Mission
The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in poetry and literature, and to provide authors, especially poets, with a far-reaching forum in which to present their work.

History

The American Poetry Review was founded in 1972 in Philadelphia. By developing efficient, inexpensive production methods and a distribution network that combined newsstands, bookstores, and subscriptions, it became the most widely circulated poetry magazine ever within the first five years of publication, with subscribers in 55 countries. In the 1970’s, APR established a reputation for publishing a broad range of material: interviews, literary essays and essays on social issues, translations, fiction, reviews, and poetry by the most distinguished authors, by writers working in new forms of contemporary literature, by younger poets now at the center of American poetry, and by writers from other cultures.

In recent years, APR has developed activities beyond publishing the magazine. These include ongoing projects such as The American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize and The Philly Edition, an all-poetry supplement distributed for free to local schools

APR has continued uninterrupted publication of The American Poetry Review since 1972, and has included the work of over 1,500 writers, among whom there are nine Nobel Prize laureates and thirty-three Pulitzer Prize winners.

Contact

Stephen Berg, Editor                       sberg@aprweb.org

David Bonanno, Editor                    dbonanno@aprweb.org

Mike Duffy, Business Manager      duffym@aprweb.org

Elizabeth Scanlon, Editor                escanlon@aprweb.org

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The American Poetry Review publishes original poetry, literary criticism, interviews, and essays. Please observe the following guidelines when submitting manuscripts for consideration.

• If possible, manuscripts should be typewritten or computer-printed, on white, 8 ½ ” x 11” paper. Prose should be double-spaced.

• Manuscripts should be addressed to “The Editors” and mailed to APR, 1700 Sansom Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Do not send manuscripts by fax or e-mail.

• Please do not send previously published material.

• Each submission must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope for our reply. (International submissions should be accompanied by Universal Postal Union International Response Coupons.) No reply will be made to unaccepted manuscripts that are not accompanied by a SASE.  We will not respond via e-mail.

• Keep a copy of your manuscript and record the date you sent it.

• Our reporting time is approximately three months. We will inform you of our decision. Please do not inquire about the status of your submission unless more than three months have passed.

• Copyright: APR holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication. We do not require that material be copyrighted prior to submission.