NOTE: This submission form is for international submitters only. If you are a Canadian citizen living in Canada, a Canadian citizen living abroad, a current Canadian resident (this can include asylum-seekers, students, and foreign workers), or a current permanent resident of Canada residing in either Canada or abroad, please use our Canadian submissions form. 

Full Submission Guidelines:

Contemporary Verse 2 only accepts two submissions per submitter per year.

Contemporary Verse 2 only accepts one submission per submitter at a time.

Any submissions that do not follow correct guidelines or do not include full contact information will not be considered for publication and will not receive a reply. 

Length of Submissions

• Poetry submissions: no more than 5 poems, to a maximum of 6 pages.
• Interviews: no more than 6-8 pages in length, double-spaced.
• Articles: no more than 3-4 pages, double-spaced.
• Essays: no more than 2-4 pages, double-spaced.
• Reviews should be 600-1000 words, double-spaced. (Between ½ and 2 pages long.)

Note: For submissions of critical writing, including articles, essays, interviews, and reviews, please include a word count in your cover letter. Authors of critical writing should be prepared for editorial suggestions regarding length, tone, and format.

CV2 welcomes poetry submissions in French, as well as translation projects, including both French to English and English to French.

CV2 accepts translations of works in any language.

In your submission, please include permissions and bio from the original artist, and a citation of the original source of the work.

ex – “Title of Poem.” Title of Collection. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Please upload your submission as a single attachment of a Microsoft Word, TXT or RTF (rich text format) document.

NOTE: This submission form is for Canadian citizens living in Canada, Canadian citizens living abroad, current residents of Canada (this can include asylum-seekers, students, and foreign workers), and current permanent residents of Canada residing either in Canada or abroad only. If you are an international submitter, you must submit using our international submissions form.     

Full Submission Guidelines:

Contemporary Verse 2 only accepts two submissions per submitter per year.

Contemporary Verse 2 only accepts one submission per submitter at a time.

Any submissions that do not follow correct guidelines or do not include full contact information will not be considered for publication and will not receive a reply. 

Length of Submissions

• Poetry submissions: no more than 5 poems, to a maximum of 6 pages.
• Interviews: no more than 6-8 pages in length, double-spaced.
• Articles: no more than 3-4 pages, double-spaced.
• Essays: no more than 2-4 pages, double-spaced.
• Reviews should be 600-1000 words, double-spaced. (Between ½ and 2 pages long.)

Note: For submissions of critical writing, including articles, essays, interviews, and reviews, please include a word count in your cover letter. Authors of critical writing should be prepared for editorial suggestions regarding length, tone, and format.

CV2 welcomes poetry submissions in French, as well as translation projects, including both French to English and English to French.

CV2 accepts translations of works in any language.

In your submission, please include permissions and bio from the original artist, and a citation of the original source of the work.

ex – “Title of Poem.” Title of Collection. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Please upload your submission as a single attachment of a Microsoft Word, TXT or RTF (rich text format) document.

As part of CV2's 50th Anniversary celebrations, we're pleased to offer this special submissions form, open exclusively to those whose poetry has never before been published in print, and whose poetry (at the time of submission) has not been accepted for publication in any other print formats.

Over its 50-year history, CV2 has had the privilege of providing dozens of writers with their first print publications, and this year, as we celebrate this milestone anniversary for the magazine, we hope to support a fresh wave of emerging poets in the same way.

Submissions to this exclusive portal are free of charge (for both Canadians and non-Canadians), and the poems submitted will be treated like any other submission to the magazine, in that each one will be read and carefully considered by our editorial team. Submitters to this exclusive portal will receive a response to their submissions within three months of submission, and, if accepted, their work will appear in a 2025 issue of CV2 Magazine, so as to be part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations this year. 

If your poetry has previously been published online, but never in print, you are welcome to submit (bearing in mind that the specific poem(s) you submit must not previously have been published in any format). While those who have previously published in print writing in genres other than poetry are welcome to submit, priority will be given to those who are entirely unpublished, depending on the number of submissions received and the space available in our 2025 issues.

Submitters must confirm in their cover letter that they A) Have never had their poetry published in print, and B) That, at the time of submission, their work has not been accepted for publication by any other print outlets. See below for full submission guidelines.

NB: This submission portal is for writers whose poetry has never before been published in print, and whose poetry (at the time of submission) has not been accepted for publication in any other print formats, only. All submitters who do not qualify under these terms are invited to submit to our General Submissions forms, also open now. 

Submissions to this exclusive portal are free of charge (for both Canadians and non-Canadians), and the poems submitted will be treated like any other submission to the magazine, in that each one will be read and carefully considered by our editorial team. 

Submitters to this exclusive portal will receive a response to their submissions within three months of submission, and, if accepted, their work will appear in a 2025 issue of CV2 Magazine, so as to be part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations this year. 

While those who have previously published writing in genres other than poetry are welcome to submit, priority will be given to those who are entirely unpublished, depending on the number of submissions received and the space available in our 2025 issues.

See below for full submission guidelines. We look forward to reading your work!

Full Submission Guidelines:

Contemporary Verse 2 only accepts one submission per submitter at a time (submissions to our two annual contests, the 2-Day Poem Contest and the Foster Poetry Prize, do not count).

Any submissions that do not follow correct guidelines or do not include full contact information will not be considered for publication and will not receive a reply. 

CV2 welcomes submissions of original, previously-unpublished work. By submitting to this portal you are confirming that the work submitted is entirely your own (not including translations) and has not previously been published in any format.

You may submit no more than 5 poems, to a maximum of 6 pages.

CV2 welcomes poetry submissions in French, as well as translation projects, including both French to English and English to French.

CV2 accepts translations of works in any language.

If submitting a translation, please include in your cover letter permissions and a bio from the original artist, and a citation of the original source of the work.

eg: “Title of Poem.” Title of Collection. Publisher, Year of Publication.

 Please upload your submission as a single attachment of a Microsoft Word, TXT or RTF (rich text format) document.