For over 40 years, Arc has been publishing the best in contemporary poetry.
Poets who are living with disabilities and/or poets for whom English is difficult are welcome to reach out to Arc for assistance with the submission process, if necessary.
This assistance can pertain to: clarifying the submission guidelines, adding notes to and/or withdrawing submissions on Submittable, and formatting submissions to fit Arc‘s submission guidelines.
Please contact Managing Editor Chris Johnson at arc@arcpoetry.ca with a subject line “Arc Poetry Submission Assistance.”
Arc accepts unsolicited submissions from poets at all stages of their writing careers.
Calls for Submissions
General Poetry Submissions
Arc accepts unsolicited submissions from poets at all stages of their writing careers during our Spring and Fall submission periods: January 1 – March 31 Arc does not accept general submission during this period April 1 – July 31 The Spring submissions period August 1 – August 31 Arc does not accept general submission during […]