| The
Adirondack Review, x4 /year. Accepts simultaneous submissions of poetry, fiction
and non-fiction. E-mail to editors@theadirondackreview.com and in Subject:
Category/author’s
name/title/date. Responds in 3 to 6 months. |
Alimentum,
The Literature of Food: Now accepting. Reading Period: October 1, 2008–March 15, 2009, Submissions: P.O.
Box 210028, Nashville, TN 37221, alimentumjournal.com |
| Alligator
Juniper: Contest entries ONLY—no general submissions. prescott.edu/highlights/alligator_juniper |
| Amoskeag,
The Journal of SNHU: School of Liberal Arts, 2500
N. River Rd., Manchester, NH 03106-1045. Publishes an annual in late
April. Direct 4 poems max. to Michael Brien, Editor between August
1 and November 1 with cover letter and SASE. No e-mail submissions;
questions can be directed to editors@amoskeagjournal.com. amoskeagjournal.com |
| The
Ampersand Review, 5040 10th Ave. So., Gulfport, FL
33707, no cute poetry about children and pets. Wants Godgiven
creative writers. Submit electronically in body of email
to ampersandsubmit@gmail.com 4 to 6 poems max.
Publishes 6x
year, $10 per issue. ampersandreview.com |
| Ascent
Aspirations Magazine, publishes 2x a year spring/summer,
fall/winter as well as monthly online. Each print edition operates as
a contest requiring a fee of $5/poem and $10/three poems. David Fraser,
Editor. No fee to submit poetry for online publication to ascentaspirations@shaw.ca |
| Arbor
Vitae: A bimonthly “broadzine” seeks compelling, accessible
poems of 20 lines or less. Submit up to three poems to B.J. Best,
Editor, Desperado Press, P.O. Box 285, Slinger, WI 53086. desperadopress.com |
| Backstreet
Poets Quarterly: “invites work that is interesting, clear
and meaningful.” Previously published work is acceptable and preferable.
Submit up to 3 poems, typed flush left single spaced, 12 pt Times Roman
or Garamond font preferred. 50 lines maximum per poem, width per line to
a maximum of 60 characters including spaces. Name on each page. Do not send
SASEs, bios or cover letters. Your work will speak for itself. Mail to:
Ray Foreman, Editor, Backstreet Poets Quarterly, PO Box 1377, Berthoud,
CO 80513. First time submitters enclose $2.00, cash only, with your submission
to cover postage and printing for a one-year, four-issue subscription. Backstreet
Poets Quarterly is a not-for-profit publication. You will not be notified
if your work is accepted. If accepted, it will appear in current issue.
Exceptional work not published in current issue will appear in a later issue.
Submission deadlines for quarters are the 15th of December, March, June
and September. |
| Baltimore
Review: baltimorereview.org/ |
Beauty/Truth: A Journal
of Ekphrastic Poetry: Dead. |
| Beginnings:
PO Box 92-P, Shirley, NY 11967. Email: scbeginnings@juno.com.
This is a print publication strictly for novices in which struggling, talented
writers can finally see their work in print. Contests with cash prizes also
featured. Send SASE for guidelines. |
| Bellevue
Literary Review: Health, healing illness, the mind and body. BLReview.org |
| Bellingham
Review, MS-9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham,
WA 98225. Perfect bound booklet $12. each. Uses poetry, essays, short stories
with nationally ranked authors, 3 contest awards each year for poetry,
fiction and non-fiction (see website for contest deadlines) Poetry
submissions between Sept. 15th and December 15th strictly abided by
as snail mail only, 3 to 5 poems addressed to Poetry Editor. Simultaneous
submissions okay/ 1 to 6 months reporting time. They do pay for publication,
amount varies with income. This is an annual publication that is printed
in the spring of each year. wwu.edu/bhreview. |
| Beloit
Poetry Journal: bpj.org |
| 2011 Big Bridge is seeking poetry
for an anthology that can be woven into the tapestry of work by Beat
poets, slam poets, Black Arts and Hip-Hop, poems that work on the page
and on stage. Send 3 poems, a photo and bio to Jason.lee.braun@gmail.com. |
| Birmingham
Poetry Review: Not updated since 2006; inquire before submitting. uab.edu/english/bpr/submit.htm |
| The
Bitter Oleander, A Magazine of Contemporary International Poetry
and Fiction: 4983 Tall Oaks Drive, Fayetteville, NY
13066-9776; e-mail info@bitteroleander.com. Published 2x/year, sample issues
$10; subscriptions $18/year. An upscale publication, translations and international
flavor with a twist of academia, verse of incoherent bewilderment
and/or muddled mystery accepted. bitteroleander.com |
| Blue
Mountain Arts (greeting card company)
poetry contest, deadline June 30, 2010. Prizes $300/$100/$50. Seeks poetry
about special emotions and feelings about someone or a special occasion. Submit
online or send to SPS Studio Poetry Card Contest, PO Box 1007, Dept.
