Wax Poetry and Art presents Chicago Poetry Magazine, a magazine dedicated to showcasing poets from Midwestern United States on an international stage.
Chicago Poetry Magazine believes that poetry is connected to human society in diverse and meaningful ways. Poetry is a literary form and an artistic tradition thousands of years old, going back to the oral tradition. Poetry is a ceremonial expression at important cultural events. More privately, many engage with poetry in a deeply personal way, outside of any social function. Poetry is catharsis, philosophy, and spirituality. Poetry is scientific, humorous, and surreal. Poetry is the story of the great and the small, the triumph and the struggle – the record of our life and time. Poetry is all of these things, and more.
Chicago Poetry Magazine is committed to reflecting the true scope of poetry and by doing so, to bringing more poets and more readers into the global poetry community.
Chicago Poetry Magazine seeks submissions from poets from all backgrounds and levels of experience, from everywhere in Midwestern United States. This includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. All topics are welcome. All styles. Literary, spoken word, free verse, rhyming, haiku, sonnets, prose – all types and forms of poems are welcome.
Chicago Poetry Magazine is a qualifying publication for the Poetry World Cup.
Visit the Submissions page and read the guidelines to submit.
New issues are published on January 15th, May 15th, and September 15th of every year. Read the newest work on the Published page.
Chicago Poetry Magazine is part of Wax Poetry and Art. Visit the main Wax Poetry and Art Submissions to view all current opportunities.
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Chicago Poetry Magazine is published in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada by Florencia Bay Books. Edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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About the Editor
Kirk Ramdath is the publisher, editor, and designer of Wax Poetry and Art and the waxpoetryart.com publications.
He has read and performed at poetry events in Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, and many other cities in Canada.
Kirk had the honour of opening the world-famous Peace Bridge in Calgary in 2012.
He has been a publisher since 2005.
He also organized many dozen poetry events, around the 2010s.
Particularly, open-mic poetry events with a featured artist.
Kirk's first book, Love in a Handful of Dust, was published by Frontenac House in 2011, and will be republished by Florencia Bay Books in 2025.
He has three other poetry books near completion.
In 2002, Kirk obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, with Distinction, and a Minor in Philosophy from the University of Calgary, in Canada.
Kirk was born in Trinidad and Tobago, moved to Canada at age 10 with his family, and now writes and publishes from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Publication Information
Chicago Poetry Magazine
Published online in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Publisher, Managing Editor, & Designer: Kirk Ramdath.
Free.
Frequency: Three times per year: January 1st, May 1st, and September 1st.
Website: www.waxpoetryart.com/chicago/
Submissions: www.waxpoetryart.com/chicago/submissions.html
Email: info@waxpoetryart.com
Phone: 1-250-667-7748
Facebook: www.facebook.com/chicagopoetrymagazine
Chicago Poetry Magazine is part of the Wax Poetry and Art Network.
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