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Well Poetry Review is a journal on mental & physical health and well being plus reviews.
Your work? ANY style of poetry. The Editor’s preference is no preference.
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About WPR. The Why.
We write to survive and thrive better. Poetry is a tool for wellness.
The youth suicide rate rose over 55% from 2007 to 2017. Many adult poets know someone who has attempted to or ended their own life.
A study of women writers found that they had high rates of depression at 56%.
A study of MFA creative writing students found that 80% of writers suffered from mood disorders including depression.
It also found that while 4% of non-writers abused alcohol, 30% of writers abused alcohol.
Poets are stereotyped as alcohol, smoking, and drug-dependent—marketable images of miserable genius. Break free.
It is a radical act to wish to be well in this world and to seek it.
Sincerely,
Emily Spencer, MFA
Editor-in-Chief
Well Poetry Review
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