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Thanks for coming by. We accept submissions March 15-May 1 for our Summer Issue and August 15-Oct 31 for our Winter Issue.

Other than the danged obvious, what is a one-sentence poem?

It must be a grammatically correct sentence. We all remember what Mrs. Tate taught us about sentences in elementary school. Please do not disappoint Mrs. Tate because she WILL find a way to punish you.
Start with an uppercase letter, as sentences do. (Also, as your doctors, the editors suggest you start every day with an uppercase letter. It will get you started with a positive attitude!)
End with a terminal punctuation mark. But don’t die.
Semicolons are discouraged, especially when used to merge what should be multiple sentences into one long sentence. Also, it’s a really ugly punctuation mark. I mean, look at it!

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I mean, what IS that sh*t?
Format: There must be at least one line break. So, give us a break. (Sorry.)
We prefer left-justified. Weird layouts give us migraines.
Please submit a third person bio. Your bio, in keeping with the spirit of the journal, should consist of a single, relatively short sentence.
Submit no more than 4 poems during a reading period. If we decline your work, hang on until the next submission period to submit.
We use the Submittable account associated with our sister site (mother site?) Right Hand Pointing. Choose the One Sentence Poems category. Here’s the link.

Thanks. If you need anything, pop us an email at editor@onesentencepoems.com.

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