Bywords.ca Call for Poetry

Current and former Ottawa residents, workers and students are invited to submit poems for the October 2025 issue of Bywords.ca. The deadline is September 15, 2025:
Poets receive an honorarium upon publication.
Poems published in Bywords.ca between September, 2025 & August, 2026 will be eligible for consideration for the 2026 John Newlove Poetry Award. Mext year's judge is Alberta poet Tolu Oloruntoba

This is your last opportunity for poems published to be considered for this year's Newlove Award.

**Please consult the guidelines on www.bywords.ca** then send poems to submissions@bywords.ca.


Thanks to everyone who has submitted poems & thank you to our dedicated selection committee.

For poetry, literary events, news, links and hard-to-find poetry collections and chapbooks by Ottawa writers, please go to www.bywords.ca .

Stay tuned for the date of the 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award in October!