Collider Submissions

Thank you for your interest in Collider. Read our submission guidelines below to learn about our reading periods and how to submit your work.

Calls for Submissions

We are currently closed to submissions.

We accept poems in all forms/genres, preferably in 8 lines or fewer. Read our first issue to get a sense of what we do.

Please consider the following guidelines before submitting:

Collider is seeking intersections and other telepathic infinities in the form of previously unpublished poetry.
We do accept simultaneous submissions.
Please do not send us already-published work, although we may accept excerpts from works in progress.
We do not charge for submissions, and we also do not pay for publication.
We are looking for 8 lines or fewer, but the length you submit is up to you. Just know that we may only accept a portion of a longer piece.
If accepted, your poem will be quilted together with the other poems in the issue to create one poem-issue. The editing process involves removing borders and finding transitions, doorways, windows, paper-thin walls — places where these separately-created works can speak to each other.
Please send 1-3 poems that you think might play well with others (or not).
During open submission periods, we aim to respond within 1-4 months but often our review takes longer due to the nature of how we make each issue. Please feel free to reach out after 4 months have passed.
To make sure you receive our response to your submission, please add colliderpoetry@gmail.com to your contacts/ set your spam filter to allow colliderpoetry@gmail.com.