Call for Poems
Spring 2026
Submission Period: February 1-March 15, 2026
Guest Editor: TBA
Bramble seeks to celebrate Wisconsin poets & poetry, as part of the mission of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. For our purposes, this includes poets who live and write (a substantial portion of the year) in Wisconsin, as well as students studying in Wisconsin. If we cannot determine from your bio or mailing address whether or not this is you – we won’t be able to consider your submission.
Submission Guidelines
We welcome unsolicited submissions from Wisconsin poets* & WFOP members. Please send one submission of 1-3 poems (of any length and style) to bramble@wfop.org. Put your last name and "Bramble Submission" in the subject line. In the body of the email please include a cover letter with mailing address, poet pic, a 50 word bio, and your poems. Please do not submit poems as a separate attachment unless your poem requires special formatting (PDF preferred).
No previously published poems.
Please make only one submission to Bramble per issue.
If your work was accepted in the last issue of Bramble, we ask that you wait out an issue before you submit again.
Contributing authors and artists will receive one contributor's copy of the print issue.
If you are interested in providing original artwork for the cover, please query at bramble@wfop.org.
Rights revert to poets/contributors immediately after publication. If poems are reprinted later (in a collection or anthology), we appreciate an acknowledgement credit.
We publish twice a year — spring and fall.
Spring / Submission period: February 1-March 15 / Release Date: May 15
Fall / Submission period: August 1-September 15 / Release Date: November 15
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WFOP is an inclusive and accommodating group. Benefits of membership are listed here. If you have any questions or concerns about membership please email our membership chair. Membership is calendar year-based from January to December. Join here.
