berlin lit is currently closed for submissions. The next submissions window will be announced here, on twitter, and on instagram.

Please submit up to 5 previously unpublished poems in an attachment or in the body of the email.

Use a standard 12-pt font (Times New Roman, for example).

​Tell us a little bit about yourself in a brief third person biography in the body of the email. Include a cover letter if you like, but it’s not essential.

Email your submission to editor@berlinlit.com

​berlin lit pays contributors 20 euro per poem.

​We welcome simultaneous submissions, but should your poems be accepted elsewhere, please notify us as soon as you can by replying to your original email.

​If you’ve already had a poem published in berlin lit, please wait 12 months after publication before submitting again.

Expect to hear back from us within 6 weeks after the closing date of the submissions period. Drop us an email if you haven’t heard back by then.