Hear ye. Hear ye. The submission guidelines for poetry have been amended to say, No simultaneous submissions.

The Poetry Editor is taking a Summer Sabbatical but usually replies within two weeks. That’s not a promise – just a historical fact. So please do not send previously published poems or simultaneous submissions. And if the poems have been on your own personal blog take them off. The Mule wants new, fresh work. Is that so different from the other places poets submit?

I say this because the Mule is getting more poetry submissions than ever. We remain southern and polite, but we do have a bit less time per submission than we did.