Poetry Quarterly
The world’s finest poetry, four times a year.
Poetry Quarterly gathers exceptional poems by select poets from around the world—a new collection to savor each season. Read every issue online, or hold it in print.
Every Issue, Every Poem
The complete Poetry Quarterly Online library—each new issue the day it publishes, plus the full archive, readable anywhere for $20 a year.
Paperback Issues
A rich history of Poetry Quarterly in print—a journal made to be kept on a shelf. Browse past issues and the poets who have filled them.
Submit Your Work
We read every poem, and every poem is considered for publication. Currently reading for Fall 2026, Winter 2026, and the Rebecca Lard Award 2027—free to submit up to three poems per issue.
Our annual challenge to poets everywhere.
One poem, measured against the year’s finest. Named for Rebecca Lard—the first poet in Indiana—and open to poets the world over.
- A $500 gift certificate to the Prolific Press Bookstore
- Your poem featured in the prize-winner issue
- The prize-winning poet featured on the back cover
- Featured on the Poetry Quarterly website
- Free entry to the following year’s contest
- One free copy of the prize-winner issue in print
Every entrant receives a free one-year subscription to Poetry Quarterly Online — new and inactive subscribers only; current members are already covered.
Past Rebecca Lard Award recipients.
A celebration of poetry.
Poetry Quarterly has published emerging and established poets since 2009. We read widely, respond personally, and put ink on paper—four times a year, in a journal made to be kept on a shelf, not scrolled past.
“Rebecca Lard was well known, in her day, for submitting to publications.”
Rebecca Lard · 1772–1855 · the first poet in Indiana
Priority reading, all year long.
For $25 a year, every poem you send is read first, you may submit up to six per issue, contest entries are discounted, and your name joins our Supporters page.
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