𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑷𝑶𝑬𝑴𝑺—We are doing something slightly different this time. We invite submissions of original poems in English written using the Duplex form.
Contributors are warmly encouraged to submit poems on any subject matter using that form, which is a fourteen-line poem in seven couplets, invented by Jericho Brown. Each line carries nine to eleven syllables. The second line of each couplet is echoed in the first line of the next, and the first line of the poem is also its last. Each echo should shift the meaning in an unexpected way. More information: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/duplex
Examples:
▚ Jericho Brown, “Duplex” — https://poets.org/poem/duplex
▚ Antoinette Brim-Bell, “Duplex: Black Mamas Praying” — https://poets.org/glossary/duplex
▚ Anna Nguyen, “A Dead Language” — https://chajournal.com/2026/02/13/dead-language
We are very keen to receive work from a wide range of geographical and cultural backgrounds. Accepted works will be included in a special feature in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
Please read our guidelines with great care. Submissions that do not observe these requirements will regrettably not be considered.
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠:
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: Thursday 30 April 2026. Please note that we may close the submission window once we have received a sufficient number of quality works.
𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Previously unpublished poems written in English.
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁: Up to two poems per poet.
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Please send your poems as Word documents (no PDFs).
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁: Email your submissions to swpoetry@gmail.com with the subject line “VV: Duplex: [Your Initials]”. Emails without proper salutation will not be read. Editor of the section: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
Poets whose work is accepted will be notified. If you do not receive a response within 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊, please consider your submission unsuccessful. You are welcome to submit additional work once this period has passed.
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