Poetry Submission Guidelines
- Submission is open to poets of all ages who live or work in Vermont.
- Theme for 2025: Belonging. We encourage you to use this as a point of departure for your writing, but it is not required.
- Deadline for submissions is February 28, 2025 at midnight. No poems will be accepted after that.
- Poems must be original work. Please send no more than 2 poems. We will select at least one poem to post.
- Poems can be no longer than 28 lines each, including spaces between lines of text.
- Poems should be submitted using a Google Form accessible HERE, and uploaded as Word documents only. If you have any trouble using the form (or have any questions), please contact us at 802-748-2600, ext. 109. If you do not use a computer, we will accept typed poems by mail or hand-delivered to PoemTown St. Johnsbury, c/o Catamount Arts, PO Box 324, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819.
- Please do not submit work that has been submitted to or displayed at any PoemCity, PoemTown Randolph or Poems Around Town events, or that has previously appeared in print elsewhere.
- By sending your work to PoemTown St. Johnsbury, you agree that PoemTown St. Johnsbury may use your poem(s) in display, promotional materials, and associated online, print, and other media venues.
PoemTown St. Johnsbury is a collaborative project of Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and Discover St. Johnsbury, and is affiliated with PoemCity Vermont.
