If you have read the Railroad Poetry Project Mission Statement and believe that the Railroad could be the place for you and your poetry, then please submit your genius following these two guidelines:

1. Paste your poems into the body of an email. If you have special formatting requirements, please state and add attachments as an alternative; subject lines should include your name and title of first poem
2. Please provide:

• Name
• Pseudonyms (if applicable)
• A link to your blog or website so that we can link your work in case of publication, any other links you would like us to be aware of! We can help spread your beat.
• A short biography – this is optional – but we genuinely love to hear about Railroad contributors and their work. Your bio will also become your Railroaders entry, giving visitors to the site the opportunity to find out more about you.

Railroad cannot pay you at present because nobody ever pays us but we’ll send lots of beautiful traffic your way and give you a platform from which you can promote your work. Railroad publishes under one-time electronic rights, if we ever want to use it again, we will contact you for permission. Railroad is just a way of projecting your work further afield. If you want to know more about publication rights, see here.

***An exciting development since Issue 2 of the Railroad e-mag has been the demand for online outlets for visual work. If you are a visual artist looking for a platform for your work, please submit to the editors for a chance to spread the beat of your work to over 1,000 viewers every month. In line with the Railroad unadulterated creativity policy, nothing is sidelined – so start your own journey with the Railroaders today.***

All submissions should be sent to the editor at railroadpoetryproject@gmail.com – you can expect a decision within one week – but towards the end of the month, please be patient. It may take longer to get a response at this time due to the hard-work that goes into creating and publishing the magazine, and spreading the beat of our Railroaders.

Thank you! See you on the Railroad