Word Salad seeks to give talented poets a place to see their creations in publication. It is quick and easy to use the submission forms to send us your poems. However, we never compromise on quality. We typically publish less than ten-percent of what we receive in submissions.

Word Salad is a quarterly online Poetry Magazine. We have been publishing original poetry on the web since 1995. We are now in our 14th year of publication.

We have a few guidelines to offer poets seeking to submit poems to us for publication. We require that all poems submitted to us online include your name, or pseudonym, and your email address. We cannot use your work if you do not include this information.

We further request that you read the poems we have published and we request that you read the poetry of our staff to get an idea of the kind of poetry we will publish. Doing this will increase your chances of getting published here.

We should add that we do not publish poems that use explicit language of a profane nature. We would like to encourage authors/poets to find other ways of expressing themselves, other uses of language.

Word Salad Poet's Place - New Feature - Check it out!  Your place on the web for poetry and more.  This "Community Website" offers a variety of content and features for poets and other writers, including but not limited to, columns on writing poetry, lists of places to get published - online poetry Magazines, forums, news, articles and more.

Word Salad is hosted, supported and developed by Future Wave Web Development.  Check out our services, request a quote on Web Design and/or Web Development, and learn how we can help you grow your business, or your organization/group.

Announcing Word Salad's Summer Poetry Contest

The Topic or Theme for the contest is: "Feminism and Gender Issues: Including Cultural and Religious issues."

As an example, Christian feminism would apply, as would writing on what it means to be a man or a woman - what does masculinity mean to you or femininity.  

We may adjust the awards depending on the number of submissions that we get.  To start off, the awards will be as follows: 

First Place: $50; Second Place: $25; Third Place: $15; One Honorable Mention.

Important Note:  You have a few options for submitting your poems for the contest: 

Send your poem via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

1. Send the poems in an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
   •  Please state in the Subject of the email:  "Word Salad Poetry Contest."
   • you can attach the poems as files in the following formats: MS Word, Open-Office or PDF or
   • you can type the poems into the body of the email message.
2. Select "Submit an Poem for our Contest" from the menu on the left. 
   • You will see a contact form where you can enter your name, email, a message subject and your message.
   • Please write in this subject line "Word Salad Poetry Contest."
   • You just type the poem(s) into the field labeled "Your Message"

Entrance fee is $5 per poem.

We prefer that you pay your entry fee using paypal.  Using paypal you would send the payment to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Note:  Word Salad has always been a free publication.  For the most part, there is no exchange of monies at any time, other than when we sponsor contests like this. 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us by selecting 'Contact Administration' from the menu on the left, or you can call us at: 919-636-5809, and ask for Bruce.  Bruce is the owner of Future Wave Designs a web design, web development, web hosting and consulting firm located in the Triangle area of NC.  Future Wave Designs provides the web hosting, web design and development and the Administration of this site and the Poets Place - an online poetry community - check it out.

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c/o Bruce Whealton
112A Dillard St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

Good Luck!

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