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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS:
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Journals:
| Pass Port Journal: submissions go to Editor, Lucia C. Greer at PJeditor@aol.com. Charles Ries, the new poetry editor, reminds members to follow the guidelines carefully. Submit in TEXT file format within the email sent to the Editor. Only original work that has not appeared elsewhere in print or on line. Only one manuscript per submission. Full name, street, city, state address including zip code, telephone number, date written or copyright date of submission, number of photographs to be submitted if article accepted. Deadline, on or before May 1st for July August September Publication; and on or before August 1st for October November December publication. See www.passportjournal.org for more guideline details and deadline dates. |
| Quill and Parchment, currently (2/07) seeking poetry submissions. They take pride in their website and emphasize spell checking and editing your work before sending. Short submissions may be included in the body of an email to: admin@archives.quillandparchment.com. Write Submission in the subject header. Note: DO NOT INCLUDE ANY LINKS in your email. They filter out and delete emails with links. If you wish to send links to your website or other sites of interest, ask and they will send an email address they can be sent to. Inquire first if sending large documents via file attachment. See quillandparchment.com. |
| Rose and Thorn, Poetry submissions should be copied and pasted into the body of an email and sent to Poetry Editor with the word SUBMISSION typed in the subject line of the email. No attachments to email will be accepted. A maximum of 3 poems only per submission, per author. Pays $5 each poem published in Spring, Summer, Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 via Pay Pal. See theroseandthornezine.com for details but also to enjoy looking at the work on this noteworthy ezine. |
| Word Riot, online, as part of a music site. Charles Ries, Milwaukee, is the new poetry editor. This monthly provides interviews, book reviews, best writing from the literary scene. Poetry submissions, send no more than six poems in the body of your email to poetry@wordriot.org Do not send attachments. Word Riot publishes the forceful voice of up-and-coming poets. In their words, “... we like edgy. We like challenging. We like unique voices.” No snail mail. “We reserve the right to edit works as we see fit.” www.wordriot.org. |
Print Media
| Alimentum, The Literature of Food: “Our writers and poets capture food’s elusive character (not about just what’s on your plate). Stories that dish up life’s events-sweet and salty. Well-seasoned essays and poems make feasts of our daily bread.” Biannual print journal and bite-sized online journal (with podcasts) that change quarterly. Founded in 2005. Reading period temporarily suspended until January, 2008. 5 poem limit. No previously published work. Simultaneous submissions accepted. 1-3 months reply. Poetry Editor, Cortney Davis (cortneydavis.com). Alimentum, The Literature of Food, P.O. Box 776, New York, NY 10163, website: alimentumjournal.com (8/8/07) |
| 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. See desperadopress.com for complete details and guidelines. |
| Ascent:
publishes poetry, fiction and essays three times each year - Fall, Winter
and Spring. Submission guidelines specify that they are open to reading
all types, styles and lengths and have no editorial restrictions on form
or content. No reviews or editorial articles. SASE. No e-mail entries. Read
the journal and decide if your work fits. Normally responds fairly fast
but can take three or four months. Solid book like journal with attractive
covers. W. Scott Olsen, Editor, Department of English, Concordia College, 901 S. 8th St. Moorhead, MN 56562. www.cord.edu/dept/english/ascent/stelmach.html. |
| 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 publishes poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction from around the nation and the world. Traditional and experimental forms are welcome. Poetry submissions, between 1 and 4 poems. No previously published work. Payment is in copies. Address your poems to Poetry Editor, Kathleen Hellen (current 2/07). Poetry Competition, April 1-July 1, see baltimorereview.org. Note: Specifically recommends reading sample issue before submitting work. SASE. Submissions read year-round. Editorial staff composed of volunteers, allow up to 6 months for a response. Simultaneous submissions accepted but notify immediately if work accepted elsewhere. The Baltimore Review, P O Box 36418, Towson, MD 21286. |
| Beauty/Truth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry. Only submit ekphrastic poems (poems written in response to visual art). No reading fees. Never alters wording of accepted poetry but does reserve the right to edit biographies for content and length. Unsolicited submissions usually responded to in up to three months but time frame can vary based on submissions volume. Write in response to single work of visual art. Include artist’s name and artwork being responded to with each submission. Submit up to 5 poems at a time. All pages should include author’s name and address. Doesn’t return submissions. Cover letter required, no more than one page and should include contact information, a brief biography and a list of previous publications. SASE. Accepts previously pubished works as long as you have retained the rights. Provide full bibliographic credit in cover letter or on poetry page itself. No simultaneous submissions. Contributor’s copy and/or discounted subscription rate when funds allow. Email submission: Remember in submission, cover letter and poems in body of email. Doesn't open email attachments. Don’t print images along with the poems. By mail: Beauty/Truth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry, c/o James Gapinski, N8 W31309 Concord Lane, Delafield, WI 53018. E-mail submissions: Subject line heading Poetry Submission: Your Name to submissions@beautytruthpoetry.com. |
| 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: a Journal of humanity and human experience seeks high caliber, unpublished work broadly and creatively related to themes of health, healing illness, the mind and body. Work previously published on the internet will not be considered. Maximum 3 poems. Poetry Editor: Corie Feiner. Guidelines: Bellevue Literary Review, Dept. of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016. Pays two copies, 1 year subscription and friend’s gift subscription. Author discount extra copies. www.BLReview.org |
