Leading independent poetry magazine in Britain

About Wolf magazine

Wolf magazine was founded in April 2002 by James Byrne and Nicholas Cobick with an explicit focus on publishing new poets alongside more established writers.

It is now published three times a year, edited by James Byrne

The formative years of The Wolf quickly made it the leading independent poetry magazine in Britain. As Bloodaxe editor Neil Astley observed during a lecture for Stanza: 'The next [poetry magazine] to watch will be The Wolf, which has a young editorial team unafraid to ruffle feathers.

Since 2002, The Wolf has published more than 350 poets from every continent in the world.

The Wolf publishes international translations, critical prose and interviews with leading contemporary poets, which are often cited as hallmarks of the magazine.

Poetry, however, comes exclusively through the work presented. There is no ‘heap of friends’ or special treatment for consideration of any poet or poem.

Anyone can submit poetry or critical work at any time. Depending on the number of submissions you may receive a response by email within six months of submission. If for any reason you do not receive a response within this time, send a request to our main email address. The Wolf reserves the right not to respond to every communication, especially circulars and unaddressed emails.

The Wolf also aims to publish high quality artwork (again, submissions are welcome)

Known for its auspicious launches, The Wolf also goes on a poetry tour once a year. Recent touring cities have included Montreal, Boston, Paris and London. The Wolf's 2009 tour included readings from Fulcrum magazine and Concordia University, and The Wolf is grateful for the development of these literary partnerships, which allow the magazine to tour each year. (Please check the newsletter for more information).

The Wolf encourages submissions by both email and postal mail and has a purchase and subscription option which can be used via PayPal (recommended for international subscribers) or by sending individual cheques. The Wolf, like most poetry magazines, survives on subscriptions.

Editors

The Wolf is edited by James Byrne and Sandeep Parmar.

James Byrne is a poet, translator and editor of The Wolf , which he co-founded in 2002. His most recent collections of poetry are White Coins (Arc) and All That’s Broken (Tupelo). ” Bones Will Scream: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets ” was published in 2012, co-edited with Ko Ko Tett (Arc Publications, Northern Illinois University Press). He is co-editor of ‘Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century’, an anthology of poets under 35, published by Bloodaxe in 2009. He is International Editor at Arc Publications, and Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University, where he teaches International Poetry and Poetics.

Sandeep Parmar is review editor of The Wolf . Her critical work focuses on modernist and contemporary women poets. In 2011 she edited Hope Mirrlees’ Collected Poems for Carcanet Press, and her critical book on Mina Loy, Reading Mina Loy’s Autobiographies, was published by Bloomsbury in 2013. Selected poems by Nancy Cunard are published by Carcanet. She teaches twentieth-century literature and creative writing at Liverpool University and has published two collections of poetry, Marble Garden (2012) and Eidolon (2015), both from Shearsman.