always keeping not only APJ’s readers in mind but also the journal’s commitment of transparency to the literary community. Overall, we contribute to each project with sincerity, joy, poetic insight, and compassion.

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Creative Aesthetic: Firstly, APJ is looking for poems that are unique and honest, that progress and leave us deep rooted and committed. We look for distinctiveness, want bold metaphors, sonics like we’ve never heard before, a shared purpose in the unfolding of the poem. We want poems that question humanity and engage us in contemporary as well as age-old concepts, but we’d love a dreamscape with imagery that leaves us questioning ourselves. Challenge us without pretentiousness and show us a mastery of craft. Secondly, APJ asks that poets/artists please read our previous issues to see what we’re looking for and follow the submission guidelines carefully before submitting.

 

APJ has published work from diverse backgrounds and orientations, from new and established voices that include Dorianne Laux, Terrance Hayes, Wendy Xu, Trace Depass, Faylita Hicks, Philip Metres, Chelsea Dingman, Jessica Cuello, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Kelli Russell Agodon, Martha Silano, Joseph Fasano, and many others.​​​

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