| Beloit Poetry Journal, website, www.bpj.org emphasizes: we seek only unpublished poems or translations of poems not already available in English; be familiar with any publication before you submit, half of the poems we get are from poets who have obviously never seen an issue (sample copy for $5 and hundreds of libraries subscribe); SASE; limit submission to about four pages; no cover letter necessary; no contributors’ notes, the emphasis is on the poem; no simultaneous submissions unless editors explicitly invited; if no reply after four months send a query, see website for more details. Overall comments at Beloit Poetry Journal are good for all who are getting discouraged by submitting their work and not hearing anything or in piling up rejections. Editors read as a labor of love in spare moments and if they fall behind they may have to read several hundred poems in a month so they usually can’t comment on poems. Don’t be discouraged by rejections. Keep writing and mailing and reading what is published. If you have read Beloit Poetry Journal and liked what you’ve seen send submissions to Beloit Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 151, Farmington, ME 04938.. |
| Birmingham Poetry Review: published semiannually in fall and spring. Five poems maximum for unsolicited manuscripts. No cover letter. SASE. Deadlines: May 1st and November 1st. Presently, no electronic submissions. “...Impressed by good poetry not publication credits...” Simultaneous submissions not accepted. Reports in 1 to 3 months. Occasionally comments on rejections. Sample $2. Subscription 1 year $4. BPR, HB205, 1530 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294-1260. www.uab.edu/english/bpr/submit.htm |
| The Bitter Oleander, A Magazine of Contemporary International Poetry and Fiction, Editor and Publisher Paul B. Roth. Spring and Fall Publication. $8 per issue, $15 per year subscription. Includes features, interviews, poetry in translation, short fiction and poetry. 2006 Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award 10th annual award for which the winning imaginative poem will earn $1000, publication in The Bitter Oleander and five copies of Fall 2006 Award Issue. Include SASE with submission for final decision. $10 Reading fee for up to five poems. Additional poems $2 each. Submissions received up until and including June 15th postmark. Specific guidelines with SASE. Sample copy The Bitter Oleander, $8. The Bitter Oleander Press, Frances Locke Poetry Award—2006, 4983 Tall Oaks Drive, Fayetteville, New York 13066-9776. www.bitteroleander.com info@bitteroleander.com. |
| Burnside Review: a truly independent literary journal from Portland, Oregon, gets its name from the street that runs the length of the city and divides it into two. Each issue is filled with poetry, an interview, and one featured short story. Editor Sid Miller says, “We love poetry that surprises, finds beauty in truly unexpected places and that breaks your heart.” Founded in 2004. Published every 9 months. Currently accepting submissions for issue 4.1, due out June of 2008. 4.1 will be Burnside Review’s Los Angeles issue. Even though the issue will certainly have an L.A. feel, content will not be limited to writing about Los Angeles or writing from Los Angeleans. Understand that response time will be slower until the release of the new issue (9/07). Please send 3-5 poems and a brief bio. Poems and bio should be sent as single attachment. Word documents or RTF files are fine, don’t paste poems into the body of email, subject line of email should read: Poetry Submission-Your Last Name (i.e.: Poetry Submission-Miller). Please send submissions to: submissions@burnsidereview.org. Average response time is 2-4 months. Simultaneous submissions. No previously published work. Read magazine before submitting. At least read poems on website, to see work we’ve published in past. Burnside Review, P.O. Box 1782, Portland, OR 97207, burnsidereview.org (8/8/07). |
ByLine
Magazine: Several WFOP members from different parts of the
state independently suggested this journal. Byline is a monthly
magazine for writers presenting articles on the craft and business of
writing with regular columns on writing poetry, fiction, nonfiction and
children’s literature. Byline publishes short stories and
poetry and has a special feature for student writers. Byline
has published and paid for the first work of hundreds of poets and writers
of fiction and nonfiction but publishes both experienced and emerging
writers. Some WFOP members access Byline’s information
on contest submissions online, at www.bylinemag.com,
and others subscribe to the journal or contribute submissions to the journal.
Writers’ guidelines for submission to the journal are separate from
the guidelines for contests. Poetry deals with the subject of writing,
26 lines or less, good quality, serious or humorous poetry about the creative
experience. Poems about writer’s block, the “muse” and
inspiration in the middle of the night have been overdone. Poetry
Editor, Donna
Marbach.
Pays $10. Monthly contests with deadlines and cash prizes motivate writers
and provide deadlines. upcoming contests include: |
| California Quarterly: (California State Poetry Society) seeks submissions from poets anywhere. Requirements: Preferably brief, up to 6 poems. Open to all styles; quality counts. Must include name and address on all pages. Payment: 1 contributor’s copy. Mail with SASE to: Editors, CQ/CSPS, PO Box 7126, Orange, CA 92863. |
| 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. www.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. |
| Chelsea Terminates Publication and Chelsea Awards in Poetry and Fiction With the Double Issue, 82/83, November 2007, Chelsea will terminate publication. Chelsea is no longer accepting submissions. |
| Cherry Blossom Review: print and online journal, reads submissions mid-May through mid-summer. Submit 1 to 3 poems to thecherryblossomreview@yahoo.com. Include a short, third person biography to be published with accepted poems. Previous published poems no longer read. No rhyming poems. If poem is accepted elsewhere, please inform immediately. Response time is one week. One time publishing rights includes publication on website and corresponding print issue. Poetry will remain on website for up to one year. Copyright remains with poet. If interested, contributors receive one free hard copy. Kenneth LeBlanc, 4400 Computer Drive, Westborough, MA 01581. |
| Chiron Review has started up again. |
