Octopus only reads submissions in the 8th month (August) of the year. Submissions sent at any other time will not be read. In August, send a friendly number of poems for consideration through one MS word attachment. Introduce yourself to us in the body of the email and include a list of previous publications, if any.

Send to submit@octopusmagazine.com

All rights revert to the authors upon publication in Octopus, and the works can then be subsequently published, though we ask that Octopus get its props as the place of initial publication. We'll accept simultaneous submissions, just let us know if it is accepted elsewhere. We do not consider previously published work.