The editors of The Review invite writers that live in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and beyond, to submit poems for publication.

Update 2/25/25:

We are currently accepting submissions here for the special section, Amplifying Disabled Voices, edited by Christopher Heuer, Marlena Chertock, and Gregory Luce. 

We are not currently accepting submissions for the open/general call. The open call is currently CLOSED and expected to re-open April, 2025. We are presently only accepting submissions for the Amplifying Disabled Voices section. 

Submissions for the Amplifying Disabled Voices special section will be accepted from February 15 to March 15, 2025. To read the full guidelines for the Amplifying Disabled Voices section, view the blog post on the Day Eight website here. 

If you are submitting for the Amplifying Disables Voices section, please note that in your submission.

Submissions must include:

1. Name of the poet
2. Address of the poet
3. Email of the poet
4. Two to four poems
5. Bio of the poet

Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis, generally within three months of submission.  View the magazine website online: https://midatlanticreview.com.

Mid-Atlantic Review Editors: Gregory Luce, Anne Becker, Regie Cabico, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, Serena Agusto-Cox, Holly Karapetkova, Robert Bettmann

Mid-Atlantic Review Advisory Editors: Carolivia Herron, Christopher Heuer, Jeffrey Banks

The Mid Atlantic Review is a project of the non-profit Day Eight - http://dayeight.org/.

The editors of The Review invite writers that live outside of Washington, D.C. to submit poems for publication. 

There is a $3 dollar fee for submissions by non-DC-residents. 

Submissions must include:

1. Name of the poet
2. Address of the poet
3. Email of the poet
4. Two to four poems
5. Bio of the poet

Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis, generally within three months of submission.  View the magazine website online: https://midatlanticreview.com.

Thanks to support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, submission to The Review is free for DC residents. All others are to submit using this form, which requires a $3 submission fee.

We invite poets from historically-disincluded demographics, including Black, Indigenous, Native American, and AAPI writers, to submit work using the free, "DC resident" form available here. If you are a non-DC resident using that form, please note the reason for accessing that submission form in your submission or it will not be considered.

Mid-Atlantic Review Editors: Gregory Luce, Anne Becker, Regie Cabico, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, Serena Agusto-Cox, Holly Karapetkova, Robert Bettmann

Mid-Atlantic Review Advisory Editors: Carolivia Herron, Christopher Heuer, Jeffrey Banks

The Mid Atlantic Review is a project of the non-profit Day Eight - http://dayeight.org/.