Beloit Poetry Journal

For sixty years of continuous publication, the Beloit Poetry Journal has been distinguished for the extraordinary range of our poetry and our discovery of strong new poets. Among those whose first or very early publication was in the BPJ are Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, Philip Levine, Charles Bukowski, Adrienne Rich, Eleanor Wilner, Susan Tichy, and Sherman Alexie. More recently, work by Bei Dao, Lucille Clifton, and Albert Goldbarth has appeared in our pages alongside work by Ben Lerner, Jessica Goodfellow, Garth Greenwell, and Mary Molinary, poets newer to publication but already at the top of their form. We make the final selections for each issue by reading poems aloud without identifying the author. A poem must speak for itself to make it into the BPJ.

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Beloit Poetry Journal - Join the online conversation with BPJ poets on our Poet's Forum. This month, Karl Elder moderates a discussion of "Ode in the Key of O." You can listen to his marvelous reading of the poem as well.
Aug 5, 2010Comment

Beloit Poetry Journal updated their submission guidelines.