| 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: 3 issues each year, features poetry, short fiction and nonfiction (memoir, personal essays) by both emerging and established writers. Poetry editors: Donald Revell, Sasha Steensen and Matthew Cooperman. Center for Literary Publishing umbrella organization for Colorado Review which also promotes and publishes quality literature in all its forms which includes the Colorado Prize for Poetry. This international literary contest beginning in 1995 adheres to the Contest Code of Ethics as adopted by the Council of Literary Presses and Magazines of which the Center is a member. This is detailed on their website along with comments on how they run the Colorado Prize for Poetry, what happens to your manuscript when it arrives. Worth reading. Colorado Review, 9105 Campus Delivery, Department of English, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Simultaneous submissions okay. No e-mail submissions. Reading period: 9/1-4/30. (8/8/07) |
| Cornerstone Magazine: Will accept haiku, free verse, light verse. No “churchy sing-song rhyme.” Pays $10 for poems up to 15 lines and $25 for 16 lines and over. Submission Guidelines: www.cornerstonemag.com/home/guidlin.htm |
| 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. See pointandcircumference.com/deronda/ for detailed explanation. Mindy Aber Barad, Co-editor for Israel. Publication intended as a bridge between Israel and the West. (8/8/07). |
| The Door Peninsula Voice is published 6 times per year. Submission or inquiries may be sent to: (Please include SASE.) Charlotte Manning, Literary Editor, The Door Peninsula Voice, R.R. 1, Box 115M, Washington Island, WI 54246. (920) 847-2874. E-mail: cmanni@itol.com |
| Eureka Literary Magazine: Eureka College, 300 E. College Ave., Eureka, IL 61530. Editor: Walter Cummins. E-mail: llogsdon@eureka.com. Accepts poetry any length. E-queries: accepts. Unsolicited mss: accepts. Submission format: Hard copy. Response: 4-5 months. SASE required. Freelance content: 100%. Rights: One-time. Payment: In copies. |
| The Fourth River : Nature and Culture: Chatham College, Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, Editor: Marc Nieson (as of August, 2005). As of August 4, 2005, I couldn’t access current website but I reviewed 2005 copy ($10) which was impressive and included a WFOP member. I met with Marc Nieson on July 29th. Nieson gave me the following information. The Fourth River is interested in literature that represents, engages, and explores the relationship between the human world and the natural environment. We want work ... thoughtful but not cautious, daring but richly situated at the confluence of place, space and identity. Send your best unpublished poetry (up to 10 pages) fiction and nonfiction (25 pages). Include name, address, phone number, email contact and title of work on first page of submission. An electronic version will be required for all accepted submissions. Guidelines also available at: fourthriver.chatham.edu/submission.html. Postmark Deadline: October 15th, 2005. |
| Free Lunch: www.poetsfreelunch.org. Please limit submissions to three poems and submit only between September 1 and May 31. Free Lunch, A Poetry Miscellany, P.O.Box 717, Glenview, IL 60025-0717. SASE. Subscriptions free to all serious poets living in the U.S. or $5 per issue, $12 for three issues. Ron Offen, Editor. |
| Free Verse: features poetry, a monthly poetry contest, reviews, and a listing of poetry readings in Wisconsin. Guidelines: Submit up to 5 poems, free verse or traditional. Mail or e-mail. Include a 3-sentence biographical sketch for publication. Reports in 2 months or less. Payment: 2 copies. Linda Aschbrenner, M233 Marsh Road, Marshfield, WI 54449. marshrivereditions.com. E-mail: wordzoo@dwave.net |
| Gettysburg Review, an award-winning quarterly, is published in January, April, July and October and reads submissions from September through May. Indicate in your cover letter whether the manuscripts are under consideration elsewhere. Stanley Kunitz wrote, “Each issue of the Gettysburg Review demonstrates the care and intelligence and devotion to literature with which it is edited.” |
| Gin Bender Poetry Review as of November 2, 2005 is back in business. The November 2005 issue will be posted by mid- November with Pushcart Prize nominees. According to T.A. Thompson, Founder, they are now accepting poetry submissions for the March, 2006 issue. Gin Bender Poetry Review, P.O.Box 150932, Lufkin, Texas 75915-0932. Responds with 2-4 weeks after receipt. If no reply in 6 weeks, please send query. See website for their details on complying with their policy if your work is accepted: www.ginbender.com |
| The Great American Poetry Show: Got Poem? Submit any subject, any style, any number, any time with SASE (previously published poems welcome). All contributors receive one free copy. The Great American Poetry Show, PO Box 69506, W Hollywood, CA 90069-0506. |
| Greatcoat: published twice a year in Bellingham, Washington. The University of Wisconsin—Memorial Library Special Collections is subscribing to this new journal but I have had difficulty accessing their website and an email I sent was returned. Submission information published in the journal is as follows: Unsolicited submissions of poetry and creative non-fiction are welcome year round. After reviewing guidelines at www.greatcoat.net, submit to submissions@greatcoat.net The editors are Elisabeth Whitehead, Stephanie Walkenshaw and Scott Hartwich. The mailing address is: Greatcoat, 3228 Peabody Street, Bellingham, WA 98225. |
| The Green Hills Literary Lantern: publishes annually in June by Truman State University, 100 East Normal, Kirksville, MO 63501. The 200-300 page book includes poetry, fiction, reviews and interviews with a cover in four colors. In the last few years they got Missouri Arts Council grants. Submit 3 to 7 poems, one poem per page, no restrictions on subject matter but pornography and gratuitous violence won’t be accepted. Obscurity for its own sake is also frowned upon. Both free and formal forms are fine though more free verse is published. First time poets, well-established poets and those in between all can and have found a place at GHLL. A cover letter is appreciated but not required. Tries to respond in 3-4 months or sooner and supply feedback particularly to those they want to encourage. Poems under six lines or over two pages are unlikely to be published. Subscriptions and sample copies $10. Back issues, $7. Manuscripts read year-round but should be labeled poetry or prose. SASE. Co-Editor (Poetry) Joe Benevento. Co-Editor (Prose) Jack Smith. Bios reflect writers with many publication credits and a few for whom it was their first or an early published work but writing was strong. http://ll.truman.edu/ghllweb/writer's%20guidelines.htm. |
