Gates Are Open for NaPoMo Submissions

We at the Iron Horse Literary Review are happy to welcome you to a new season of submissions! This past summer we received submissions for the First Book of Prose Prize and Photo Finish and we look forward to reading all your submissions and getting back to you. As writers ourselves, we understand how stressful the waiting period can be, but we want to encourage to be patient as we carefully read and engage with your work.

While we read previous submissions, we want to also inform you that gates are open for our NaPomo Submissions. We will accept submissions until October 15, 2024. Send us your best work.

NaPoMo Submissions

This submission is open to all poets to submit up to five poems for consideration. The very best ten poems will be published in annual issue dedicated to National Poetry Month. We are excited to see what poets have been working on over the summer. For more guidelines on the NaPaMo submissions, click here.

You can also find more information about submitting on our Submittable Page. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your piece is taken elsewhere.

If you would like to read some of our previous NaPoMo issues, you can find them by visiting this link: NaPoMo with Iron Horse Literary Review.

Verse Daily Features

We would also like to acknowledge and share some poems from our Party Issue 25.2 in 2023, now featured on Verse Daily, March of this year. The poems, "The Party" by Eros Livieratos, "Phoebe" by Henry Hughes, and "Happy Easter, You Sonofabitch" by Han VanderHart can be found on Verse Daily's official website by locating the dates, March 2nd to March 4th on the list. Below is a gallery of the poems and cover of the previous issue:

Again, we look forward to your submissions.