E, Boulder, CO 80306. Google Blue Mountain Arts for more details. |
| Broken Bridge: Now a "Folio Series." brokenbridge.us |
| Burnside
Review: E-mail submissions only. burnsidereview.org |
| California
Quarterly: (California State Poetry Society) californiaquarterly.blogspot.com/ |
| Cappers:
Free and light verse, traditional and inspirational poems welcome. Easy
to read, down-to-earth themes. Guidelines: 5 or 6 poems used in each issue;
length 4–16 lines. Payment of $10 to $15 on acceptance. cappers.com/ |
| Chattels
of the Heart: 2215 Hall Road, Hartford, WI 53027. Ed.
Patricia Wolf, wolfsrosebud@yahoo.com.
Purpose: to encourage Christian writers to publish and to bring spiritual
growth to the reader. Themes. |
| Chiron
Review: Michael Hathaway, Editor, 522 E. South Ave.,
St. John , Kansas 67576. E-mail editor@chironreview.com and/or
poetryman61@gmail.com. Poetry, short essays and fiction. Is researching
a new format; not accepting submissions until September
1, 2010. Issue #90, their spring edition has an excellent article
about Jack Kerouac’s daughter, novelist, Jan Kerouac. http://www.chironreview.com |
| The Cincinnati Review: cincinnatireview.com |
| Clark Street Review: PO Box 80513, Berthoud, CO 80513. Ray Foreman, Editor. Small 10 to 12 pages of narrative poetry bimonthly. Subscription is about $10 for 12 issues. Has a faithful following, but with good narrative verse you’ll find a place in Foreman’s publications. Foreman is a follower of the Charles Bukowski school of charm, where almost anything goes as long as it tells a story. He also publishes The Backstreet Quarterly, where the same narrative format applies. |
| Coffeespoons:
a poetry monthly. Submit poems of any form, style,
length, or subject matter. Both established writers and new voices
welcome.
Sample copy: $3. Send no more than 4 pages of poetry with cover letter
and SASE to Coffeespoons, PO Box 290961, Port Orange, FL 32329. |
| Colorado
Review: coloradoreview.colostate.edu/cr.htm |
| Concho
River Review, Angelo State University, ASU Station 10894,
San Angelo, TX 76909-0894. Jerry Bradley, Poetry Editor. Publishes
2x year. Send 3 to 5 poems with cover letter and SASE. Book is 6 x
9 perfect bound. Copies for $5.00 each/ 20-year-old publication. |
| Crab
Orchard Review, Dept. of English, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, 1000 Faner Dr., Carbondale, IL 62901. Publishes 2x a year/
accepts submissions for Winter/Spring issue from February 1 to April
30 and Summer/Fall issue from August 1 to October 31. Allison Joseph
is Poetry Editor. Pays $50 per published poem. No e-mail submissions.
Name, address, e-mail on each page. Simultaneous submissions okay,
provided notification of acceptance elsewhere. Response time 5 months
max. |
| Cutthroat, a journal of the arts: cutthroatmag.com |
| The
Denver Quarterly, published by the English Dept. at the University of Denver, 2000 E. Asbury, Denver, CO 80208.
Reading period only from September 15th to May 15th . Sample issues $10. Open to poetry, book reviews, fiction and nonfiction.
Submit by USPS with a SASE. Limit submissions to 3 to 5 poems. |
| The
Deronda Review: continuation of The Neovictorian Cochlea,
prints mainly poetry but will consider prose up to 500 words. Expository
blank verse especially welcome. Submit by surface mail with SASE
and sufficient postage if all copies
returned is desired. Submit to The Deronda Review, Esther Cameron, Editor, P.O.
