List of Submission Deadlines

This is a suggested timeline just to give the project some structure and motivate those of you who work best with a deadline.

Poems for April 1-6 prompts are due August 31, 2025:

• April 1: Journal Mining
• April 2: Protection
• April 3: Beginnings
• April 4: Whispers of Work
• April 5: Absences Unfolded
• April 6: Transformation

Poems for April 7-12 prompt are due September 30, 2025:

• April 7: Humor in Public Spaces
• April 8: Utterance
• April 9: Contradictions
• April 10: Game On
• April 11: Collect, Remix, Repeat
• April 12: Pro-prose-al

Poems for April 13-18 prompts are due October 31, 2025:

• April 13: What You Leave Behind
• April 14: The Thin Veil
• April 15: Eyesore
• April 16: Apocryphal
• April 17: Seventeen Syllables
• April 18: Elemental

Poems for April 19-24 prompts are due November 30, 2025:

• April 19: Chance It
• April 20: Temp-orality
• April 21: Focus Prompt
• April 22: Intangible Inheritance
• April 23: By Any Other Name
• April 24: Hands On

Poems for April 25-30 prompts are due December 33, 2025:

• April 25: In Tune
• April 26: Not the Kind You Flip
• April 27: Top of the Morning
• April 28: Child’s Play
• April 29: Endings that Shape Us
• April 30: Course and Method

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2026 Editorial Calendar

Prompt	Due Date	Pub Date Range
April 1: Journal Mining	Aug. 31	Jan. 1-11
April 2: Protection	Aug. 31	Jan. 12-23
April 3: Beginnings	Aug. 31	Jan. 24-Feb 4
April 4: Whispers of Work	Aug. 31	Feb. 5-16
April 5: Absences Unfolded	Aug. 31	Feb. 17-28
April 6: Transformation	Aug. 31	Mar. 1-11
April 7: Humor	Sept. 30	Mar. 12-23
April 8: Utterance	Sept. 30	Mar. 24-Apr. 4
April 9: Contradictions	Sept. 30	Apr. 4-16
April 10: Game On	Sept. 30	Apr. 17-28
April 11: Collect, Remix, Repeat	Sept. 30	Apr. 29-May 10
April 12: Pro-prose-al	Sept. 30	May 11-22
April 13: What You Leave Behind	Oct. 31	May 23-Jun 3
April 14: The Thin Veil	Oct. 31	Jun 4-15
April 15: Eyesore	Oct. 31	Jun 16-27
April 16: Apocryphal	Oct. 31	Jun 28-July 9
April 17: 17 Syllables	Oct. 31	July 10-21
April 18: Elemental	Oct. 31	July 22-July 31
April 19: Chance It	Nov. 31	Aug. 1-11
April 20: Temp-orality	Nov. 31	Aug. 12-23
April 21: Focus Prompt	Nov. 31	Aug. 24-Sept. 4
April 22: Intangible Inheritance	Nov. 31	Sept. 5-16
April 23: By Any Other Name	Nov. 31	Sept. 17-28
April 24: Hands On	Nov. 31	Sept. 29-Oct. 10
April 25: In Tune	Nov. 31	Oct. 11-22
April 26: Not the Kind You Flip	Dec. 31	Oct. 23-31
April 27: Top of the Morning	Dec. 31	Nov. 1-11
April 28: Child’s Play	Dec. 31	Nov. 11-22
April 29: Endings that Shape Us	Dec. 31	Nov. 23-Dec. 3
April 30: Course and Method	Dec. 31	Dec. 3-14
Revision Prompts	Dec. 31	Dec. 15-31