| Green Mountain Review: 20th Anniversary Issue Literature of the American Apocalypse International journal publishing poems, stories and creative non-fiction by well-known authors and promising newcomers seeks poems, stories and essays for their 20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, a double-issue on Literature of the American Apocalypse. Send literature, darkly comic or deadly serious, that centers on the American dread, inspired by everything from...see website for details. They will read submissions for this special issue throughout the coming year with a projected publication date of May 2007. Payment $20 page. Send to Green Mountain Review, Apocalypse Issue, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT 05656. No electronic submissions accepted. Neil Shepard, general editor & poetry editor. Leslie Daniels, fiction editor. |
| 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 |
| HeartLodge: Honoring the House of the Poet, PO Box 370627, Denver, CO 80237, is a new magazine seeing poetry with strong sense of voice, imagery, and place. Send 3-5 unpublished poems up to 32 lines each with bio. Deadline: December 15, 2004. |
| Hummingbird, published quarterly in March, June, September and December. Submissions of original, unpublished short poems invited. Reprints by invitation only. SASE with sufficient postage. Payment, 1 copy. Editor, Phyllis Walsh, P.O. Box 96, Richland Center, WI 53581, Tel. (608) 647-8717. No website. (2/07) |
| 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. Response: 1 month for submissions; SASE required. Rights: first or one-time. Payment: on acceptance. |
| Illumen, co-edited by Tyree Campbell and Erin Donahoe, published biannually by SamsDot Publishing, April 1st and October 1st and contains speculative poetry articles, reviews and illustrations. Poetry submissions. Defines speculative poetry as one result of application of imagination to reality one’s vision is taken from a different angle, from another perspective, perhaps from another time and place...hints of science fiction, fantasy, folklore, myth, surreal ... even horror. Good speculative poetry will awaken a sense of adventure in the reader. Wants good, original speculative poetry. Considers reprints. Publishes no more than two reprints per issue. Poems less than 100 lines. Reviews of collections of speculative poetry, only original reviews of current or upcoming publications, between 500 and 1000 words. Accepts no more than two per issue. Acknowledges receipt of work within 72 hours but asks for patience for response which takes up to four months, usually March or September, one month before publication. See samsdotpublishing.com/IllumenGL.htm. |
| Irish Stew: 638 Eighth Street, Menasha, WI 54952. Editor, Joanne Flemming, lulutwigg@yahoo.com. Quarterly poetry publication, began 2004, seeks poems with upbeat attitude—any style, any theme, rhymed or unrhymed, 16 lines max. Doesn’t have to be Ireland or Irish. Send submissions, SASE, or email. Poems must be in body of email. Attachments not accepted. Reports within month. Payment copies. Uses 8 to 10 poems on single 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. Distributed eastern Wisconsin libraries, writers’ conferences and by mail. Sample, send SASE. Subscriptions, starting Winter, 2005, $7 year. |
| The Journal invites submissions. Send with SASE to The Journal, Dept. of English, The Ohio State University, 164 W. 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43310. |
| Lilliput Review: (Where small is better) Title reflects magazine’s size, 4.25” x 3.5”. Covers are artistic. Short poems and some issues have beautiful translations. Published every 90 days or so, two issues at a time, 8 to 10 per year. Every 4th issue is a broadside featuring a single poet. Submit poems 10 lines or less, 3 poems maximum, SASE. All poems previously unpublished unless noted. Payment 2 copies. Reports 60 to 90 days. No electronic submissions. 1 issue, $1, SASE or 2 stamps, 6 issues $5. Payment to Don Wentworth, Editor, 282 Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. http://donw714.tripod.com/lillieindex.html. |
| The Literary Review: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Mail Code M010C, 285 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ 07940. E-mail: tlr@fdu.edu Accepts.Unsolicited mss: Accepts. Guidelines: Up to 5 poems, any length. Submissions are read Sept. 1-June 1 only. Submit hard copy. Response: 8-12 weeks. SASE required. Rights: FNAR. Payment: In copies. |
| 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 College, published three times a year (Increase from 2x beginning in 2005) 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152, macguffin@schoolcraft.edu Phone: (734)462-4400 ext. 5327 website: www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/submit.htm. In the Fall 2005 edition, Steven Alfred Dolgin, Editor wrote, “There is a great deal of fine material making its way to literary magazines and journals for consideration. As always, we have endeavored to select the best work and have made the difficult decision to bypass other strong, insightful and often edgy work due to space limitations...” What does MacGuffin mean? Originating in Victorian England, the moving force and sometimes the solution of a work of mystery fiction was referred to as a MacGuffin. Alfred Hitchcock used the term and stated that ‘No film is complete without a MacGuffin’ because that’s what...everybody is after.” Send submissions to address above or submit electronically to macguffin@schoolcraft.edu. Please submit each work as a separate Word or WordPerfect document attachment. Submissions in the body of the email will not be considered. Please include name, email address and address on every page. List titles and brief bio in cover letter. Accepts simultaneous submissions if informed. SASE for reply only. For poetry, consider traditional, formal, free verse and experimental poetry, up to 400 lines. No subject biases. Poems should be typed and single spaced, and one per page. Poetry editor: Fall 2005 Carol Was and on website, February 2006. Single issue, $9. Samples and back issues $6. One year subscription, $22. |
| Magazine for Speculative Poetry, Volume Seven Number Four, Spring 2006 issue there is a discussion of reaching out to the mainstream poetry community to support their journals and in Volume 7 Number 3, Autumn 2005, the editorial discusses what defines speculative poetry—“Is it similar to or different from SF (science fiction), fantasy or horror poetry... a poem that deals with unknowns, sophisticated, scientifically literate, beyond five senses ... daily chatter... sees into space, into the soul, into matter and explores large and futurist problems ...” As of early February the 2007 issues are forthcoming. Submissions are welcome. SASE with correct return postage. Roger Dutcher, Editor, MSP, PO Box Beloit, WI 53512. |
