SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Thanks for considering Cacti Fur as a possible home for your poetry.

We publish 52 poems a year, always on Wednesday mornings. It is possible we will have to pass on your poetry simply because we have already selected enough poems (52) for the year; we will kindly let you know if this is the case. In other words, first come/first considered.

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Our reading period is OPEN from February through April.

Our reading period is CLOSED from May through January.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We will not respond to poems sent to us when our reading period is closed.

We only accept previously uncurated work.

Include all poems in the body of your email. All attachments will remain unopened and automatically rejected. 

We prefer all lines left justified and we prefer no stanza breaks because that’s easier for us to publish due to technical limitations on our side due to financial limitations on our side.

A cover letter is optional; if you do include a cover letter, put it at the end of your poems and tell us something unique about yourself.  A Pushcart only matters if you won. Good grief, we definitely don’t want a list of your previous publications. You can tell us where to find you online if you wish.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

Please allow up to 3 months for a response.

If your poem(s) are selected for publication, please wait one year to submit again.

Submit up to five uncurated poems to Jim Thompson at cactifureditor@gmail.com.
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Cacti Fur requests first internet rights, meaning we are the first to publish the poem; However, upon publication by Cacti Fur, all rights revert back to the author who can then republish the poem in any way they want without having to gain permission from Cacti Fur.
Cacti Fur requests the right for your poem to be archived on our website, but the author retains the right for the poem to be taken off the archive at any time with a written request to Cacti Fur from the author.

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