Submission Guidelines
The Michigan Poet publishes high-quality poetry from established and emerging poets living in Michigan and distributes to Michigan communities.
The Michigan Poet seeks poems less than 25 lines that are accessible to readers of all ages and interest levels.
Poems should be all-age appropriate and suitable for school environments. Politically biased, overtly sexual, religious, or otherwise controversial poems will be rejected.
Submit all poems in one document.
Please submit your work via our Submittable link:
To the kind attention of the editors, I spent some time in Michigan years ago, may I contribute some poems from my past experiences?
I’m sorry, but we do not consider work from people not currently residing in Michigan.