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

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• The residency is open to woman-identifying (she/her or she/they) writers over the age of 25. Hybrid and multi-genre writers are encouraged to apply as long as the writing sample itself is poetry.
• 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 one (1) event during their residency: A poetry reading (paired with a local poet).
• 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 poet cannot attend their residency after the scheduled dates have been confirmed, the residency 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 (75 words), including major publications and previous residencies, and a 10-page work sample (poetry) with a cover letter outlining why you believe this residency would be beneficial to your work. You do not need to supply an outline for a project or a prospectus about what you intend to do with your time.
• The work sample may consist of published or unpublished work. If published, please cite each publication. 
• 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. If you choose not to verify your email, you may not be able to receive personalized responses from us (or any entity which uses Submittable).                  

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Thank you for your interest in a SWWIM Residency at The Betsy!

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 $50; the fee for six (6) pages is $100.
 

• 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.
• All feedback submissions will be considered for publication.
• 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.
• A detailed response usually takes 6-8 weeks. Please don't query until 8 weeks have passed.
• Pulling your poem after acceptance is highly discouraged, as it wastes the valuable time and effort of the readers and editors who have deliberated over it. Please be sure you are sending polished work that you want to see published in SWWIM Every Day.
   

*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 goes on a publishing hiatus twice a year, from July-August (two months) and from the last week of December through the first week of January (two weeks). We still welcome submissions and actively read and respond during those times, but our response time is slower than usual.
• 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 4-6 weeks. It should go without saying, but we should say it anyway: This option comes with no preferential treatment (just our gratitude). Additionally, please note that an expedited response does not equal an expedited publication date. 

• Submit 1-3 previously unpublished poems of any form or style (including visual poetry and translations) 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. If submitting a translation, use both bio fields (one for the poet and one for the translator).
• 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 while your poems are being considered will not be considered. If you'd like to submit a revision, please withdraw your submission and resubmit through the portal.
• Please do not send revisions of previously declined poems.
• AI-generated content will not be considered.
• Multiple submissions will not be considered.
• Pulling your poem after acceptance is highly discouraged, as it wastes the valuable time and effort of the readers and editors who have deliberated over it. Please be sure you are sending polished work that you want to see published in SWWIM Every Day.
• 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 goes on a publishing hiatus twice a year, from July-August (two months) and from the last week of December through the first week of January (two weeks). We still welcome submissions and actively read and respond during those times, but our response time is slower than usual.
• 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 and translations) 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. If submitting a translation, use both bio fields (one for the poet and one for the translator).
• 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 while your poems are being considered will not be considered. If you'd like to submit a revision, please withdraw your submission and resubmit through the portal.
• Please do not send revisions of previously declined poems.
• AI-generated content will not be considered.
• Multiple submissions will not be considered.
• Pulling your poem after acceptance is highly discouraged, as it wastes the valuable time and effort of the readers and editors who have deliberated over it. Please be sure you are sending polished work that you want to see published in SWWIM Every Day.
• 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 goes on a publishing hiatus twice a year, from July-August (two months) and from the last week of December through the first week of January (two weeks). We still welcome submissions and actively read and respond during those times, but our response time is slower than usual.
• 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!