Barn Owl Review is now closed for submissions, and will open again on 7/1/12. Thank you for your interest in the magazine, and please check out our fifth issue, which will make its debut at AWP 12 in Chicago.

Guidelines for our reading periods:

Barn Owl Review welcomes submissions of poetry annually from June 1st through November 1st, and is now closed. We are a handsomely designed print journal looking for work that takes risks while still connecting with readers. We aim to publish the highest quality poetry from both emerging and established writers. Barn Owl Review 5 will be released in February 2012 at the AWP bookfair in Chicago. Though Barn Owl Review is a print journal, submissions are only taken electronically. Anything sent outside the submission window will be ineligible for consideration.

Contributors receive two copies of the issue, a discount on additional copies, and a permanent place in the editors' hearts.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Submit 3-5 poems (in a single attachment) via Submishmash. Barn Owl Review favors no particular poetic style or school; however, we look for innovation and risk-taking in the poems that we publish.  We are interested in poems with a strong narrative or lyric presence, by poets who understand the energy of the line, poems that “make it new” in a way that’s truly new.  Barn Owl Review prides itself on being eclectic, and strives to publish new writers alongside established ones. Submissions of inspirational or greeting card verse are not for us, but otherwise we are quite open to subject and style. Dazzle us. Curl our toes. But most of all, surprise us. Simultaneous submissions welcome with timely notification.

QUESTIONS:

All submission matters should be handled via Submishmash. Other queries may be sent to info at barnowlreview dot com.

REVIEWS:

We are not currently accepting unsolicited reviews, though we do welcome review copies. We cannot guarantee your book will be reviewed. Email Jay Robinson, reviews editor, with any queries. We are especially interested in reviewing first books and small press titles, both poetry and fiction. Each issue of Barn Owl Review includes several featured reviews, and we maintain an active reviews section on our Web site, where new book reviews are published year round.

Review copies may be sent to Mary Biddinger, Editor in Chief, Barn Owl Review, Olin Hall 342, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1906.