Esther Poetry Journal fka The Jewish Poets Collective Artistic Statement and Submission Guidelines

Artistic Statement
The Jewish Poets Collective Journal was founded to promote the works of Jewish poets and is proudly, unapologetically, Jewish. This hasn’t changed now that it’s Esther Poetry Journal.
Its mission continues to amplify diverse Jewish perspectives, and foster an inclusive environment where the personal and the universal meet.
Poetry about the sacred and the secular, the ancient and the ever present Now are all welcome here.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions are now closed for the Fall Issue.

Esther Poetry Journal is an online journal that will be published two to four times a year.

Submissions do not have to be specifically Jewish in content and Jewish allies are welcome to submit their poetry.

The Jewish Poets Collective Journal and Esther Poetry Journal acquire First Electronic Rights and Non-exclusive Archival Rights. Upon publication, all other rights revert to the author. Remember to credit The Jewish Poets Collective Journal or Esther Journal as first publisher if you reprint elsewhere.. The Jewish Poets Collective and Esther Poetry Journal reserves the right to reprint work at a later date and reserves the right to remove pieces from its archives.

Poets may submit up to three poems per submission period, no more than nine pages.

Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you indicate they are such, and notify the editor if the work has been accepted elsewhere as soon as possible.

Submit your poetry and information to estherpoetryjournal@gmail.com.
For the subject heading use “poetry submission” and your last name.

Include in the body of the email your name or pen name, a short third person bio, a photo of yourself, and if applicable, links to your website and/or book(s).
Please note, in an effort to support Jewish poets, Esther Poetry Journal has an affiliate page on Bookshop.org and will add the books of the poets in the journal.

Poems must be submitted as attachments in an accessible format like Word or Google Docs. The editor reserves the right to reject poetry that contains unusual spacing and/or if the poem cannot be faithfully copied into the journal. This includes poems that are submitted in a way that makes it difficult to add to the journal. Additionally, poets who do not follow these guidelines can be rejected.
Poems created by using AI are not welcome.

Submissions are free and Esther Poetry Journal is not a paying market.