| Main Channel Voices: A Dam Fine Literary Magazine: P.O.Box 492, Winona, MN 55987-0492, mainchannelvoices.com/submissions.htm. Co-editors: Carol Borzyskowski, Nancy Kay Peterson. Submission deadlines are 10/30, 1/30, 4/30, and 7/30. Submissions arriving after closing date considered for next issue. Only electronic submissions accepted. Submit 2-3 sentence bio and 3-5 poems pasted in e-mail (no attachments opened). Space is a consideration. Limit poetry to 38 lines including blank lines. Prose poems accepted, nothing overly sentimental or old fashioned. Quirky sense of humor. Soft-headed about river poems. Sample $5 Subscription (4 issues) $25. Journal began in 2004. Website highlights some poems but send for sample (includes much more). Read 2 of 3 issues. |
| Minnetonka Review is a new semi-annual print literary journal. MR is entirely independent, beholden only to MR readers, writers and aesthetic tastes. MR values risk-taking and originality whether through entirely new forms and structures, or through more subtle means such as the well-crafted phrase or provocative word-choice. Seeks honest and compelling work for our readers. Inaugural issue, May 2007, 190 pages, perfect bound with glossy cover featuring five short stories, a novel excerpt and an author interview, one short story, five non-fiction pieces and the work of thirty poets. Poetry editor is Jamie Ellis. Both established and emerging writers are encouraged to submit. Reading period between October 15th and May 15th. Work accepted on a rolling basis. Generally responds in 3-6 weeks but allow a couple of months before querying. Pays three copies but an Editor’s Prize will be awarded to one contributor in each issue who hasn’t yet published a full-length book. Send up to 8 poems. Simultaneous submissions okay but label them and notify asap if accepted elsewhere. No multiple submissions unless very short. MR accepts both postal and email submissions but prefers postal submissions (easier to read). If outside U.S. use e-mail. Postal submissions use SASE. Email, include Poetry Submission on your subject line so anti-spam software doesn’t whisk submission away. Use body of email for cover letter and/or bio and attach submission as Word.DOC or .RTF. For poetry, cut and paste all poems into one attached document. E-mail: poetry@minnetonkareview.com. Mail: Minnetonka Review, ATTN: Poetry Editor, P.O.Box 386, Spring Park, MN 55384. Appreciates cover letters. “Show us something that grips us in a fresh way, evokes thought and emotion. We like vivid imagery, strong word choice, curious descriptions, lyrical rhythms as well as strange off-beats.” |
| The Missouri Review: TMR publishes poetry features only, 6 to 14 pages of poems of 3 to 5 poets in each issue. Typically successful submissions include 8 to 20 pages of unpublished poetry. Don’t send completed manuscripts published or unpublished for consideration. Once a year at the discretion of the editors, The Tom McAfee Discovery Feature in poetry is awarded to an outstanding new poet who has not yet published a book. Now accepting electronic submissions but snail mail submissions still accepted. Do not mix genres in same submission. Mark envelope poetry. SASE, material sent without SASE will be recycled without comment. Previously unpublished only. Standard response time 10 to 12 weeks. The Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize, annual contest, 3 winners in each category, poetry, fiction and essay, length restrictions, 10 pages for poetry, postmark deadline, October 1st. $3,000 prize in each category. $20 submission fee includes subscription. See missourireview.org for detailed submission guidelines. Also guidelines for audio competition which includes voice only literature. The Missouri Review, 357 McReynolds Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. (8/8/07). |
| Modern Haiku: PO Box 68, Lincoln, IL 62656. Editor: Lee Gurga. Payment: $1/poem. Accepts unsolicited manuscripts. Hard copy. Response: 2 weeks. SASE required. modernhaiku.org/. |
| The Nation 33 Irving Pl., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10003. 212-209-5400. E-mail: info@thenation.com. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor. Description: politics and culture from a liberal perspective. Details: quality poems; $1 per line, up to $35. Hard copy; SASE. Payment on publication. |
| 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 |
| NEWN: Glenda Baker, publisher and editor-in-chief of this quarterly magazine devoted to helping new writers get published and teaching through content and example. Personally, I have met her at International Women’s Writing Guild Remember the Magic Conferences where she led sessions. She is a capable, professional and experienced person. Judy Adourian is the Executive Editor, Poetry and Personal Essay Editor. Two ways to submit your work, non-contest submissions, Jan. 1-March 31, no fee, previously unpublished poems that will inspire readers, poems with vivid images, with one strong metaphor developed through the poem. Also likes clever rhymes and creative plays on words. No vague, obtuse or cathartic poetry. Up to 32 lines. No more than 3 poems. Briefly critiques all non-contest submissions. No electronic submissions. Response time 4-6 weeks. See website for detailed guidelines, www.newnmag.net/guidelines Contact information on each page. Mail to NEWN, P.O.Box 483, Hudson, MA 01749-0483. SASE. Poetry Contest deadline, postmark June 1, $3 per poem. Details on website. |
