If you write poetry, getting published is usually not a problem. The difficulty is getting paid. There are countless venues for poems that pay nothing, or that pay a token fee ($5 - $10).
Do not despair, poets! Many magazines are more than willing to pay you more than it would cost to buy a cup of coffee.
Here are twenty noteworthy publications that pay in the professional range for poetry. Most of these also accept fiction and creative nonfiction, and many are more than happy to nominate accepted poems for prizes.
If you are not concerned about how much you get paid, see 325 Paying Markets for Short Stories, Poetry, Nonfiction for many more paying markets.
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Poetry Magazine
Poetry is a highly prestigious publication, and therefore has a high rejection rate. But do not be afraid to give it a whirl. (The worst that can happen is that they will cut your head off and stick it on a pole as a warning to other poets.) Payment: $10 per line (with a minimum payment of $300), and $150 per page of prose, for first serial rights. Closed to submissions during the month of August.
The Kenyon Review
This is another long-standing publication with a great reputation. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction, plays and creative nonfiction. Payment: Professional rate. Reading period September 15th through November 1st, 2018.
Qu
Qu is put out by the MFA program in Queens University in Charlotte, NC. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction, play excerpts. and essays. Payment: $50 per poem. Deadline: August 31, 2018.
Agni
Agni is a respected publication put out by Boston University. They publish poetry, short fiction, and essays. Payment: $40 per page for poetry, with a $300 maximum. Reading period: September 1st to May 31st.
Antioch Review
Founded in 1941, the Antioch Review is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. In addition to poetry, the Antioch Review publishes short stories and creative nonfiction. Payment: $20.00 per printed page. Reading period: September 1st to May 31st. Snail mail submissions only.
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is a highly prestigious magazine founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, They always interested in great nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Payment: Professional rates. To submit poetry, send your manuscript to: poetry@theatlantic.com.
Blackbird
Founded in 2002 as a joint venture of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English and New Virginia Review, Inc., Blackbird publishes poetry, plays, fiction, and CNF. Payment: Semi-professional rates. Reading period: August 1, 2018 through March 15, 2019.
The Baltimore Review
The Baltimore Review is a nationally distributed journal founded in 1996. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction and CNF. Payment: $40. Submission periods are August 1 through November 30 and February 1 through May 31.
carte blanche
"Our mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms from fiction and nonfiction, to poetry and photo essays." Payment: Honorarium. Submission period: October 1 to December 31, 2018.
The Cincinnati Review
The Cincinnati Review is put out by the University of Cincinnati. They also accept fiction and nonfiction. Payment: $30/page for poetry. Reading period: September 1 to March 1.
Confrontation Magazine
Confrontation is put out by Long Island University. hey also accept fiction and creative nonfiction. Payment: $75-$100. Reading period: August 16 to April 15.
Contrary
"We believe poetry is contrary by nature, always defying, always tonguing the tang of novelty. We look especially for plurality of meaning, for dual reverberation of beauty and concern. Contrary’s poetry in particular often mimics the effects of fiction or commentary." Payment: For original commentary, fiction, and poetry, Contrary Magazine pays $20 per author.
Crannóg
Crannóg is an Irish magazine accepting fiction and poetry. Payment: €30 per poem. Submissions are open in the month of: Nov for Feb issue. March for June issue. July for October issue.
Event
"We love poems that are lyrical without being overwrought, and are profound without being pretentious. We look for honesty of emotion, and images that arrest us." Event also accepts fiction. Payment: $35/page, up to a maximum of $500, along with two copies of the issue.
The Fiddlehead
The Fiddlehead is open to good writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles, including experimental genres. "Our editors are always happy to see new unsolicited works in fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, and poetry. We particularly welcome submissions from Indigenous writers, writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQQIA+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and under-represented communities." Payment: $60 CAD per page. Submission period opens Sept 1.
The Christian Science Monitor: The Home Forum
"Poetry that appears in The Home Forum explores and celebrates life. It provides a respite from the bleakness that appears in so much contemporary verse. We are particularly interested in poetry that has an international flavor or that offers some global or cultural insights. Short poems are more likely to be accepted (because of space constraints) than poems that are more than 18 lines long. We do not publish work that presents people in helpless or hopeless states. Nor do we print poetry about death, aging, and illness, or anything dark, violent, sensual or overtly religious." Payment: Professional rates.
Strange Horizons
Strange Horizons publishes speculative fiction and poetry. "We're looking for modern, exciting poems that explore the possible and impossible: stories about human and nonhuman experiences, dreams and reality, past and future, the here-and-now and otherwhere-and-elsewhen. We want poems from imaginative and unconventional writers; we want voices from diverse perspectives and backgrounds." Payment: $40.
Ploughshares
Published by Emerson College, Ploughshares is a highly prestigious journal whose authors regularly win prizes. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. There is a fee to submit online, but snail mail is free. Reading period: June 1, through January 15, at noon EST.
Southern Indiana Review
The Southern Indiana Review is put out by the University of Southern Indiana. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama. From the poetry editor: "I like poems with tension and poise, both. Free or formal verse. Poems that risk sentimentality in favor of genuine connection. I’m looking for work that moves, transports; pieces that make me laugh, cry, nod my head in silent recognition. I badly want work that teaches me something new." Payment: $75 (five layout pages or fewer accepted for publication) and $150 (six layout pages or more accepted). Manuscripts are considered September 1st—November 15th & February 1st—April 15th.
The Southern Review
The Southern Review publishes fiction and poetry. Poetry submissions are by snail mail only. Payment: $25 per printed page with a maximum payment of $200. Reading period: September 1 through March 1. Please send no more than either five poems or fifteen pages, and use a 12-point font.
