Magazine · United States
Ballast
Ballast is an independent online literary journal founded in 2022 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Operating as a quarterly publication, it seeks poetic excess through contemporary poems in any form, translations, book reviews, and lyric essays. Submissions are free and accepted on an ongoing basis via email for three to five poems, with simultaneous submissions welcomed. The magazine strictly prohibits AI-generated writing alongside racist or discriminatory work.
Open to poets
- Magazine submissions. Open year-round. Fee: Free. Simultaneous submissions: accepted. Up to 6 poems.
Official site: ballastjournal.com. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
Checked 2026-11-14. Find more places to send your poems on Poetry Marketplace, free.
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