Open submissions are welcome from 1 January through 1 September. The themed submissions will run for 5 months before closing. Check back for other themed issues throughout the year.
Please follow specific genre guidelines when formatting and uploading your submission and limit your cover letter to 150 words or less. Full guidelines can be accessed by clicking on the plus sign located at the top right of each genre category listed below.
Although we do accept simultaneous submissions, we do not accept work that has been previously published either in print or online.
If work is accepted for publication, Interim obtains First North American Serial Rights and, for the period of one year, Electronic Rights. After that time, copyright reverts to the author. Writers whose work appears in the annual print volume will receive one free contributor copy of that volume and will receive a discount on any additional copies ordered.
You will see that we're now charging a reading fee for all submissions. This has become a necessity to help defray the costs of our expanding publishing operations, which include producing our quarterly online issues and the annual print volume of the journal, hosting live and online events, and developing and launching the many new projects we're working on across content platforms.
We appreciate your continued interest and support and look forward to spending time with your work.
As our series title suggests, we’re looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to issues of social justice and the earth. The winning books will demonstrate an ethos that considers the human condition in inclusive love and sympathy, while offering the same in consideration of the earth. Because we believe the truth is always experimental, we’ll especially appreciate books with innovative approaches.
Interim: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics publishes two books in our annual Test Site Poetry Series contest. One title will be publicized as The Test Site Poetry Series winner, and the other, thanks to a generous gift, will be publicized as The Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award in Poetry. The authors of the winning books will both receive $1,000 and the books will be published by the University of Nevada Press.
The Test Site Poetry Series is open to all writers who are seeking to place an unpublished manuscript. All submissions must be at least 48 pages. We will consider “New & Selected” or “Collected” manuscripts including work from previously published books. If poems in the manuscript have been previously published, enclose an acknowledgments page.
Series editor Claudia Keelan, along with series board members Sherwin Bitsui, Donald Revell, Sasha Steensen, and Ronaldo V. Wilson will choose the winning books. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2024. We prefer online submissions, but will accept mailed submissions, postmarked by December 15, and sent to:
Interim
Department of English University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455011 4505
S. Maryland Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5011
The reading fee is $25 for each manuscript submitted. Please submit your manuscript with two title pages. One title page should include your name and contact information. The other title page should include only the title of your book. Your name and contact information must not be included anywhere else in the manuscript or it will be disqualified. This is done to ensure the transparency of the selection process. In the event that one or more of the board members recognize a manuscript as one from a student, friend, lover, etc. they will recuse themselves from casting a vote for that manuscript. The winning book will be announced in February and published by the University of Nevada Press in the Fall of 2025.
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Interim is seeking palimpsestic work for a special issue of prose, poetry, translation, and visual art. Writers and artists are encouraged to consider the idea of the palimpsest in its original, physical definition, and also to take it in other directions. We're eager to consider submissions of creative translation projects, ekphrastic fiction, erasure poetry, work that's aware of what it's been made on top of, work that renders history's constant company onto the page.
For prose, submit one story or essay. For poetry, up to five poems, all in one document. For visual art, up to three pieces, all in one file. For translations, please include the original text alongside your English version.
If you appreciate the work we regularly bring you in print, online, and across social media platforms, we encourage you to support us in our efforts. Your donation will help sustain the journal and will allow us to achieve several of our long-term goals, including building an online archive of all extant issues and creating a series of programming centered on contemporary poetry and poetics.
If you'd like to give on an annual basis, please email us at Interim1944@gmail.com, and we'll be in touch with details about our giving tiers and benefits. Thank you.
Please note: This category is for donations only. Any work submitted will be deleted unread. Thank you.
Winner of the 2021 Test Site Poetry Series Prize
2021 Betsy Joiner Flanagan Poetry Prize Winner
2021 Test Site Poetry Series Prize
2020 Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award in Poetry
Interim’s 2021 women’s print issue includes writing from women from several generations, all working innovatively and dedicated to a civic necessity clearly needed in our present moment.
Poems
by Claire Champommier, Cynthia Hogue, Alyse Knorr, Brooke Schifano, Milla van der Have, and many others
Essay and Belles Lettres
by Sara Whittemore
Hybrid Work
by Karen Brennan and Katrina Roberts
Fiction
by Joyce Goldenstern and Joan Haladay
Translations
of Ariane Dreyfus by Claire Eder, of Milena Britto by Sarah Rebecca Kersley, and of Zofia Skrzypulec by Mark Tardi
Books Reviews
of Under the Capsized Boat We Fly: New and Selected Poems by Gail Wronsky
Interim’s 2020 all women’s print issue includes writing from women from several generations, all working innovatively and dedicated to a civic necessity clearly needed in our present moment.