Box 55164, Madison, WI 53705. The Neovictorian Cochlea founded in
1996 to provide a venue for poetry which is often considered “old-fashioned”…
loyalty to a culture that offered poets an honorable place on the
public stage, not only
as singers but as thinkers who could help to sort
out the complexities of modern knowledge and life. The name change is prompted
by a wish to express a connection between Western culture we would like to see
and the survival of Israel. The work, Daniel Deronda, immensely influential … to
adopt
this title is to express hope of reinvoking some social and creative energy that
Daniel Deronda incorporated and released. |
| The
Door Peninsula Voice: Submit poems & short stories: Charlotte Manning, P.O. Box 235, Egg Harbor, WI 52426. For submission guidelines send SASE. |
Echoes: Submission
guidelines for the Fall~Winter 2010 Echoes #11. Deadline:
September 30, 2010. Any
poem with a length of one page or less will be considered for the Fall~Winter
Issue 2010. Remember Echoes is a small-sized hand-stitched publication
and we cannot accept long poems. Submit
three poems or less. No previously published work will be accepted.
No simultaneous submissions.
Entries
should be submitted within the body of one email . We will not open
any unsolicited attachments. Contact information: include name, mailing
address, and email address. All submissions are judged blind and based solely
on the merits of the poems you send. If your work is accepted, you will receive
2 copies of the issue containing your poetry. Email all submissions to Submissions
Manager Carol Deprez: Echoeslit.submit@gmail.com – Subject
line: Echoes Submission. Questions? Paula Anderson, Editor: andersonp3@earthlink.net
– Subject line: Echoes. You will be notified of acceptance by October
31, 2010. |
| Eureka
Literary Magazine: eureka.edu/arts/literary/elm.htm |
| The
Fourth River: Nature and Culture: fourthriver.chatham.edu/. |
Free
Lunch: Dead. |
| Gettysburg
Review: gettysburgreview.com |
| The
Great American Poetry Show:. tgaps.net/ |
| Greatcoat: greatcoat.org/. |
| Green
Mountains Review: Not reading poetry until January 1, 2009. greenmountainsreview.jsc.vsc.edu/ |
| Harp-strings
Poetry Journal: Poetry should be memorable, haunting, to be read
again and again; 14-80 lines. Submit narratives, lyrics, ballads, sestinas,
rondeau redoubles, blank verse, villanelles, sonnets, prose poems, haiku
sequences. Queries not necessary; accepts unsolicited manuscripts. Submission
formats: Electronic, hard copy, SASE. Freelance content: 100%. Rights: One-time.
Payment: In copies. P.O. Box 640387 Beverly Hills FLA 34464. (352)-746-2919.
E-mail: verdure@digitalusa.net |
| The Healing Muse: upstate.edu/bioethics/thehealingmuse |
| HeartLodge:
Honoring the House of the Poet: closed until further notice. heartlodge.org/ |
| Hotel
Amerika, Columbia College, Chicago English Dept., 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605-1996 publishes 2x/
year, traditional and experimental poetry, editor like poetry with a quirky, unconventional edge. Reading period from Sept. to
May 1st. Copy price $9./subscription $18. No e-mail submissions. Editors@hotelamerika.net |
| Hummingbird:
published spring and fall. Submissions
of original, unpublished short poems 10 lines or less, each on separate
page. Reprints by invitation only. SASE with sufficient postage. Phyllis
Walsh, Editor, Hummingbird, Harbour Village, 5600 Mockingbird Lane, Apt.
D103, Greendale, WI 53129. (414) 421-2335. |
| Ibbetson
Street:
a step up in quality, accepts poetry only and an occasional dueling essay.
Ibbetson Street Press, Doug and Dianne Holder, 25 School Street, Somerville,
MA 02143. Uses artwork on front and back cover. ibbetsonstreet@go.com,
(617) 628-2313. Full size 8 ½” x 11” booklet stapled,
@ 50 pages. |
| The
Iconoclast: 1675 Amazon Rd., Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Bimonthly,
circ. 700. Phil Wagner, editor. For readers and writers of original work
bypassed by corporate and institutional publications. Details: well-crafted
with something to say; 2-5 poems; up to 2 pages; $2-$5/poem. Uses poetry, short stories, essays, book reviews. Uses some ads. Issue 101 was 80 pages long, stapled binding 8 ½” x 11” size. Eight (8) issues at $18. Needs artwork, too. Response: 1
month for submissions; SASE required. Rights: first or one-time. Payment:
on acceptance. |
| Illumen:
Speculative poetry. samsdotpublishing.com/IllumenGL.htm |
| Irish
Pages: A Journal of Contemporary Writing boasts of being
the island’s
premier literary journal. The Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square
North, Blefast BT1 5GB, United Kingdom. Elizabeth Switaj, Editorial
Assistant, asked to be listed in WFOP marketing column. Circulation
of approx. 2800. Publishes 2x/year. Only postal submissions, 8 poems
max. Annual subscription is $45 US dollars, $39. for back issues, includes
postage. editor@irishpages.org. irishpages.org |
| The
Journal: Department of English, Ohio State
University, 421 Denny Hall, 164 W. 17th St., Columbus, OH 43210-1340.
