The
    Midwest Quarterly

The Midwest Quarterly receives approximately 3,500 - 4,000 poems per year and publishes 60. Please review these guidelines before submitting poetry:

1. MQ publishes only previously unpublished poems. 
2. Poets should submit one copy of each poem, up to ten poems, by regular mail.  
3. Please use e-mail for queries only. 
4. The poet's name must appear on each page. 
5. Poems should be no more than 80 lines each, though the Poetry Editor will sometimes consider longer poems of exceptional merit. 
6. Poets must include SASE for reply or return of manuscripts. 
7. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but poets should so indicate at the time of submission and send immediate notice of acceptance by another journal.

I am interested in well-crafted poems, traditional or untraditional, that use intense, vivid, concrete and/or surrealistic images to explore the mysterious and surprising interactions of the natural and inner human worlds. If a poem doesn't engage nature in a significant way, I am unlikely to be interested in publishing it.

                                                   —Stephen Meats, Poetry Editor

Poetry submissions and questions should be sent to:
Dr. Stephen Meats, Poetry Editor
The Midwest Quarterly
English Department
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas 66762

Telephone:  (620) 235-4689 
FAX:  (620) 235-4686 
E-mail: smeats@pittstate.edu