We hope you’ll join and enjoy our J.Mark Press Community
of poets and enter our FREE contests…
I’m Barbara Fischer Binstock, founder of
J. Mark Press, proudly respected for our
uncompromised high literary standards
in poetry. We’ve built an archive of our
former anthologies to give lasting
significance to the poems we publish..
We love to encourage aspiring poets to become the best
they are capable of. That is the purpose of TODAY’S POETS. Most
J. Mark Press books are now available in downloadable archives
1960’s, 1970’s, 2000, to 2003 Poetry e-Books for sale online
It’s Almost 60 Years Since We Began
publishing poetry in 1963
(We may even have published your grandparents!)
It should be comforting to see that winning our monthly contests
and earning publication here is meaningful.
Our monthly newsletter is filled with poem-starting inspiration,
for poets to use and refer to every day, including daily poem
starters galore coming from our subscribers’ blog, and poem
improvement actual lessons from my (formerly taught in-person)
in Continuing Ed poetry writing classes.
YOUR POETRY can be considered
for possible inclusion in J. Mark Press beautiful
hardcover poetry books, e-books, and anthologies
which are sold online and available world-wide through
bookstores and libraries. Our books are read, and re-read, and
live forever with their owners.So many poems are so special!
Especially those in our archived anthologies. Visit the links to many
of our interesting pages. We publish beautiful anthologies of today’s
poetry chosen from entries in our FREE poetry contest. No entry fee
to signed up members of TodaysPoets.com.
We publish only messages that
you’re going to be glad you had
the opportunity to read, and be
proud to share with your family
and friends. We made it easy to
educate yourself about poetry.
See the fine examples in all styles of excellent poetry by
our editor and our award-winning poets.
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Visit our poetry Award Winners at these links:
GREAT POETS OF OURTIME 2000 Awards
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Poems From Our Former Weekly Poetry Contests
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achieve meaningful publication that you’ll be proud of,
in the most beautiful illustrated and respected
hardcover poetry anthologies in the world today.
Best of all you’ll get a large audience for your writing.
J.Mark Press Poetry anthologies are copyrighted. (You
retain all rights to your poem). J. Mark Press Anthologies
are sensibly sized and affordably priced.
J.Mark Press Poetry anthologies are listed in Books In Print
and can be accessed by every bookstore and library in the
world and are read in schools, public and academic libraries,
and by 100’s of poets, their families and friends.
What To Expect If Your Poetry is Published
in a J.Mark Press Anthology
J. Mark Press Anthologies are copyrighted. You will own all
rights to your published poem. J.Mark Press books are
exquisitely illustrated with striking rare archival art throughout,
and filled with poetry you’ll want to share, gift, and read again
and again.
J. Mark Press is a haven for sincere poets. We love to help
turn aspiring poets into the best they are capable of being.
Hurry! Join us now and Enter Your Poetry
It’s a brand new contest to find 2023 winners…
Join us Now… We are considering poetry for our
next exquisite upcoming hardcover anthology.
You will be proud of your poem’s appearance in
any of our print-on-demand e-books. These books
will be available on Kindle for sale through Amazon.
When their poem is published, “Today’s Poets”paid members
will receive a link to a FREE downloadable e-copy and
discounted print-on-demand hardcover copies .
Poems must be 3 to 24 lines max. 150 words.
Up to 12 words per line. submitted exclusively
via our online entry form below.
Please wait for a reply to ONE poem before entering
another. It can be a while until a book is filled with
ready to print Prize- Winning poems. “Today’s Poets”
paid subscriber/Members may enter one poem
every month, up to 12 poems per year.
Winners will be announced by email on the first Tuesday every
month in TODAY’S POETS NEWSLETTER. When we have enough
winning monthly poetry entries to fill a new anthology, winning
poets will be invited to accept publication in the coming anthology.
Poets selected by J. Mark Press Poetry Publishers are
published in our gorgeous hardcover and e-books, (lavished
with full page “museum” art). We don’t bury your creation in
1,000 poems We have an 1-poem acceptance limit topublish
many deserving poets without burying their message in “too
many to read.”
We publish only stirring, memorable poetry that calls you back
again. If you aren’t familiar with a broad range of enchanting
classic poetry, please read it! Read Some Former Weekly winners.
Try to evaluate yours before you submit your poem.
To submit your poem CLICK HERE
We have just begun our “POETS MEETUP”
Our members of Today’s Poets may publish their profile and
perhaps have us connect them (upon request) with fellow poets.
We encourage you to tell us of publications seeking poetry or
poetry events in your area.