Poems
by Oni Buchanan, Alexandra Mattraw Jami Macarty, Terese Svoboda, Lindsey Warren, Suzanne Wise and many others
Essay and Belles Lettres
by Ceridwen Hall and Lily Komiski
Hybrid Work
by Karen Brennan and Cynthia Hogue
Translations
of Maria Boro by Julia Pelosi-Thorpe
Books Reviews
of The Minuses and Library of Small Catastrophes
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Vol. 35, Issue 5
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Vol. 34, Issue 5
Interim's latest print issue is an all women issue that features work by Christine Bettis, Ana Christina Caesar (trans. Brenda Hillman), Robert Desnos (trans. Shannon Austin), Brenda Hillman, Alice Notley, and Sasha Steensen.
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Vol. 31, Issues 1-2
Bruce Bond, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Catullus (trans. David Koehn), Meryl DePasquale, Katherine Factor, Colby Gillette, Dan Gutstein, Derek Henderson, Greg Hewett, Eunsong Kim, David Krump, Christopher Michel, Mani Rao, Pierree Reverdy (trans. Andrew S. Nicholson, Broc Rossell, William Stobb, Terrell Jamal Terry, Georg Trakl (trans. Jay Hopler), Joshua Marie Wilkinson, and Jackson Wills
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Vol. 28, Issue 1-2
Belle Lettre: Mustapha Marrouchi
Poetry: Lindsay Berg, Justin Burnside, brigette byrd, Emily Carr, John Randolph Carter, Weston Cuttter, John Gallaher, Daniel Gutstein, Eileen G'Sell, Alice Jones, Paula Koneazny, Stacie Leatherman, David Dodd Lee, John MacKernan, Levi Negley, Racheal Nelson, BZ Niditch, Simon Perchik, Megan Ronan, Sean Rumschik, Dennis Saleh, Rob Schlegel, Adam Strauss, Sean Tribe, Stacey Waite, and Valerie Witte
Special Feature: Alice Notley and Mani Rao
Translations: Paul Verlaine (trans. Tim Keane) and Virginie Lalucq and Jean-Luc Nancy (trans. Sylvain Gallais and Cynthia Hogue)
Fictions: P.F. White and Tamas Dobozy
Book Reviews: Shira Dentz, Jonathan Greenhause, and Dan Beachy-Quick
Belle Lettre: Jacqueline Lyons
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Vol. 27, Issues 1-2
This issue focuses on Canadian Poetry and features work by Christian Bök, Hoa Nguyen, Christine Leclerc, Jami Macarty, among many other notable Canadian poets. It also includes the last interview with San Francisco Renaissance poet Robin Blaser in conversation with Jen Currin, as well as Belle Lettres from Sarah Vap, and poetry by Norman Dubie, Nicole Walker, and Andrei Sen-Senkov translated by Peter Golub, among many others.
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Vol. 26, Issues 1-2
Featuring the poetry, translations, and essays from a number of writers including Jen Currin, Karla Kelsey, Alice Notley, Chad Sweeney, Friedrich Hölderlin (trans. Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover), René Char (trans. Nancy Naomi Carlson), Ann Lauterbach, Vu Tran, Karen Brennan, and Tod Goldberg, among many others.
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Vol. 25, Issues 1-2
Poetry: John Ashberry, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Pam Brown, John Randolph Carter, Mary Crow, Jim Daniels, Norman Dubie, Eric Elshtain, John Gallaher, Richard Greenfield, Gordon Hadfield, Scott Hightower, Lizzie Hutton, Michael Kroesche, Joseph Lease, Lisa Markowitz, Tod Marshall, Michael McClane, Donna de la Perrière, WIlliam Stobb, Heater Winterer, and John Yau
Tranlations: Veronique Pittolo (trans. Cole Swenson), Arthur Rimbaud (trans. Donald Revell), Coral Bracho (trans. Forrest Gander), and Dome Bulfaro (trans. Christopher Arigo),
Special Feature: Susan Schultz
Fictions: Pablo Medina and Juan Martinez
Reviews: a.e. clark, Adam Strauss, and Nathan Hawke
Photography: Sam Davis
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Vol. 23, Issues 1-2
This issue is devoted to Alice Notley and includes correspondences to her from Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, Lyn Hejinian, and Leslie Scalapino as well as essays on Notley's work and influence by Maggie Nelson, Eleni Sikelianos and interviews by Anselm and Edmund Berrigan. It also includes an essay by Alice Notley.
