Bywords.ca July 15 deadline for poetry

Current and former Ottawa residents, workers and students are invited to submit poems for the August 2025 issue of Bywords.ca. The deadline is July 15, 2025:
Poets receive an honorarium upon publication.
Poems published in Bywords.ca between September, 2024 & August, 2025 will be eligible for consideration for the 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award. This year's judge is Toronto poet, Concetta Principe.

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.

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