Here are ten literary journals accepting poetry right now. All are paying markets and none charge submission fees. Most have rolling deadlines.
Poetry is an exacting discipline. Not only must every word be carefully chosen to convey meaning, every punctuation mark, every line break, every "breath" must be agonized over. A poet must dwell in metaphor, and choose imagery that plumbs the depths of emotion and thought.
Every poet is a prophet.
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Poet Lore - Poet Lore is a biannual print journal of poetry. They publish both established and emerging poets. They also welcome all types of poems, including long poems and sequences. Send up to 5 poems. They also accept translations. Payment: $50/poem. Deadline: May 31, 2022.
Contemporary Verse 2 - Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 - $150. Deadline: May 31, 2022.
Class Collective - Class Collective is a new annual literary magazine that “illuminates the class struggle(s) hidden in the shadows of our culture. We’re proud to publish writing that has a class based perspective on politics and culture. However, we encourage writers to interpret this prompt as creatively as they’d like—the sky’s the limit!” They want poetry, including visual poetry (up to 5 poems), short fiction, essays, and commentary. Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis for online publication. Payment : CAD$10 for poetry and CAD$20 for fiction and nonfiction. Rolling submissions.
The Poetry Box Postcard Series - Submit 1-3 poems of any style and theme by the 25th of each month. Poems received after the 25th will be considered in the next batch. The poem should be no more than 15 lines (including blank lines). One poem will be selected for publication each month and printed postcard-style to be mailed out to our Poetry Box subscribers. Payment:$40 CAD. Rolling submissions.
Palette Poetry - Palette Poetry publishes poems from writers at all stages of their careers, They especially encourage emerging poets to submit. Send up to 5 poems. Payment: $50/poem, up to $150.
Frontier Poetry - Submissions for Frontier Poetry's New Voices poetry category are open year round to any new and emerging poet who has not published more than one full-length collection of poetry. New Voices are published online only and will feature a number of poems from new authors each month. Payment: $50/poem, up to $150.
Fourteen Poems - "We want to represent all that's thrilling about the new wave of LGBT+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work. Every issue we publish 14 of the best queer poems we’ve found, and we want to include you! We publish 4 times a year, but take submissions all year round. To be considered, email up to 5 poems, preferably in a pdf format, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com. Payment: £25 for each poem published.
Night Coffee Lit - Night Coffee is looking for your poetry, art, and ephemera. Submit 3-5 previously unpublished poems in one doc, docx, or pdf document. Payment: $50.
Poetry London - Poetry London is a leading international magazine, where new names share pages with acclaimed contemporary poets. They also publish a wide range of poetry in translation. Poetry London publishes reviews of around seventy or eighty titles a year. They concentrate on single author collections of poetry in English or translated into English, including some pamphlets and chapbooks. In addition, there are occasional reviews of significant anthologies or relevant critical writing. Payment: £30.
Cōnfingō - Cōnfingō Magazine publishes new short fiction, poetry and art from around the world in a print-only magazine. Poems (maximum of three) should be no longer than 50 lines. Payment: £20.
Poetry is an exacting discipline. Not only must every word be carefully chosen to convey meaning, every punctuation mark, every line break, every "breath" must be agonized over. A poet must dwell in metaphor, and choose imagery that plumbs the depths of emotion and thought.
Every poet is a prophet.
__________________________
Poet Lore - Poet Lore is a biannual print journal of poetry. They publish both established and emerging poets. They also welcome all types of poems, including long poems and sequences. Send up to 5 poems. They also accept translations. Payment: $50/poem. Deadline: May 31, 2022.
Contemporary Verse 2 - Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 - $150. Deadline: May 31, 2022.
Class Collective - Class Collective is a new annual literary magazine that “illuminates the class struggle(s) hidden in the shadows of our culture. We’re proud to publish writing that has a class based perspective on politics and culture. However, we encourage writers to interpret this prompt as creatively as they’d like—the sky’s the limit!” They want poetry, including visual poetry (up to 5 poems), short fiction, essays, and commentary. Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis for online publication. Payment : CAD$10 for poetry and CAD$20 for fiction and nonfiction. Rolling submissions.
The Poetry Box Postcard Series - Submit 1-3 poems of any style and theme by the 25th of each month. Poems received after the 25th will be considered in the next batch. The poem should be no more than 15 lines (including blank lines). One poem will be selected for publication each month and printed postcard-style to be mailed out to our Poetry Box subscribers. Payment:$40 CAD. Rolling submissions.
Palette Poetry - Palette Poetry publishes poems from writers at all stages of their careers, They especially encourage emerging poets to submit. Send up to 5 poems. Payment: $50/poem, up to $150.
Frontier Poetry - Submissions for Frontier Poetry's New Voices poetry category are open year round to any new and emerging poet who has not published more than one full-length collection of poetry. New Voices are published online only and will feature a number of poems from new authors each month. Payment: $50/poem, up to $150.
Fourteen Poems - "We want to represent all that's thrilling about the new wave of LGBT+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work. Every issue we publish 14 of the best queer poems we’ve found, and we want to include you! We publish 4 times a year, but take submissions all year round. To be considered, email up to 5 poems, preferably in a pdf format, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com. Payment: £25 for each poem published.
Night Coffee Lit - Night Coffee is looking for your poetry, art, and ephemera. Submit 3-5 previously unpublished poems in one doc, docx, or pdf document. Payment: $50.
Poetry London - Poetry London is a leading international magazine, where new names share pages with acclaimed contemporary poets. They also publish a wide range of poetry in translation. Poetry London publishes reviews of around seventy or eighty titles a year. They concentrate on single author collections of poetry in English or translated into English, including some pamphlets and chapbooks. In addition, there are occasional reviews of significant anthologies or relevant critical writing. Payment: £30.
Cōnfingō - Cōnfingō Magazine publishes new short fiction, poetry and art from around the world in a print-only magazine. Poems (maximum of three) should be no longer than 50 lines. Payment: £20.
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