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    Pens and Needles

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  • 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:

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

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

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

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

    Full Submission Guidelines

    2026 Editorial Calendar

    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

  • Accepting Poems!

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    I’m asking poets to send 1-2 previously unpublished poems inspired by these prompts in the body of an email to ZingaraPoet(at)gmail.com with the NAME OF THE PROMPT included in the subject line.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

  • Stanza Is Another Name for Room

    Revise a poem by reorganizing its stanzas considering how each choice affects the poem’s structure, language, syntax, continuity, rhythm, chronology, and imagery as you work.

    Some approaches worth exploring include:

    • Breaking a single-stanza poem into multiple stanzas.
    • Conversely, placing a multi-stanza poem into a single stanza.
    • Creating uniform stanzas that contain the same number of lines: couplets, tercets, quatrains, quintains, sestets, octets, Spencerian (9-line stanza), or dizains.
    • Disrupting uniform stanzas by varying the number of lines in each one.
    • Creating a pattern using indentation. For example, indent every other line of a stanza or every other stanza; center some lines but not others; use right marginalization, etc.
    • Rearranging the stanzas — backward, forward, from the inside out.
    • Experimenting with multiple approaches then returning the poem to its original form but with new content created during the process.

    As you might guess, the goal is to discover the poem’s “about-ness” through serious play and experimentation. Aim for process rather than product, change over predictability.

  • National Poetry Month Call for Submissions

    Zingara Poetry Review is celebrating National Poetry Month this April by publishing a poem every day of the month and wants YOUR submissions.

    • Send 1-3 previously unpublished poems 40 lines of fewer in the body of an email, any style, any subject, to ZingaraPoet@gmail.com with National Poetry Month as the subject of your email.
    • Include a cover letter and brief professional biography of 50 words or fewer, also in the body of your email.
    • Submissions will be accepted through April 30th, unless otherwise announced.
    • Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let me know immediately if submitted work is accepted elsewhere.
    • Published poets receive bragging rights and the chance to share their work with a diverse and ever-growing audience.
    • Submissions which do not follow these guidelines will be disregarded.
    • If accepted work is later published elsewhere, please acknowledge that the piece first appeared in Zingara Poetry Review.
    • There are no fees to submit. All submitters will be subscribed to the Zingara Poetry Review monthly newsletter and digest.
    • Check Zingara Poetry Review every day in April to read great poems and celebrate National Poetry Month.
    • Send me your twitter handle and follow Zingara Poetry Review @ZingaraPoet and I will tag you the day your poem is published.

    I look forward to reading your submissions. Happy National Poetry Month!