SWWIM Every Day editors will provide comprehensive feedback about your work. Limit three (3) or six (6) pages. The fee for three (3) pages is $25; the fee for six (6) pages is $50.

• Send three (3) or six (6) pages of previously unpublished poems of any form or style (including visual poetry) in one file.
• Title your submission file: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME (ex: DOE_JANE)
• Include a third-person, 75-word bio with your submission. We reserve the right to edit for length and clarity.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as we are contacted as soon as a poem is no longer available. Should you need to withdraw a poem, please send us a message through Submittable using the “Messages” function. Do not use the “Notes” function as this does not send us an email. Do not withdraw your entire submission unless you intend to withdraw all of your work. For any other matters, please email us at swwimmiami@gmail.com. Please do not DM regarding poem withdrawals. 
• Revisions will not be considered. If you'd like to submit a revision, please withdraw your submission and resubmit through the portal.
• AI-generated content will not be considered.
  
  

*The fine print:

• SWWIM Every Day publishes poems by women-identifying writers and all gender-expansive definitions of that term. Women of all ages, cultures, disabilities, ethnicities, expressions, neurodiversities, orientations, and races are encouraged to submit poems on a variety of themes and subjects in a variety of poetic forms. Please note: Despite our organization’s name and its many puns, we do not favor nor do we seek poems about swimming.
• SWWIM Every Day reads and publishes year-round, though response times will be slower in the summer.
• SWWIM Every Day is a non-paying market. We promote posts on social media sites including but not limited to Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads, and we nominate poems for the Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Pushcart Prize, and other award anthologies where appropriate.
• SWWIM Every Day retains First North American Serial Rights, digital rights, the rights to archive work, and the rights to reproduce it in anthology form. Following publication, all rights revert to the author. We ask that you credit SWWIM Every Day as the journal where your work first appeared.
• Submissions that fail to follow these guidelines will be declined unread and any fees paid will be forfeited.

Thank you for your interest in SWWIM Every Day.

For a quicker response, please choose this option. Our response time is roughly one month. It should go without saying, but we should say it anyway: This option comes with no preferential treatment (just our gratitude).

• Submit 1-3 previously unpublished poems of any form or style (including visual poetry) in one file.
• Title your submission file: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME (ex: DOE_JANE)
• Include a third-person, 75-word bio with your submission. We reserve the right to edit your bio for length and clarity.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as we are contacted as soon as a poem is no longer available. Should you need to withdraw a poem, please send us a message through Submittable using the “Messages” function. Do not use the “Notes” function as this does not send us an email. Do not withdraw your entire submission unless you intend to withdraw all of your work. For any other matters, please email us at swwimmiami@gmail.com. Please do not DM regarding poem withdrawals. 
• Revisions will not be considered. If you'd like to submit a revision, please withdraw your submission and resubmit through the portal.
• AI-generated content will not be considered.
• Multiple submissions will not be considered.
• If you have published a poem with SWWIM Every Day, please wait six months before sending us new work.
  
  

*The fine print:

• SWWIM Every Day publishes poems by women-identifying writers and all gender-expansive definitions of that term. Women of all ages, cultures, disabilities, ethnicities, expressions, neurodiversities, orientations, and races are encouraged to submit poems on a variety of themes and subjects in a variety of poetic forms. Please note: Despite our organization’s name and its many puns, we do not favor nor do we seek poems about swimming.
• SWWIM Every Day reads and publishes year-round, though response times will be slower in the summer.
• SWWIM Every Day is a non-paying market. We promote posts on social media sites including but not limited to Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads, and we nominate poems for the Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Pushcart Prize, and other award anthologies where appropriate.
• SWWIM Every Day retains First North American Serial Rights, digital rights, the rights to archive work, and the rights to reproduce it in anthology form. Following publication, all rights revert to the author. We ask that you credit SWWIM Every Day as the journal where your work first appeared.
• Submissions that fail to follow these guidelines will be declined unread and any fees paid will be forfeited.

Thank you for your interest in SWWIM Every Day.

• Send 1-3 previously unpublished poems of any form or style (including visual poetry) in one file.
• Title your submission file: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME (ex: DOE_JANE)
• Include a third-person, 75-word bio with your submission. We reserve the right to edit your bio for length and clarity.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as we are contacted as soon as a poem is no longer available. Should you need to withdraw a poem, please send us a message through Submittable using the “Messages” function. Do not use the “Notes” function as this does not send us an email. Do not withdraw your entire submission unless you intend to withdraw all of your work. For any other matters, please email us at swwimmiami@gmail.com. Please do not DM regarding poem withdrawals. 
• Revisions will not be considered. If you'd like to submit a revision, please withdraw your submission and resubmit through the portal.
• AI-generated content will not be considered.
• Multiple submissions will not be considered.
• If you have published a poem with SWWIM Every Day, please wait six months before sending us new work.
  
  

*The fine print:

• SWWIM Every Day publishes poems by women-identifying writers and all gender-expansive definitions of that term. Women of all ages, cultures, disabilities, ethnicities, expressions, neurodiversities, orientations, and races are encouraged to submit poems on a variety of themes and subjects in a variety of poetic forms. Please note: Despite our organization’s name and its many puns, we do not favor nor do we seek poems about swimming.
• SWWIM Every Day reads and publishes year-round, though response times will be slower in the summer.
• SWWIM Every Day is a non-paying market. We promote posts on social media sites including but not limited to Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads, and we nominate poems for the Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Pushcart Prize, and other award anthologies where appropriate.
• SWWIM Every Day retains First North American Serial Rights, digital rights, the rights to archive work, and the rights to reproduce it in anthology form. Following publication, all rights revert to the author. We ask that you credit SWWIM Every Day as the journal where your work first appeared.
• Submissions that fail to follow these guidelines will be declined unread and any fees paid will be forfeited.

Thank you for your interest in SWWIM Every Day.

SWWIM Residency @ The Betsy-South Beach Applications are open for 2025!

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• The residency includes a four-day, three-night stay in The Writers Room at The Betsy-South Beach, a luxury, boutique hotel devoted to the arts and philanthropy located on iconic Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida. 
• The residency also includes a per diem to be used at any of The Betsy’s restaurants.
• Writers are required to participate in two events during their residencies: 1. a poetry reading (paired with a local poet)  and 2. Meet-the-Artist, a casual conversation about the writer's work, process, etc., with an editor of SWWIM. These events occur on the same day.
• Writers are responsible for their travel to and from Miami as well as incidental expenses. 
• Dates for residencies are determined after the residencies are awarded. We work with the writers to schedule their residencies around academic, family, work, and other responsibilities.
• Once these dates are set, they cannot be changed. If a writer cannot attend their residency during the scheduled dates, it will be forfeited. They may reapply the following year without penalty.
• If the application fee is a barrier to applying, please contact us. However, please be aware that, if awarded a residency, writers are responsible for their travel to and from The Betsy as well as any incidental expenses.
• Please see our residency FAQ page for more details. 

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Application Process:

• Please include a short but relevant bio, including major publications and previous residencies, and a 10-page work sample with a cover letter. You do not need to supply an outline for a project or a prospectus about what you intend to do with your time.
• If submitting on behalf of someone else, please include social media and contact info for both the submitter and the writer.
• Applicants must be 25 years of age or older. 
• AI-generated content will not be considered.
• If the system asks you to verify your email, you should only have to do it once. This is a Submittable policy and has nothing to do with SWWIM Every Day. If you choose not to verify your email, you may not be able to receive personalized responses from us (or any other journals).
  
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  Thank you for your interest in a SWWIM Residency at The Betsy!