Rack Press ever impresses – Poetry Review
The consistently reliable Rack PressTimes Literary Supplement
I have come to hope that a Rack Press pamphlet may be a tiny gift-box of unusually good poems – Alison Brackenbury, PN Review
Rack Press has the courage to be brief and elegant – The Rialto

Wednesday 22 November 2017

Submission Window Closing 27th November

At the end of September we announced that we were open again to submissions, having been closed for a few months. During the last two months we have been inundated with submissions which in one sense is very encouraging as it is a sign that a lot of poetry (and we would say, from the overall quality of submissions, good poetry) is being written and also we are pleased that people have chosen us.  On the other hand, it is disappointing for poets to find that their excellent work is being turned down for no better reason than that we are “full up”.

So we have decided to close to submissions again from Monday 27th November until further notice.

When we are ready again to consider submissions we will announce it here and on our Twitter account. What we said in our earlier post about the desirability of opening oneself to the unexpected from time to time still stands and we look forward to being able to do so again in the future.

Thank you to all those who have submitted and those of you who have not yet had a response from us will receive it by 27th November.

Monday 13 November 2017

Poetry Tonight in Mid Wales


If you are in the Welsh Marches tonight we’d love to see you at a Rack Press reading for Poetry in Presteigne.

All details here on the poster.