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Vol. 24, Issues 1-2
Poetry: Jeffrey Babbitt, Anne Blonstein, Nancy Blouin, Logan Burns, Matthew Cooperman, Peter Covino, J.P. Dancing Bear, Christopher Davis, Bonnie Emerick, Jennifer S. Epstein, Dennis Finnell, Lisa Fishman, James Grinwis, Mark Irwin, Joshua Kryah, c.a. leibow, Alex Lemon, Jeff Menne, Wayne Miller, Derek Pollard, Aaryn Richard, Sundin Richards, Elizabeth Robinson, Mark Tursi, Justin Vicari, Brian Voell, and Kevin Ward
Special Feature: Christopher Arigo, Maxine Chernoff, and Paul Hoover
Belles Lettres + Beyond: Mary Cappello, Steven Church, Christopher Cokinos, and Jacqueline Lyons
End Notes: a.e. clark, Gordon Hadfield, Alice Jones, Jake Kennedy, Richard Loranger, Michael McLane, Derek Pollard, Kevin Prufer, Elizabeth Robinson, Sasha Steensen, Adam Strauss, and Catherine Wagner
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Vol. 22, Issues 1-2
Special Feature: Martha Ronk and Arthur Vogelsang
Fiction: Han Quek
Poetry: Christopher Arigo, Catherine Barnett, Martine Bellen, Karen Brennan, Forrest Cole, Christopher Davis, Cynthia Hogue, Ann Keniston, Jacqueline Lyons, Lara Ramsey, Sundin Richards, Red Shuttleworth, Cole Swensen, Catherine Wagner, and Brian Young
Essay: Dan Beachy-Quick
Book Review: Megan Johnson, Nick LoLordo, Matt Shears, and Donald Revell
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Vol. 21. Issues 1-2
Proem: Jarret Keene
Features: Charles Bernstein, Wole Soyinka, Standard Schaefer, Liz Waldner, and John Yau
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick, Earl Coleman, Crystal Curry, Norman Finkelstein, Jennifer Firestone, Gordon Hadfield, Steve Healey, Brian Henry, Pierre Joris, Janet Kaplan, Jarret Keene, Sally Keith, R.F. Marsocci, Timothy David Orme, April Ossmann, John Poch, Susan Schultz, Mark Taksa, Nathaniel Tarn, Lisa Visendi, and Liz Waldner
Fiction: Jane Stuart
Book Reviews: Jacqueline Diaz, Megan Johnson, Joshua Kryah, Matt Shears, Nick LoLordo, Donald Revell, and Catherine Wagner
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Vol. 18, Issues 1-2
Poetry: Agha Shahid Ali, Ken Autrey, Nancy Barber, Patrick Bennett Jeffrey Bolt, Daniel Bourne, Millicent Borges, Caroline Brooks, Joanne Clarkson, Robert Cooperman, Corrine De Winter, John Ditsky, Ken Dobel, James Doyle, Nelson James Dunford, Kathleen Flenniken, Carol Firth, Matthew Guenette, Lois Marie Harrod, Taj Jackson, Allison Eir Jenks, Gregory Jerozal, Kathleen Johnson, Paula, Koneazny, Len Krisak, Susan Landgraf, Naton Leslie, Amy Levin, Maurice Lindsay, Robert Lowenstein, Charles Edward Mann, Paul McRay, Errol Miller, Jenny Mueller, B.Z. Niditch, Joyce, Odam, Charles O'Hay, Ovid, Lance Phillips, Helen Pilibosian, Bernard Quetchenbach, Sundin Richards, Alane Rollings, Linda Russo, Jane Schaberg, Roy Scheele, Tory Schoultz, Susan M. Schultz, Timothy Shea, Yen Shu, Matthew J. Spireng, Richard Stolorow, Virgil Suarez, Charles Thomas, Ryan G. Van Cleave, Ken Waldman, Winsston Weathers, William John Watkins, Brian Young, Linda Young, and Scott Zieher
Fiction: E.R. Romaine
Reviews: Joshua Clover, Linda Russo, Claudia Keelen, and Catherine Wagner
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Greetings,
In your cover letter, please include the name of the editor who invited you to send work, which category that work falls under (Poetry, Poetry Hybrid Form, Essay, etc.), and when that work was solicited.
Fees are waived for solicited work.
In solidarity,
Claudia Keelan
Editor