Submissions
Poems & Paraboles is a collaborative literary publication devoted to poetry, storytelling, and fables that transfigure the ordinary.
The title draws on the old french parabole from the latin parabola and the greek parabolē…to cast beside. A parabole is a symbolic story that uses everyday images, scenes, and experiences to reveal deeper meaning.
We publish work that illuminates, awakens, or opens a small window toward wonder. Some pieces are quiet. Some are bold. Some carry a moral thread, while others wander into the mysterious and ethereal.
Poets and storytellers are invited to submit their work—selected pieces will be posted throughout the year.
At its core poetry is a creative-expressive art form. We publish original work made by real people; for this reason we have an Anti-A.I policy. By submitting your work, you affirm you are the sole author.
We request first serial rights. First serial rights grant Poems & Paraboles the opportunity to publish a work first, before it goes out elsewhere. All individual rights revert back to you, the author, upon publication.
Submissions are open!
Submission Guidelines
Submit unpublished work that hasn’t been published elsewhere
Give your poem a good title: a poem’s title will be the title of its post
Submit 1-3 poems in a single document
Use doc or docx format
Title your document with your first & last name
Send in your best work
Poems & Paraboles envisions publishing annual anthologies, in print as full-length poetry collections. Poems that are posted and featured throughout the year will be considered for the anthology.