Do not despair, poets! Many magazines are more than willing to pay you more than it would cost to buy a cup of coffee.
Here are twenty noteworthy publications that pay in the professional range for poetry. Most of these also accept fiction and creative nonfiction, and many are more than happy to nominate accepted poems for prizes.
If you are not concerned about how much you get paid, see 325 Paying Markets for Short Stories, Poetry, Nonfiction for many more paying markets.
____________________
Poetry Magazine
Poetry is a highly prestigious publication, and therefore has a high rejection rate. But do not be afraid to give it a whirl. (The worst that can happen is that they will cut your head off and stick it on a pole as a warning to other poets.) Payment: $10 per line (with a minimum payment of $300), and $150 per page of prose, for first serial rights. Closed to submissions during the month of August.
The Kenyon Review
This is another long-standing publication with a great reputation. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction, plays and creative nonfiction. Payment: Professional rate. Reading period September 15th through November 1st, 2018.
Qu
Qu is put out by the MFA program in Queens University in Charlotte, NC. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction, play excerpts. and essays. Payment: $50 per poem. Deadline: August 31, 2018.
Agni
Agni is a respected publication put out by Boston University. They publish poetry, short fiction, and essays. Payment: $40 per page for poetry, with a $300 maximum. Reading period: September 1st to May 31st.
Antioch Review
Founded in 1941, the Antioch Review is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. In addition to poetry, the Antioch Review publishes short stories and creative nonfiction. Payment: $20.00 per printed page. Reading period: September 1st to May 31st. Snail mail submissions only.
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is a highly prestigious magazine founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, They always interested in great nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Payment: Professional rates. To submit poetry, send your manuscript to: poetry@theatlantic.com.
Blackbird
Founded in 2002 as a joint venture of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English and New Virginia Review, Inc., Blackbird publishes poetry, plays, fiction, and CNF. Payment: Semi-professional rates. Reading period: August 1, 2018 through March 15, 2019.
The Baltimore Review
The Baltimore Review is a nationally distributed journal founded in 1996. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction and CNF. Payment: $40. Submission periods are August 1 through November 30 and February 1 through May 31.
carte blanche
"Our mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms from fiction and nonfiction, to poetry and photo essays." Payment: Honorarium. Submission period: October 1 to December 31, 2018.
The Cincinnati Review
The Cincinnati Review is put out by the University of Cincinnati. They also accept fiction and nonfiction. Payment: $30/page for poetry. Reading period: September 1 to March 1.
Confrontation Magazine
Confrontation is put out by Long Island University. hey also accept fiction and creative nonfiction. Payment: $75-$100. Reading period: August 16 to April 15.
Contrary
"We believe poetry is contrary by nature, always defying, always tonguing the tang of novelty. We look especially for plurality of meaning, for dual reverberation of beauty and concern. Contrary’s poetry in particular often mimics the effects of fiction or commentary." Payment: For original commentary, fiction, and poetry, Contrary Magazine pays $20 per author.
Crannóg
Crannóg is an Irish magazine accepting fiction and poetry. Payment: €30 per poem. Submissions are open in the month of: Nov for Feb issue. March for June issue. July for October issue.
Event
"We love poems that are lyrical without being overwrought, and are profound without being pretentious. We look for honesty of emotion, and images that arrest us." Event also accepts fiction. Payment: $35/page, up to a maximum of $500, along with two copies of the issue.
The Fiddlehead
The Fiddlehead is open to good writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles, including experimental genres. "Our editors are always happy to see new unsolicited works in fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, and poetry. We particularly welcome submissions from Indigenous writers, writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQQIA+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and under-represented communities." Payment: $60 CAD per page. Submission period opens Sept 1.
The Christian Science Monitor: The Home Forum
"Poetry that appears in The Home Forum explores and celebrates life. It provides a respite from the bleakness that appears in so much contemporary verse. We are particularly interested in poetry that has an international flavor or that offers some global or cultural insights. Short poems are more likely to be accepted (because of space constraints) than poems that are more than 18 lines long. We do not publish work that presents people in helpless or hopeless states. Nor do we print poetry about death, aging, and illness, or anything dark, violent, sensual or overtly religious." Payment: Professional rates.
Strange Horizons
Strange Horizons publishes speculative fiction and poetry. "We're looking for modern, exciting poems that explore the possible and impossible: stories about human and nonhuman experiences, dreams and reality, past and future, the here-and-now and otherwhere-and-elsewhen. We want poems from imaginative and unconventional writers; we want voices from diverse perspectives and backgrounds." Payment: $40.
Ploughshares
Published by Emerson College, Ploughshares is a highly prestigious journal whose authors regularly win prizes. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. There is a fee to submit online, but snail mail is free. Reading period: June 1, through January 15, at noon EST.
Southern Indiana Review
The Southern Indiana Review is put out by the University of Southern Indiana. In addition to poetry, they publish fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama. From the poetry editor: "I like poems with tension and poise, both. Free or formal verse. Poems that risk sentimentality in favor of genuine connection. I’m looking for work that moves, transports; pieces that make me laugh, cry, nod my head in silent recognition. I badly want work that teaches me something new." Payment: $75 (five layout pages or fewer accepted for publication) and $150 (six layout pages or more accepted). Manuscripts are considered September 1st—November 15th & February 1st—April 15th.
The Southern Review
The Southern Review publishes fiction and poetry. Poetry submissions are by snail mail only. Payment: $25 per printed page with a maximum payment of $200. Reading period: September 1 through March 1. Please send no more than either five poems or fifteen pages, and use a 12-point font.
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