The NEW PLAINS REVIEW seeks writing on the theme of “Service” for its spring 2009 issue. We invite you to interpret “service” broadly: military and community service, school service requirements, jury duty, all forms of volunteering, religious services, food service, customer service, serving a subpoena or tennis ball, etc. We’re interested in poetry, fiction, essays and creative nonfiction that is thoughtful and compelling, and we’ll reprint...

Babel Fruit is currently inviting submissions of poems specifically written *under the influence of other poems*. Have you got two roads diverging in a yellow wood? Do you do “you do not do, you do not do / Any more, black shoe” polished or tap-dancing? Do you think of breakfast cereal when you hear “O Captain! my Captain!” Satire especially welcome. (Please let us know which poem you are under the influence of. Sometimes we miss the obvious)....

Jessy Randall is guest-editing the February 2009 issue of the online poetry magazine Snakeskin www.snakeskin.org.uk The theme of this issue is … TOYS, GAMES, AND PUZZLES. Please send up to six poems on the topic of toys, games, and puzzles. No previously-published poems. No simultaneous submissions. The deadline is December 15. Feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be interested. Jessy Randall jessyrandall@yahoo.com...

A Call for Submissions for CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW –THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OCTOBER 31, 2008. THIS IS A POSTMARK DEADLINE, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO EXPRESS MAIL, OVERNIGHT, OR FAX ANY SUBMISSION. CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW DOES NOT CONSIDER ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS AT ANY TIME, SO PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSION. THANK YOU.– Special Issue: Color Wheel ~ Cultural Heritages in the Twenty-First Century CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW is seeking work...

Each issue of RUNES has a different theme. The theme for 2007 is CONNECTION, which may be loosely interpreted. Guidelines: We are seeking poems that have passion, originality and conviction. We are looking for narrative and lyric poetry that is well-crafted and has something surprising to say. We prefer poems under 100 lines. To Submit: Send up to five poems with an SASE to RUNES, A Review of Poetry c/o Arctos Press PO Box 401 Sausalito, CA...

RUNES REVIEW 2007 Each issue of RUNES has a different theme. The theme for 2007 is CONNECTION, which may be loosely interpreted.