Tab Journal announces a Special Call for Poems for the print issue that will launch the 2024 volume. The Submissions page of the website has general guidelines, and the Submittable button there will take you to the submission form.
The first consideration deadline for this Special Call is July 18, 2023. The final deadline is September 10, 2023.
Each January, Tab Journal releases a uniquely designed print issue, which is mailed to all previous contributors, distributed at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs and other literary events, and sent to libraries and classes upon request. Past print issues have taken the form of a poster, a pouch, a set of postcards, and other innovative ways to consider the reading experience.
![Black and white display of several pouches stacked with a print issue sneaking out of one pouch in the foreground.](https://tabjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Archive-Cover-scaled-e1675688838492-1024x750.jpg)
![An angled view of the print issue showing how the trim in the middle of the printed press sheet creates the folds in order for the poster to fold into a booklet](https://tabjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_9115-1024x768.jpg)
![side by side photo pf issue 2020; first photo is pile of colorful cards with type and embossing; second photo is a tower built of the notched cards with poem on one side and bio on the reverse](https://tabjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Tab_print_2020-1024x471.jpg)
![Sample images of different issues](https://tabjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Events1-1024x304.jpg)
We’re looking for somewhat short poems that will fit the design-in-progress. In addition, while Tab Journal applies the print issue concept loosely and it continues to evolve, we’re looking for poems that have to do with twos, pairs, doubles, halves, dialogues, translations, couplets, and the like.
Tab Journal does not charge a submission fee.