More often than not, the poetry community prioritizes diversity by publishing and promoting minority and female writers, while disabled poets do not receive similar attention. The Propel Disability Poetry Book Series remedies that gap. This series is a new imprint publishing poetry written by disabled poets, edited by disabled poets, produced by Nine Mile and underwritten with generous support from Propel and the Poetry Foundation.

Submissions of book-length poetry collections (95 pages or more) by crip/disabled writers at any career stage are welcome for the next volume and award. A 12-point sans serif font is preferred. 

The Propel Disability Poetry Book Series call for manuscripts will be open from March 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026, for publication in 2027. 

We anticipate publishing and marketing two books per year, including the Propel Disability Poetry Award winner, who will receive a $2,000 prize.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Calling all high-school-aged poets

To celebrate National Poetry Month, Nine Mile Magazine is opening up submissions for the month of April to all high-school-aged poets for potential publication in our special Fall 2026 High School Poetry issue. All poets age 14-19 are invited to submit during the month of April.

You are invited to submit 3-5 poems in a single Word or text document for consideration. No PDFs, please. Please submit through Submittable: https://ninemileartscorp.submittable.com/submit

If your work is accepted, we will ask for a brief biographical note to introduce you to our readers.

We try to read and respond to all submissions within three months. If you don't hear from us in six months, please reach out to us at ninemilemag@gmail.com.