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Contributing Poets

Below you will find our incredible and ever growing collection of wordsmiths and poets who have managed to align the stars and pull all the right heart strings in our quest for poetry to live in our pages. This is by no means a comprehensive list of poets who have inspired us in search, but we like to think it's a very good place to start your own, and it is a hallowed hall of poets we are proud to call our alumni. 

Chris Atkin

(he/him)

Chris Atkin is an English Teacher, spoken word poet, and two time Pushcart Prize nominee living in Draper, UT. His work has been published in Last Leaves Magazine, The Rising Phoenix Review, and the Lascaux Review. Chris loves poems that push the boundaries between page and performance, take big risks, and speak to the things that make us human.

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Andrew Earley

(he/him)

Andrew Earley is a poet, spoken word performer, and multidisciplinary artist living in Salt Lake City. He is executive director of Alternative Arts and Music Program Utah, and has dedicated his life to the curating and celebration of  artists and poets. He has 20 years experience in Slam and Performance Poetry, and loves poetry that speaks to political activism and finding the silver linings life leaves buried in struggle. 

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Trish Hopkinson

(she/her)

Trish Hopkinson is a poet and advocate for the literary arts. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com. Her poetry has been published in several literary magazines and journals; and her most recent book A Godless Ascends was published by Lithic Press in March 2024. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, and craft beer.

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Holton Lee

(any/all)

Holton Lee (Any/All) is an emerging poet based in Salt Lake City, and occasionally in your dreams (yes that was them, you’re welcome). Their work centers around queerness, identity, and whatever comes to mind. You can find them in cat cafes, co-running Salt Cured Collective, and talking to the local crows. They hope you enjoy their poems.

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Heather D Haigh

(she/her)

​Heather is a disabled, working-class writer and poet from Yorkshire, published by Oxford Flash Fiction, Fictive Dream, Bath Flash Fiction, The Phare, and numerous others. She has won or been placed in several competitions, and is a Pushcart and BOTN nominee, and a cheese addict. 

 

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Jefferson Carter

(he/him)

Jefferson Carter’s work has appeared in journals like Barrow Street and Rattle. Chax Press (Tucson) published his ninth collection, Get Serious: New and Selected Poems, a Southwest Best Book of 2013.  Free Hugs, his thirteenth collection, is now available from Coyote Arts (NM).  For more information, visit jeffersoncarterverse.com  Carter has lived in Tucson, AZ, since 1953 and taught composition and poetry writing full-time for 30 years at Pima Community College. 


 

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Issac Dominion Aju

(he)

Isaac Dominion Aju is a Nigerian poet whose works have appeared in different literary publications and Journals across the globe. He was recently longlisted for Narratives Against Poverty In Africa Literary Prize (2025)



 

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Kate Lewington

(she/they)

From the South of England, Kate is a writer/poet and blogger. Their writing is largely based on the themes of belonging, loss, and wonder. They have been recently published by Roi Fainéant Press, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, World Insane and TrashLight Press. https://katelouisepoetry.wordpress.com/




 

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Lynn White

(she/her)


Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the 
boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for Pushcarts, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

 

https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com 

https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/ 






 

SUBMISSIONS

Submission Guidelines

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Wailing or Gnashing?

 

   Before submitting your poetry, decide whether your submission qualifies as a wailer or a gnasher, and label each poem in your submission with the category that best fits your work based on the descriptions below:

 

   Wailers are raw, unfiltered, and unrefined. These are the poems that didn’t just leap out of your brain, they clawed their way up and out of you to claim a space on the page and now refuse to be moved. Send us your first drafts, you late night ravings fueled by nothing but rage and monster ultra, your hand written love poems-- their pages still wet with dewy heartache, and any of your other work that needs to exist.

 

   Gnashers have been ground down. These are your poems that have been through the gauntlet, forged in the fires of your google drive and tinkered on by wordsmiths until every nook and cranny has been nitpicked and you are sure its sharpest edges have been honed to perfection. 

 

   If you don’t know which category to submit to, do not fear! Simply do not label your poems and we will decide what category you will be published under upon acceptance. Labeling your poems upon submission will, however, streamline the editorial process and should expedite our response time. 


 

What we accept:

 

  • Submissions of 1-3 poems (no restrictions on length or style, but be warned, we all have ADHD and attention spans to match. That’s all to say, if your poems are especially long they better be especially good!) We do accept work previously published in other journals so long as you maintain the rights to your work. 

  • Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged! Go get that bread! But if your poem is accepted elsewhere before you hear from us, please let us know if a poem needs to be withdrawn or attributed to the original publisher. Email wailingandgnashing@aamputah.org with (withdrawal/publication notification- name) in the subject line.)

 

We will not accept:

 

  • Any work that has been written in whole or in part by Artificial Intelligence. 

  • We are committed to fostering a creative space that celebrates diversity and promotes respectful expression. Submissions containing hate speech, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, or any form of discriminatory or dehumanizing content will not be accepted. We reserve the right to reject work that goes against these values.

 
General Submission Guidelines

 

  • Submit through the form linked at the bottom of this page. 

  • We prefer docx/doc. Only send us a PDF if your formatting is complex enough to require it.

  • Remember to label each poem as either a Wailer or a Gnasher

  • If you submit before you’ve heard back from us, your submission(s) will be ignored.

  • Please include a short cover letter and bio in the body of your submission email.

  • If accepted, please wait 6 months before submitting again.

  • We encourage submissions from BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women-identified, Palestinian, emerging, and disabled writers, as well as submissions from educators and any other historically marginalized writers.

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Rights:

 

  • We acquire First North American serial rights, and rights revert to the author upon publication. We ask to be acknowledged in any future reprints.

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Response Time:
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  • We aim to respond within 3 months. If you haven’t heard from us after 4 months, feel free to reach out.

  • Expedited 2 week responses available (info below).

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Payment: 
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  • General submissions are and always will be free.

  • We have options for expedited ($10) and feedback ($30) responses. Please Venmo @aamputah and include your full name in the Venmo note, along with the tag “W&G expedited” or “W&G feedback” (or both if need be!). 

  • We also accept and appreciate any donations to our tip jar. Same Venmo as above! Put “W&G Tip Jar” in your note, we do our best not to let tips effect our judgement, but they do help with our hosting fees!

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Click here for submissions!

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