Case Study: POETRY Magazine discovers more diverse voices and saves time with Submittable

Leading Poetry Journal Finds More Diverse Voices Along With Time to Expand

POETRY Magazine, published by the Poetry Foundation, is a leading monthly poetry journal with a full-time staff of six that must review almost 10,000 submissions a year. Since 2011 POETRY Magazine has used Submittable’s submission management platform to replace manual FileMaker tracking and hard-copy notification workflows, centralizing intake and tracking across thousands of monthly submissions.

By using Submittable, POETRY Magazine has processed over 190,000 submissions since 2011 (from more than 125,000 submitters), freeing staff time to expand editorial work and discover more diverse voices. Submittable’s searchable archives, streamlined decisioning, and responsive support reduced manual data entry and mailing tasks, increasing throughput and responsiveness and enabling a small team to curate a high-volume, high-quality magazine.

POETRY Magazine

Holly Amos

Assistant Editor