| /nor (New Ohio Review): “Big rewards are in order for any reader willing to take /nor up on its challenge to look at things differently” —Josh Maday, NewPages.com. Year-round reading period. 4-12 weeks response time. Found in 2007. We accept literary submissions in any genre. Translations are welcome if permission has been granted. We do reprint previously published work. Please send a cover letter with your submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, please indicate so The first step in solving a problem is to tell someone about it. —John Peter Flynn Markets continues on page 9 9 Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder. —Paul Valery 2008 Calendar Book Order Form for WFOP Members 1 book: $2.50 2-3 books: $3.50 4-5 books: $4.50 6-10 books: $6.00 over 10: Call or email As a current WFOP member, you are entitled to a discount on the purchase of calendars for personal use and gift giving. If you are a contributor, a calendar containing your poem would make an excellent birthday, anniversary, holiday, or special occasion gift. There now is no limit to the number of calendars that members may purchase at the wholesale rate of $8.00 each (retail price is $12.95). Please use the following form to place your order. Send to: Michael Farmer, Business Manager, Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar: 2008, PO Box 555, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202- 0555 Phone: (920) 839-2191 Email: mfarmer@dcwis.com I would like books @ $8.00 each $ If ordering by mail, please add shipping charges: Shipping and handling: $ Total Enclosed: Make checks payable to WFOP Calendar Account $ Name Address City/State/Zip Phone ( ) I would like copies of the RETAIL brochure to distribute to potential individual buyers. I would like copies of the WHOLESALE brochure for bookstores, gifts shops and other potential sellers in my community. in your cover letter and inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere. SASE. /nor (New Ohio Review), English Dept., 360 Ellis Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, ohiou.edu/nor (8/8/07) |
| The Paris Review: Poetry, any length, from established and emerging writers/artists. Quarterly. Queries: not necessary; e-queries accepted. Submission formats: Hard copy. Response: 2-3 weeks for queries; 2- 4 months for submissions; SASE required. Payment: on publication. 541 E. 72nd St., New York, NY 10021. (212)-861-0016. E-mail: tpr@parisreview.com |
| Passages North: sponsored by Northern Michigan University since 1979. Published annually in a book format. Unsolicited manuscripts are read from September 1st through April 15th. Manuscripts double-spaced, poetry single-spaced. Submit up to six poems, one story or essay or up to three short-shorts. Include a brief cover letter with contact information: address, phone and/or e-mail. Simultaneous submissions are fine but notify immediately if accepted elsewhere. Pays two copies. $13 one year subscription. Samples $3-$7. Website: http://myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/guidelines.htm. Passages North, Department of English, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855 |
| Pearl: www.pearlmag.com. Pearl appears twice a year. Send previously unpublished poetry, fiction, black and white artwork, September-May only to: 3030 East Second Street, Long Beach, CA 90803. SASE. Annual Pearl Poetry Prize. Editors: Joan Jobe Smith, Marilyn Johnson, Barbara Hauk. |
| Pedestal Magazine is a literary magazine accepting work from new and established writers. Open to variety of poetry from “traditional to highly experimental.” Pays $30-$60 per poem. Submission Guidelines: www.thepedestalmagazine.com/Submit1.asp |
| Phoebe: A Journal of Literary Arts: MSN 2D6, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 gmu.edu/pubs/phoebe/aboutus.html (703) 993-2915, phoebe@gmu.edu Poetry Editor: Heather Pollack. Faculty Advisor: Eric Pankey. Phoebe seeks quality writing, no formulaic writing or greeting card poetry. Read mission statement, order back issues. All poetry submissions must be typed. Send to Poetry Editor. Prides itself on supporting up-and-coming writers, whose style, form, voice, and subject matter demonstrates a vigorous appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers...We insist on openness ... we welcome both experimental and conventional prose and poetry, ... we insist on being entertained ... the work must capture and hold our attention, whether it be potent language ... poem or ... narrative mechanics ... short story. |
| 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: The Writer’s Center, Executive Eds., Jody Bolz, Rick Cannon, E. Ethelbert Miller, 4508 Walsh St.. Bethesda, MD 20815-6606. SASE required. Simultaneous submissions accepted. |
| Poetry 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. 303-255-3703. Joseph Parisi, editor. Description: Literary journal of poetry, by poets famous and new. Details: any length; $2/line. Hard copy; response: 4 months; SASE required. Freelance content: 100%. Payment: on publication. |
| Poetry and Prose Annual: Sandra Claire Foushee, PO Box 1175, Seaside OR 97138, 200 lines maximum. First page of each poem must include line count, name, address, phone number. Name on all pages. Brief bio. Free or formal. Simultaneous submissions accepted if notified should poem be accepted elsewhere. Payment: 2 copies. Copyrighted, reverts to author. www.poetryproseannual.com. |
| 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 Depth Quarterly: published quarterly, 35 to 60 pages of poetry and art. Submissions by mail or email. Cover letter required with 3 to 10 line biography. Payment one copy. All poems should be presented as you would like them on the page. Poems of any length considered but because of page size, only 52 characters, including spaces, will fit on a line. No simultaneous submissions. Name and address on each page. SASE. Send to G. Elton Warrick, Publisher, 5836 North Haven Drive, North Highlands, CA 95660 USA. Email submissions, include your legal name and address, to poetdpth@aol.com. Do not send poetry as an attachment. Website, www.poetrydepthquarterly.com includes the insights, considerations for acceptance of the editor, Joyce Odum. Highlights are: choice can be subjective; poem that works, all its parts fit and belong; it is careful and self-respectful of how it is put together in all its aspects, see website for details; equal care is given to its visual effect on the page; overall balance of the poem; and one I recognize when I see it. |
| 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: intention to publish best writing available both from the beginning and established writers. Poetry submissions: prefers 5-7 poems. Margins at least 1 inch. Name on each page of submission. SASE with adequate postage. DOES NOT READ SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS. 3-4 months for a reply. Must receive between September 1st and May 1st. No previously published work includes web publications. Encourages you to read magazine before submitting. Prairie Schooner, 201 Andrews Hall, PO Box 88034, Lincoln, NE 68588-0334, prairieschooner.unl.edu Attn: Editor (Editor-in-Chief as of 8/8/07 Hilda Raz). |
| Quarterly West: Poetry, innovative; up to 5 pages; payment varies. Queries not necessary. Response: 3- 6 months for submissions; SASE. Freelance content: 75%. Payment: On publication. University of Utah, 200 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 317, Salt Lake, City UT 84112. (801-581-3938) |