Read year round, publishes 2x a year, spring/summer and autumn/winter.
No electronic submissions, 6 poems or less persubmission. english.osu.edu/research/journals/thejournal/ |
| Lilliput
Review: (Where small is better) Title reflects magazine’s
size, 4.25” x 3.5”. Don Wentworth, Editor, 282 Main Street, Pittsburgh,
PA 15201. lilliputreview.googlepages.com/home |
| The
Literary Review: theliteraryreview.org/ |
| The
Lucid Stone: A poetry quarterly that strives for quality poetry/artwork
in every nook and cranny of sentient life. Submissions: Any style or length,
none simultaneous. Sample at PO Box 949, Scottsdale, AZ 85252-0940. |
| The
MacGuffin: schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/ |
| Magazine
of Speculative Poetry: sff.net/people/roger-dutcher/#msp |
Main Street Rag: P. O. Box 690100, Charlotte, NC 28227-7001 (704)573-2516 Very good, slick publication, but they’re currently not reading poetry from January to June 30, 2010. Inquire again in July 2010. mainstreetrag.com/How2GetIn.html |
| Memoir
(and), published twice yearly in Sausalito, California,
a non-profit, PO Box 1398, Sausalito, CA 94966-1398. Joan Chapman,
Managing Editor. Publishes poetry, memoirs, photos with a theme. Reading
currently from May 1, 2010 to August 15, 2010. Submissions made online;
guidelines at memoirjournal.com/submissions. Copies available at
book/news stands. |
| Minnetonka Review: minnetonkareview.com |
| The
Missouri Review: missourireview.org |
| Modern
Haiku: modernhaiku.org/ |
| The
Nation: thenation.com/about/poetry_guidelines.mhtml |
| New
Author's Journal: Quarterly literary journal of short stories and
poetry for new, unpublished authors. Queries not necessary. Submission formats
require disk, hard copy, and SASE. Author retains all rights. 1542 Tibbits
Ave., Troy NY 12180 (518)-274-2648. E-mail: mario@mariofarina.com |
| /nor
(New Ohio Review): ohiou.edu/nor |
| The
Paris Review: parisreview.com/ |
| Passages
North: myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/index.html |
| Pearl:
pearlmag.com |
Pedestal
Magazine: thepedestalmagazine.com/ |
| Phoebe: phoebejournal.com/ |
| Plainsongs, Laura
Marvel Wunderlich, Editor, Department of English, Hastings College, Hastings,
Nebraska 68901. No e-mail submissions. Six poems max. with SASE. Publishes
3x year, deadlines August 15, November 15 and March 15. Laura said she
publishes poets from all over the world. Students have their own creative
writing newsletter. Their Readers’ Board
selects 3 poems from each issue to honor with comments and a $25 honorarium.
Contributors receive 2 copies and a one-year subscription to Plainsongs.
hastings.edu/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm/SRC=DB/SRCN=/GnavID=411 |
| Pleiades,
A Journal of New Writing, Dept. of English, University
of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093. Reads from September 1
to April 30. Send SASE with 3 to 5 poems Also sponsors the Lena Miles
Wever Todd Poetry book competition. See their website for guidelines. |
| Poetalk:
Bay Area Poets Coalition, Maggie Morley, Ed., PO Box 11435, Berkeley CA
94712-2435, poetalk@aol.com SASE required.
Simultaneous submissions accepted. Reporting Time: 2-4 months. Payment:
Copy. Copyrighted, reverts to author. |
| Poet
Lore: poetlore.com/home.php |
| Poetry:
poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submissions.html |
| The
Poetry Conspiracy: Paul Stangeland, PO Box 818, Cardiff, CA
92007. “Beginners, try elsewhere, but rules are made to be broken.”
Reporting time: 8 weeks. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Payment: 3 copies.
Copyrighted, reverts to author. |
| Poetry
Harbor: Patrick McKinnon, Ellie Schoenfeld, PO Box 103, Duluth,
MN 55801-0103. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Reporting Time: 1-6 months.
