All submissions to Gyroscope Review must be made via our submissions manager, Submittable. We do not accept submissions via post or email. Our response time is between four and twelve weeks. Once you have submitted, please do not submit again within the same reading period. Withdrawing your work to edit then resubmitting is fine.
READING PERIODS
Spring issue: January 15-March 1
Summer issue: April 1-June 1
Fall Crone Power issue: July 1-September 1
Winter issue: October 1-December 1
Note: once we have accepted enough poems to fill an issue, the reading period will close, so submit early. Please submit no more than 4 poems and put poems together in one document, one poem per page. If there are more than 4 poems we will only read the first four and ignore the rest. There are no length restrictions on individual poems. Formats we accept: .doc, .docx, .rtf. Instructions: 12 pt type, Times New Roman type is preferred, and 1" margins. It’s easier for us to read. All poems in one document with page breaks in between poems. Use the name you would like to be published under. Thank you!
DO NOT SEND PICTURES WITH YOUR POEMS.
Please give Gyroscope Review credit as first publisher when you reprint your poems or use them in books.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but we ask that you consider our acceptance of your poem(s) as a commitment to be published by Gyroscope Review, and the poem(s) will not be withdrawn after acceptance to go to another publication. That would make us sad. Nobody likes a sniffling editor. If a submission is accepted elsewhere please notify us immediately through Submittable. We’ll be happy for you, we promise!
We do not accept previously published material at this time. Translations must be the author's own work and contain the English and foreign language versions.
Please do not submit if you are not open to being edited. We will work with you on major edits. No racist, or any other -ist, derogatory, or pornographic material. This is determined by the judgment of the editors. By all means, push the envelope, but do so in a tasteful manner.
By submitting you attest that the work is your own creation. Anonymous submissions are not allowed; however, pen names are acceptable. You grant Gyroscope Review first-time North American publication rights for your submission. All other rights to material published in the Gyroscope Review are retained by the individual authors, photographers, and artists. All published work is archived online. You agree that any subsequent publication, print or on the web, must acknowledge Gyroscope Review as the original publisher. Please include a bio in third person of 100 words or less with your submission. Bios longer than this will be edited down to 100 words. Use the name you’d like to be published under.
Gyroscope Review is open to poetry in all genres, including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. We are open to traditional forms, but keep them contemporary. Poems about writing poems are generally a pass unless it brings something new to the table.
We publish quarterly. Note - Gyroscope Review is not a paying market at this time. We do not send contributors' print copies, but free PDFs are available from our website. Print and Kindle eBook editions are available on Amazon.
Our Fall 2025 Issue is the annual Crone Power Issue. Submissions will be limited to poets over the age of 50 who identify as female. For this special issue, we seek work that examines what it means to be a woman over 50. This issue only accepts submissions from female-identifying poets over the age of fifty (50). Send us your best poems, the ones you are dying to show the world. Let everyone know what you are thinking, from nature to politics to relationships. You have valuable insights, and we want to share them.
IF YOU ARE NOT A WOMAN-IDENTIFYING POET OVER 50, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT AT THIS TIME. Regular submissions from all poets will resume for our Winter 2026 issue starting October 1, 2025. All submissions to Gyroscope Review must be made via our submissions manager, Submittable. We do not accept submissions via post or email.
No more than four poems from any one author per reading period will be considered. If there are 5 or more poems in a document, the fifth (sixth, seventh) poem will not be considered.
There are no length restrictions on individual poems. Formats we accept: .rtf, .doc, .docx. Do not add any headers, footers, or page numbers. Stick to standard fonts like Times New Roman. Use tabs instead of the space bar to offset lines if possible. Put up to four poems in one document; please make sure each poem is on a separate page and use page breaks in between poems.
We do not accept previously published material at this time. This includes publication in print, and Facebook, poetry sites, and personal blogs. Translations must be the author's own work and contain English and foreign language versions. Please do not submit if you are not open to being edited. We work with you on edits. No racist, or any other -ist, derogatory, or pornographic material. This is determined by the judgment of the editors. By all means, push the envelope, but do so in a tasteful manner. By submitting, you attest that the work is your own and has not been generated in part or whole by AI. We are not ready for our robot overlords' attempts at poetry. Anonymous submissions are not allowed; pen names are acceptable.
If your work is accepted for publication, we ask only for the first North American serial rights, in both digital and print formats. Gyroscope Review retains the right to use the accepted work in future anthologies as well as in the online archives. All rights revert to the author after publication by Gyroscope Review. All accepted work will be archived on the website in a PDF. Please include a bio written in third person of up to 100 words. Bios longer than this will be edited down to 100 words at the editor's discretion.
Gyroscope Review is open to poetry in all genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. We publish quarterly. Note – Gyroscope Review is not a paying market at this time. We do not provide contributors printed copies, but free online PDF issues are always available on our website. Paperbacks and Kindle eBooks are available for purchase through Amazon, as well as anthologies. Past issues can also be found on Biblio.