Tar River Poetry

A biannual print literary magazine

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Spring 2025

Volume 64.2 Forthcoming

Poems by Jane Hirshfield, Izzy Maxon, John McCarthy, Stephen Bluestone, Dorianne Laux, Michael Leal García, Gabriel Welsch, Anne Gerard, Donna Prinzmetal, Madina Tuhbatullina, Lane Falcon, Derek Jon Dickinson, Collin Garrity, Benjamin Nash, Mike Bove, Grey Brown, Michael Colonnese, Brad Johnson, Matthew Kirby, Christy Prahl, Michael Flatt, Rick Bursky, Harley Tonneli, Forester McClatchey, Michael Gaspeny, Noah Davis, Bill Brymer, Sarah Spaulding, Dion O’Reilly, John Wall Barger, Jaki Shelton Green, Sydney Lea, Robert Manaster, Steve McOrmond, Joseph Hutchison, and Catherine Abbey Hodges. Prose by Alice Allan. Cover art by Bussie Parker Kehoe.

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News

  • We are reading submissions for our Fall 2025 issue from January 1-31. We look forward to seeing your work.

    This spring, we are running a broadside contest in partnership with the North Carolina Museum of Art’s End Paper Festival. More information coming soon.