Mindful Poetry Moments

Each year, The Well publishes an anthology of poems created by poets of all ages and from around the world who engage with Mindful Poetry Moments during National Poetry Month. Each poem featured in the book is written in response to a common prompt, which was inspired by a curated poem for contemplation. Read more about how to submit for the current year below

2025 Submissions

Submissions are now open for our Mindful Poetry Moments 2025 compilation. If you have questions, please contact Patrick Raneses here.

We hope you will join us for our book launch either in person or virtually in August, date TBA.

Submit here

Guidelines

• Submissions are due May 28, 2025.
• Poems must be written in response to our April 2025 Mindful Poetry Moments Gatherings and Prompts which are available to replay on YouTube. 
  Watch Gatherings and Prompts here
• We accept up to 4 poems submitted per poet. 
  We try our best to publish all submissions, but cannot guarantee more than one per person. Let us know here which one you would like published the most!
• We recommend submitting all of your poems at once, but you may also submit your poems individually and fill the form out multiple times.
• If you are submitting for multiple poets (like a group of students), please submit a separate form for each poet.
• If you are a parent or educator and would like to submit poems for 5+ students, please contact Patrick Raneses here. for a simpler way to submit.

If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact Patrick Raneses here.

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