Payment: $10+ copies. Subjects: Michigan, Minnesota, Native Americans, The
North, Poetry, Wisconsin. |
| Poetry
Motel: Suburban Wilderness Press, PO Box 103, Duluth, MN 55801-0103.
“We consider rhythm the element lacking in most of the work we pass
up. We tend toward work that brings an interesting story.” Reporting
time: 1 week to never. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Payment varies.
Copyrighted, reverts to author. |
| Prairie
Schooner: prairieschooner.unl.edu |
| Quarterly
West: quarterlywest.utah.edu/ |
| Rattle:
rattle.com/submissions.htm |
| The
Rejected Quarterly: for fine literature that has been rejected
at least five times. rejectedq.com/ |
| Rhino:
rhinopoetry.org. |
| r.kv.r.y quarterly literary journal
1. The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering.
2. A return to a normal condition.
3. Something gained or resotred in recovering.
4. The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources.
ninetymeetingsinninetydays.com/R_KV_R_Y.html |
| Rosebud: published
by Roderick Clark, N3310 Asje Rd., Cambridge, WI 53523. Publishes three
(3) times a year both poetry and short stories. Perfect-bound. Pays $30
for a short story plus a copy. John Smelcer is the poetry editor. He
accepts on-line submissions at jesmelcer@aol.com. The William Stafford
Award for Poetry is open for submissions, deadline June 15, 2010. First
place wins $1000 plus four runnerup awards of $100 each. Entry fee of
$10. Send 3 to 5 poems, unpublished, each on one page, name and address,
send check made out to Rosebud/Stafford Prize or cash to R. Virgil Ellis,
c/o Stafford Poetry Award, P. O. Box 614, Cambridge, WI 53523 with SASE. rsbd.net/Submissions.htm |
| Seattle
Review: seattlereview.org. |
| Sensations
Magazine: sensationsmag.com |
| Shenandoah: the Washington and Lee University Review. Published 3 times a year, reading only between September 1st and May 15th. No electronic submissions. Address Mattingly House, 2 Lee Avenue, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-2116, Editor T. L. Smith, Managing Editor, Lynn Leech. E-mail: Shenandoah@wlu.edu. http://www.wlu.edu/x31904.xml |
| Slipstream: slipstreampress.org/ |
| Sow's
Ear Poetry Review: sows-ear.kitenet.net/ |
| The
Storyteller: freewebs.com/fossilcreek/storyteller.html |
Straylight: Inquire first; no recent updates. litspot.net/straylight/ |
| The
Sun, a paying magazine market for poetry $100 to
$500. depending on length. Submit by USPS to Editorial
Dept., 107 N. Roberson St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516 with
SASE. Response time 4 to 6 months. Accepts simultaneous
submissions. |
| Tampa Review: ut.edu/tampareview/trmain.aspx |
| Tar
River Poetry: http://www.tarriverpoetry.com/ |
| Terminus:
A Journal of Arts and Literature: terminusmagazine.com/ |
| The
Threepenny Review: threepennyreview.com/submissions.html |
| Tiferet
Magazine seeks high-quality poetry that reveals the spiritual
within the physical world. tiferetjournal.com/ |
| The Timber Creek Review: a quarterly published by John M. Freiermuth, PO Box 16542, Greensboro, NC 27416. Subscription rate is $17/yr. Uses both poetry and short stories 3000 to 5000 words. Pays $20 per short story plus a copy. He publishes brief biographies of his contributors, many MFA graduates, although some of the writing could use a workshop critique. Not very prompt in replying to submissions and publishing in a timely manner. |
| upstreet: upstreet-mag.org |
| Verse Wisconsin: versewisconsin.org/ |
| Waterways: tenpennyplayers.org/mags.html. |
| WestWard
Quarterly: the Magazine of Family Reading. wwquarterly.com/ |
| White
Pelican Review, a biannual, seeks fresh, insightful, expertly
crafted poetry. Prize: $100 for best poem per issue. Submit 3- 5 poems with
SASE. Name, address, and phone on each page. Simultaneous submissions discarded.
White Pelican Review, PO Box 7833, Lakeland, FL 33813. |
| Wisconsin
People & Ideas (formerly Wis. Academy Review):
wisconsinacademy.org/magazine/ |
| Wisconsin
Review, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901.
Deadline for their annual 2011 issue is October 1, 2010.
Accepts 3 to 5 poems with cover letter. E-mail address is
wisconsinreview@uwosh.edu. This is a UW–Oshkosh
student publication. |
| Yale
Review: yale.edu/yalereview/guidelines |
