submission guidelines

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• email all submissions to ninelivesjournal@gmail.com

• submit up to five previously unpublished poems of any length in a Microsoft Word (.docx) document

• please title your document with your full name

• we’d love for your poems to be a harmonious collection that are representative of yourself

• in the body of your email, include a 30-50 word third-person bio

• we accept simultaneous submissions, but please be prompt to let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere

• we accept poems that have previously been featured on your personal social media

• we only accept submissions from those residing within or otherwise significantly connected to aotearoa