Adi Magazine: Call for Poetry ($150)
Adi Magazine Spring 2026 Poetry Open Call: Submit Your Poems
Adi Magazine is currently accepting submissions for its Spring 2026 Open Call for Poetry, inviting poets and translators from around the world to share bold, imaginative, and politically engaged work. Known for publishing writing rooted in lived experience and experimental storytelling, Adi continues to create space for voices from marginalized communities and the global majority.
What Adi Magazine Is Looking For
This year’s theme centers on alternative political visions in response to global social, political, economic, and environmental crises. Adi Magazine is especially interested in poetry that explores:
- Grassroots movements and liberation struggles
- Suppressed histories and marginalized perspectives
- Alternative economies and revolutionary ideas
- Imagined futures that challenge existing power structures
- Personal experiences shaped by politics and policy
The magazine welcomes work that is daring, genre-bending, satirical, experimental, and emotionally resonant. Rather than straightforward political slogans, Adi prefers poetry that surprises, questions, and reimagines the world creatively.
Adi Magazine Poetry Submission Guidelines
Writers submitting to the Adi Magazine Spring 2026 Poetry Open Call should note the following:
- Submit up to 5 poems in a single packet
- Total submission length must not exceed 5 pages
- Poems must be previously unpublished
- You can submit only one entry at a time.
- Writers can submit simultaneously if they withdraw accepted pieces elsewhere.
- The team rejects submissions generated by AI.
If selected, contributors will receive $150 per poem.
About
Founded in 2019, Adi Magazine has published notable writers including Tracy K. Smith, Nadifa Mohamed, and Meena Kandasamy. The journal is widely respected for combining literature with global political consciousness while encouraging inventive forms of expression.
For poets hoping to publish more successfully, learning from writers who have already earned from poetry can be helpful. This guide on how I earned my first $1200 from writing and publishing poetry offers practical insight into building a poetry career.
Tips
Because Adi Magazine values layered and thoughtful poetry, writers should spend time refining both imagery and meaning before submitting. Understanding poetic techniques can strengthen your work significantly. This article on how to analyze a poem can help writers better understand structure, symbolism, tone, and thematic depth.
Deadline
May 31, 2026. Writers interested in politically engaged, imaginative poetry should consider submitting early and carefully reviewing the magazine’s editorial style before applying.
