Publication Guidelines
Original Work
Submitted poems must be your own original work, or work that you have permission to publish.
Attribution
Poems are published under the author’s chosen alias. You are not required to provide your legal name for public attribution.
Copyright
Authors retain copyright to their work.
By submitting a poem for publication, you grant IRC Poetry nonexclusive permission to display that poem on this website.
Editorial Review
All submissions are subject to editorial review.
We reserve the right to decline submissions that are unsuitable for publication.
Formatting
We will make reasonable efforts to preserve the original formatting, line breaks, and stanza structure of submitted poems.
Removal Requests
Authors may request the removal of their published work by contacting the editor.
Acceptance
Submission of a poem indicates agreement with these publication guidelines.