Our Submission Period for Consideration in our micro e-chapbook Series
Will Be From March 1 - 31, 2027, for a July 2027 Online Publication.
APJ's micro e-chapbook open reading period will seek poetry manuscripts of no more than 10 poems (10-12 pages of poetry, not including front and back matter, and must have a title page). Or you can submit 14 pages (not including front and back matter, and must have a title page), if submitting hybrid work. PLEASE, SUBMIT NO MORE THAN 10 POEMS.
Hybrid work may include poetry, art (including full-color images), and audio, which may include mp3's/mp4's of music/sound as a link. Please make sure the poetry, art, and/or music/sound are original. The audio may be of original music/sound that accompanies the collection. Please don't include audio of chapbook poems. If your chap is chosen, we will ask for audio. Also, please don't include any work obtained from the public domain.
Individual work from the manuscript--but not all work--may have been published previously in magazines and/or journals, online or in print, but not in books, chapbooks, or on social media. The collection as a whole must be unpublished.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept translations, but we’d love to see collaborations. You may submit more than one manuscript during the open reading period. All entries will be read by APJ staff. Manuscripts that do not adhere to these guidelines will not be read, and APJ will not refund your submission fee. Please email apjpoetry2@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Submit no matter your race, color, religion, national origin/citizenship status, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Please no inappropriate or offensive work, and no generative AI. APJ understands that work using Natural Language Processing tools (like predictive or corrective AI found in Google Docs, MicroSoft Word, Grammarly etc.) to check for spelling/grammar is fine. However, we ask that all submissions do not use generative AI tools (like ChatGPT, Bard, GrammerlyGo or the likes) to draft or compose/create any pieces submitted to APJ.
All submissions should be through Duosuma; please click on the Duosuma button when ready to submit. You do not need to subscribe to Duotrope to submit, but you do need to sign up for a Duotrope account. It's free to sign up. Please include a 50-word third-person bio with a short cover note. Poetry manuscripts should be submitted in a single .doc, .docx, or PDF file—please do not submit using OneDrive or Google Docs. Hybrid work should be submitted as a full-manuscript pdf, including images. If your manuscript is chosen, you'll be asked to send us high res .jpeg (.jpg) or .png files. If your manuscript includes the reading of poems or other sounds or music, send the manuscript as stated above, and all audio submit through the Google Drive submission feature in Duosuma. Unfortunately, we are not open to email or post submissions for our micro e-chapbook series.
We aim to reply within 1-2 months of receipt. Please query us if it’s been longer than 2 months.
As the creator of the work, you retain copyright upon publication, you agree to grant APJ first serial/electronic rights as well as electronic archival rights. You also agree that if the work is published subsequently (online or in print), APJ will be credited.
The submission fee is $4.50 to cover submission management and poet staff stipends. This fee will also pay $100 to the selected poet/collaborators (if more than one, to be split equally). Beginning with APJ's 2027 Micro E-Chapbook, #3, there will be a $5.99 fee to read the chaps in our series. This will pay the poet/artist 60% of net proceeds, with 40% going to APJ. Thank you in advance! The submission cap will be 200 submissions. Provided we have sufficient response, and depending on the quality of work submitted, we will select at least one manuscript for the series through this submission window, which may be extended if needed.