Poetry

Thank you Thank you for your interest in submitting to the Red Rock Review!

We seek poems with authentic views that push boundaries and have something unique to say about the human experience; we are particularly passionate about poems that use language to explore and evoke a deep sense of emotion, culture, place, or identity. We are open to reading both traditional form and bold experimental poetry, as well as original translations of previously published work. 

Generally, we like submissions of no more than 80 lines, though we are open to reading exceptional work that goes beyond that. Please send no more than five poems/ ten pages of poetry per submission. 

All work must be previously unpublished. This means if your work has appeared in any print or online source (this includes personal blogs, websites, and social media pages), we cannot accept it.

We accept simultaneous submissions with the stipulation that you withdraw upon acceptance elsewhere. For groups of poems, please send us a message indicating which poem is being withdrawn (do not withdraw the entire submission unless you intend to withdraw all poems from consideration). If you have previously published work with us, we ask that you please wait one year before sending us new work.

No AI submissions: We currently do not accept work from artificial intelligence (“AI”) generators or similar. 

Formatting Guidelines:

• List the title(s) of your poem(s) as the name of your submission
• Upload files as .doc or .docx
• Left and right margins are set at the discretion of the poet; top margin (and bottom if necessary) should be 1" (keep in mind, however, when setting your line breaks, that the journal prints on a 6"x 9" page)
• Lines of text may be single- or double-spaced
• We prefer to read all our submissions blind: Include your name/ contact info and a brief author bio in in Submittable's cover letter field and remove any identifying information from the manuscript itself
• For translations: We accept translations into English from any language; we are especially interested in translations from Spanish. You must have permission from the poem's copyright holder in order to translate/ publish it. We prefer to publish both the translation and the original work together when possible

Reading Fee:

• $2.00 per submission
• Because we are a hybrid journal that features both a print and online biannual publications, we have recently instituted a reading fee to cover the cost of maintaining our print edition.

Payment:

• Two free contributor copies
• All pieces chosen for publication will be featured both online and in print 
• We welcome submissions from international authors but are unable to offer free shipping for copies heading outside of the domestic United States at this time.