Bare Hands Poetry

Bare Hands is an online monthly international journal of contemporary poetry and photography. We publish ten poems and five photographs every month for free. If you wish to purchase a copy of the stunning Bare Hands Print Anthology to celebrate our one year birthday click the buy now button above!

“The Bare Hands Anthology - full of energy and beauty - stands out among literary journals, online and off. The excellent mix of writing and image is perfect; each work is definite in its space and time; holding the eye, enriching the mind.” - Jessie Lendennie, Editor of Salmon Poetry 

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We seek work that is beautiful and different.

Write it with your bare hands…

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Editors: Kerrie O’ Brien, Sarah Griffin & Colm Keegan

Issue One

Issue Two

Issue Three

Issue Four

Issue Five

Issue Six

Issue Seven

Issue Eight

Issue Nine

Issue Ten

Issue Eleven

Issue Twelve

Issue Thirteen

Issue Fourteen

Issue Fifteen

These are the guidelines for submitting to our monthly journal - 

Poetry

To submit please send max five poems to barehandspoetry@gmail.com

Include poems in the body of the email rather than as attachments

Mark the subject field as ‘poetry submission’

Please include a short biography

We are now accepting voice recordings of poems. Please send us the text of your poem as above and attach the recording to the email. Mp3 files only.

Photography

Send max three photographs to barehandspoetry@gmail.com

Attach them as jpegs

Mark the subject field as ‘photography submission’

Please include a short biography and links to your work!

All copyright remains with the poets and photographers.