| Rattle: www.rattle.com/submissions.htm. Rattle features poetry, translations, reviews, essays and interviews. We tend to like shorter poems, 38 lines, including your name, title and blank lines, and a maximum width of 65. But we look at everything. Try to send several poems as opposed to a single piece. Required information: Name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address if possible. In addition, send a short bio of the author. Your bio should tell us what interests you and why you spend hours writing poetry. Via e-mail, do not use attachments. Via hardcopy, send required information with cover letter and SASE to: Rattle, 12411 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604. After seeing library samples, each issue is unique. Recent issues included special sections on Vietnamese poets, Italian poets, twenty minute poems, and writers from abroad. |
| The Rejected Quarterly for fine literature that has been rejected at least five times. Along with fiction submissions, you MUST include at least five rejections. Poetry is welcome and rejection slips are strongly recommended. At the current time, the quarterly is only looking for rejection-related poems. Rejection slips optional. Usually uses one to two poems per issue. No simultaneous submissions. The following issues, Winter/Spring 2004, Summer/Fall 2005 and Winter/Spring 2005, which I examined in late January 2006, included: The Art of Rejection, Schlagel Press Strategy, Words from the Weiss, Interviews, Book Reviews, Rejection Selections, Rejection-Related Poetry and The Best Darn Rejected Literature Available Anywhere, Rating the Rejectors (Hack Writers, Adequate Authors, Respectable Writers), EZ Rejection Form Letter for Writers: Literary Mag Version. Note: in these issues poetry and art are addressed in some of the articles, but the literature included was fiction. Send submissions to BPP, The Rejected Quarterly, P.O. Box 1351, Cobb, CA 95426. For your information: email: bplankton@juno.com Editors: Daniel Weiss, Jeff Ludecke. |
| Rhino: award-winning, proudly independent journal, seeks submissions for 2004 issue. Editors like adventurous work in love with language. We publish the deservedly famous and temporarily obscure. Editors’ prizes, no entry fee. Send 3-5 poems with SASE by October 1. Rhino, P O Box 591, Evanston, IL 60204. www.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. Suggest potential contributors look at poems in website’s poetry links. Accepts traditional and experimental poetry on “recovery” as defined here. Poems should have textured, evocative images, use language with an awareness of how words sound and mean and have a definite voice, remembering that Shakespeare said a poet “gives to airy nothings, a local habitation and a name.” Also welome “found” poetry. As of 2/3/08, reading for Spring 2008 issue. Submit work by email only to vpvnchon@settlenow.com Word or Word Perfect are both acceptable. They make an effort to publish four times a year–In January, April, July and September. No more than three poems. Poetry Editor, Joel Deutsch. |
| Rosebud: Many Wisconsinites are very familiar with this magazine but explore the website for submission details, rsbd.net/Submissions.htm. Poetry editor, John Smelcer. Submit 3-5 one page poems. “Present a unique convincing world by means of fresh and exact imagery...interesting use of syntax.” P O Box 671236 Chugiak, AK 99567. No electronic submissions. SASE. Reports in a few weeks. William Stafford Award for Poetry, deadline, May 31, 2008, postmark deadline. Details on website. Cool Plums, brand new website that has monthly themes, literary contests and stimulating features. Top 10 reader entries posted on 7th of following month and every four months the best of the best will be printed in a “Cool Plums” section of Rosebud. Check it out. www.CoolPlums.com. |
| Seattle Review. Submissions accepted between October 1st and May 31st. Read a copy first. Issues in special collections UW-Madison show featured poet with photo, bio and poems. Mail poems to Poetry Editor, Linden Ontjes (2/07), Padelford Hall, Box 354330, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4330. No simultaneous submissions. No previously published poems. 5 poems max. SASE. For long range planners, there is no 2007 Carolyn Kizer Poetry Award, Judge for 2008 Award is Phil Levine, submissions postmarked between January 1, 2008 and March 31, 2008, $15 per entry (up to 3 poems, max 6 pgs) See seattlereview.org. |
| Sensations Magazine: David Messineo, P.O.Box 90, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028. This magazine is worth exploring. They outline topics for next several years in hard copies magazines (not on website at time column prepared). (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Library Special Collections). Mission Statement Excerpt (see website) “Sensations Magazine offers ... full-year annual subscribers opportunity: for publication ... critical feedback ... poetry and fiction; for challenging themselves by writing new material on themes we provide; for learning about American history ... research retreats ... events ... offerings ... poetry, music, dance ...” Poetry Submissions Fall 2005 Poetry Contest: “The 2004 Presidential Election: One Year Later First Place: $20 +1 Free Supplement; Second Place: $10 + 1 Free Supplement. Postmark Deadline: Saturday, October 1, 2005. Got something to say about the 2004 Presidential election? Here’s your chance to share it with the world. Bush, Kerry, the other candidates, the election process, the mood and feel of the country one year later—all are fair game, provided you tackle them in riveting poetry. The Fall 2005 “Election” Supplement will be something new: first of several Sensations Magazine seasonal supplements (not full issues). Only 10-15 poems selected for publication, may be more than one poem per page. Bios not included. See sensationsmag.com/submitpoetry.htm for contest rules, fees, requirements. Fees can be provided for if financial hardship. |
| Simply Words: a computer generated (?) publication that is especially encouraging to poets who are trying to get their work published for the first time. The publication also includes a column in each issue discussing a poetic form. There is a print edition or you can submit it for their website. There is no fee for children’s submissions. Guidelines and submission details are listed at the website. Four, eight and ten line poems are especially needed. Editor Ruth Niehaus asks that the poem not be wider than half a sheet of paper. geocities.com/simplywordspoetry. |
