Submissions
Age of Muses is both an innovative online journal with a premium print publication (New Lyre Magazine). If you think your work may be a good match, submit your poems, essays or translations.
We are an entity devoted to promotion of excellence, interest and involvement in the arts, especially poetry and the other literary arts.
The New Lyre is our print organ featuring original poetry, translations, critical essays and short stories, New Lyre publishes two generous issues each year: Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer.
Age of Muses is our online platform which serves for more frequent publication, according to the availability and quality of submitted material. Age of Muses and New Lyre are complementary venues, the one often publishing material by authors who have appeared in the other. This symbiotic relationship is nurtured by inviting featured New Lyre authors to make recordings of their work to be presented on Age of Muses.
Submissions
Submit between five and eight poems to AgeofMuses@gmail.com with a cc to Bob Zisk, Poetry Editor, agnusde2017@gmail.com. The next reading period for New Lyre and Age of Muses will run from February 1, 2026 through March 30, 2026.
Submission Guidelines:
Poems of all formats and genres are welcome. We are very catholic in our tastes and avoid partisan literary quarrels and disputes such as what constitutes poetry. Our focus is on quality, and elegance, and humane interest and relevance.
We will also publish short essays, generally under two thousand words. Inquire before submitting prose. Inquiries and completed prose are best sent to ageofmuses@gmail.com.
Formatting Guidelines
All submissions should be in .docx format (Microsoft Word).
Special guidelines for technopaegnia are presented below.
We prefer left justified lineation.
Ballad or hymn style indents are acceptable. Caps or lower case at line beginnings will be according to the author's preference.
We will not publish technopaegnia without a descriptive query. Authors should inquire with a detailed explanation of the work, its design requirements, and layout coordinates for the file submission. Please read the following with care:
Unpublished works only (simultaneous submissions are welcome) and you keep all the rights. Inquire further or send your work in a Word document, PDF, or pasted directly into the email.
Rights
After first publication all rights and ownership revert to the authors.
Contact/submissions/pitch
ageofmuses[@]gmail.com