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Accepting Poems!

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Lisa Hase-Jackson

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The Zingara Poetry Project celebration of prompts continues. Please send poems for the following prompts by September 30, 2025:

While I have several nice poems to represent prompts posted during tose first week of April, I am still accepting submissions for the following categories:

I’m asking poets to send 1-2 previously unpublished poems inspired by these prompts in the body of an email to ZingaraPoet(at)gmail.com with the NAME OF THE PROMPT included in the subject line. (Replace the (at) with @)

Please also include a few sentences about your writing process (how you got from prompt to final draft) in your email, including any of the revision prompts that helped you along the way (if you used one). I want to know about why you made the choices you made. If even one line, image, or theme from your original draft appears in the final version, it qualifies for this challenge.

Feel free to include an image to accompany your poem.

Poems may be overtly related to any of the prompts, or have only a thread of connection. If you wrote a poem in response to a prompt and threw out all but one line during revision, that counts. Surprising is preferred to the predictable.

Include a brief professional biography of 50 words or fewer, also in the body of your email.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, just please let me know immediately if submitted work is accepted elsewhere.

Revision Prompts

Be Kind, Rewind

Stanza Is Another Name for Room

Find Your Rhythm

Submission Guidelines

2026 Editorial Calendar with Due Dates and Publication Ranges

PromptDue DatePub Date Range
April 1: Journal MiningAug. 31Jan. 1-11
April 2: ProtectionAug. 31Jan. 12-23
April 3: BeginningsAug. 31Jan. 24-Feb 4
April 4: Whispers of WorkAug. 31Feb. 5-16
April 5: Absences UnfoldedAug. 31Feb. 17-28
April 6: TransformationAug. 31Mar. 1-11
April 7: HumorSept. 30Mar. 12-23
April 8: UtteranceSept. 30Mar. 24-Apr. 4
April 9: ContradictionsSept. 30Apr. 4-16
April 10: Game OnSept. 30Apr. 17-28
April 11: Collect, Remix, RepeatSept. 30Apr. 29-May 10
April 12: Pro-prose-alSept. 30May 11-22
April 13: What You Leave BehindOct. 31May 23-Jun 3
April 14: The Thin VeilOct. 31Jun 4-15
April 15: EyesoreOct. 31Jun 16-27
April 16: ApocryphalOct. 31Jun 28-July 9
April 17: 17 SyllablesOct. 31July 10-21
April 18: ElementalOct. 31July 22-July 31
April 19: Chance ItNov. 31Aug. 1-11­
April 20: Temp-oralityNov. 31Aug. 12-23
April 21: Focus PromptNov. 31Aug. 24-Sept. 4
April 22: Intangible InheritanceNov. 31Sept. 5-16
April 23: By Any Other NameNov. 31Sept. 17-28
April 24: Hands OnNov. 31Sept. 29-Oct. 10
April 25: In TuneNov. 31Oct. 11-22
April 26: Not the Kind You FlipDec. 31Oct. 23-31
April 27: Top of the MorningDec. 31Nov. 1-11
April 28: Child’s PlayDec. 31Nov. 11-22
April 29: Endings that Shape UsDec. 31Nov. 23-Dec. 3
April 30: Course and MethodDec. 31Dec. 3-14
Revision PromptsDec. 31Dec. 15-31

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2 responses to “Accepting Poems!”

  1. deliacorrigan Avatar
    deliacorrigan

    Hi Lisa,

    Thank you for all of your generative prompts and teachings. I submitted a poem based on the “journal mining” prompt, and I’m curious about what your plans are for poems that you receive that you deem worthy of passing along. As introduction, I met you years ago before Covid at several of your poetry workshops in Charleston. I live in Columbia, SC.

    Thank you for clarification.

    Delia Corrigan

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    1. Lisa Hase-Jackson Avatar
      Lisa Hase-Jackson

      Hi Delia — good to hear from you, and good to know you found inspiration in the prompts. Selected poems will be published here as a Zingara Poetry Review Pick beginning in January, 2026.

      Reply

Always nice to connect.

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