Please Note: Due to my health, ubu. is on hiatus!

Submissions are suspended until 2026. Please look for new guidelines and submission periods in an announcement email coming soon!

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Submission Periods

coming soon!

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Absurdism, Dadaism, Existentialism, Nihilism, Expressionism, Surrealism

 

Poems: 10 lines or less

Prose, hybrid, plays: 73 words or less

       We especially seek work rooted in Japanese short form techniques. 

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No more than 7 unpublished pieces in the body of the email or .docx. NO PDF unless provided to preserve formatting. No art/visuals. Please include all work in one email. 

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Email: ubu.poems@gmail.com

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Subject: Your name - Type

     Example: Rowan Beckett Minor - Poetry

      Example: Rowan Beckett Minor - Inquiry

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Please sign your name as you wish it to appear for publication. 

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Due to high volume of submissions, if your submission does not meet the guidelines, you might not get a response.

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ubu. has a 14.88% acceptance rate.

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ubu. is a no fee/no pay journal and will be published in the form of a free-to-read Ebook.

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ubu. requires first rights, meaning we want to be the first venue to present the poems to the public. However, rights are restored with the author upon release of publication.