Our Poetry Magazine
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Free Poetry Submissions
Our magazine was founded in January 2022. Since then, we’ve published one issue every quarter, featuring contributors from around the world – and it’s totally free to submit.
Each issue has a distinct theme and a deadline for submissions, so make sure you keep the deadline in mind. If you’d like to be reminded or even inspired to submit to our issues, subscribe to our newsletter.
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Poetry Competitions – with Prizes!
We announced our first poetry competition in April 2023, with a prize of $100 for the winning poem and publication as a standalone piece on our site.
Unlike our issue submissions, we accept multiple entries for the competitions; and there is a small fee of $2.49 to enter, which helps cover our operating costs.
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Newsletter Features
5 Line Features is a newsletter segment, where we highlight a new poet every week by featuring their poem of five lines or less.
You can gain access to 5 Line Features by subscribing to our mailing list.
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Poet Interviews
We publish interviews with our contributor poets, where they give us all the behind-the-scenes details from the poem we published – plus some trade secrets.
Ever wondered how a poet finds inspiration, or how they capture their ideas and turn them into poetry? Check out our interviews to learn all about our contributors.
Our Story
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The Magazine
Free the Verse is a quarterly poetry magazine, designed to showcase the work of emerging and established poets. We believe poetry deserves a carved-out space in the online world. It’s certainly powerful enough to stand on its own.
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The Prompts
Our journal is an offshoot of @poetry.prompt, an Instagram community that inspires poets to keep honing their craft through consistent writing. We post prompts twice a week and feature our favourite poems.
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The Poet
Our founder, poet Zara Kassem has been published in over a dozen literary magazines. Inspired by the dedication of volunteers in digital publishing, she created Free the Verse to give back to the community and elevate the voices of others.