| Slipstream: www.slipstreampress.org/index.html. Submissions of poetry, short fiction and black and white photography or artwork are welcome throughout the year. Simultaneous submissions and previously published works are acceptable with acknowledgements. Slipstream occasionally releases theme issues. Currently they are reading submissions for a general issue. Slipstream, Dept. W-1, P.O.Box 2071, Niagara Falls, New York 14301. Subscriptions include two magazine issues plus two most recent chapbooks. Annual Chapbook Contest. Editors: Robert Borgatti, Livio Farallo, Dan Sicolli. |
| Sow's Ear Poetry Review: 355 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Donalds, SC 29638-9115. Quarterly. $5/issue. Errol Hess, managing editor, errol@kitenet.net. Description: Includes poetry and artwork. Contemporary poetry; any style or length; up to 5 poems. Art to complement poetry; B&W prints, drawings. Queries not necessary. Unsolicited mss: accepts. Submission formats: Hard copy. Response 3-6 months for submissions; SASE required. Freelance content: 100%. Rights: FNASR. Payment: In copies. |
| Square Lake seeks fresh, authentic poems. See website for guidelines: www.squarelake.com before submitting, or send SASE for a copy of them. Enclose $7 for copy of most recent issue. Mail submissions to Poetry Editor, Square Lake, 6041 Palatine Ave, N, Seattle, WA 98103. |
| Stepping Stones Magazine: for new and established writers, is an electronic journal created as a PDF. This 40-page collection, published four times per year, includes poetry, short fiction, articles, color photos, and drawings to complement the text. Diverse poetry is needed: up to 100 lines, as diverse as the writers themselves, but no poems saying I am a poem, publish me or poems promoting intolerance will be accepted. Send no more than 5 poems to poetry. See website for direct link to manuscript format information: firststeppressonline.bravehost.com/guidelines.html. The editors recognize that not everyone has a computer; poems under 20 lines can be sent handwritten with an SASE to First Step Press. Post Office Box 902, Norristown, PA 19404-0902. No need for SASE with electronic submission. No payment, but they offer free advertising space for those wishing to promote their website, book or other literary venture. |
| The Storyteller: describes itself as one of the few magazines whose main goal is to help new writers see their work in print, and on to the pages of larger paying markets. Published in March, June, September and December, the 72 page magazine is saddle stapled with a glossy cover. This family magazine accepts poetry, fiction, non-fiction and essays but does not accept pornography, erotica, graphic horror, language or violence or anything deemed biased. Poetry up to 40 lines is accepted. Send only 3 poems per submission. The magazine is open to all new writers but also wants to encourage young writers. Editor: Regina Cook Williams. freewebs.com/fossilcreek/storyteller.html. |
Limited Information at this time. New Magazine in Wisconsin, began Spring 2006: Straylight: Will consider poetry of almost any style as long as it is inventive. Submit 3 to 6 poems or stories preferably between 1500 and 3000 words. Read submissions from August 15th to May 15th. Material received at other times, returned unread. Send poems to Poetry Editor, Fiction to Fiction Editor, at: Straylight, English Department, University of WisconsinParkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI 53141. No electronic submissions. For guidelines and format check straylightontheweb.net/ (Wasn’t able to view a sample by 11/06). |
| Tar River Poetry publishes both well-established and emerging writers. Just celebrated 25th year, special anniversary issue. Since Writer’s Digest said they were one of the top 50 poetry markets, they get 100-200 poems a week and have room to publish 30 to 40 per issue and print two issues a year. Competition is so fierce, they say your best work has the best chance. Send no more than five poems. Name and address on every poem. Poems longer than a page should be stapled and stanza break or no stanza break should be typed at the bottom of each page. No simultaneous submissions. SASE. Reports in 6 to 8 weeks. No editors in summer. MS submitted between May 1 and August 31 returned unread. Tar River Poetry, Department of English, General Classroom Building, East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353. http://personal.ecu.edu/makuckp/submissions.htm |
| Terminus: A Journal of Arts and Literature: Seeks fiction, nonfiction, art, poetry. "Terminus published the best writing and art nationwide including a CD of writers reading their work in each issue." 3963 Wolcott Cir., Atlanta, GA 30340. E-mail: terminus@altavista.com. |
| The Threepenny Review: Quarterly magazine with a political flavor. Accepts poems of any length and style. Pays up to $100 per poem plus one year’s free subscription. Submission Guidelines: www.threepennyreview.com/submissions.html |
| Tiferet Magazine seeks high-quality poetry that reveals the spiritual within the physical world. Black and white and color photographs accepted. Send cover letter with bio, manuscript, and SASE to: P O Box 659, Peapack, NJ 07077-0659 or e-mail to editors@tiferetmagazine.com |
| Tributaries: a journal of nature writing, an annual publication of Cuyahoga Valley Nature Writers in partnership with Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association. Poems should address some aspect of nature or humans in relation to the natural world. Submit in plain 12-point font, single-spaced and on one side. Include your name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address and the titles of your work at the top of the first page of each work. Identify simultaneous submissions. SASE with $5 reading fee, checks payable to Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association, write Tributaries on the memo line. Tributaries c/o CVNPA, 1403 Hines Hill Road, Peninsula, Ohio 44264. Writers notified in October. www.cvnpa.org. |
| Waterways: published and edited for 27 years by Richard Spiegel and Barbara Fisher. 2008-2009 deadlines and themes: “Bright with Animals” No. 1 (May 14th, 2008): Let my words be bright with animals Joe Bruchac excerpt from Prayer pub. in On Turtle’s Back (White Pine Press). No. 2 (June 14, 2008) Hoping to fly like birds, But utterly exhausted, One can only watch the twilight pass away. Phan Thuan excerpt from American Moon (trans. Ai-Jen Lin Chao). SASE with submissions. More details for themes and deadlines for at tenpennyplayers.org/mags.html. |
| WestWard Quarterly: the Magazine of Family Reading has its roots in earlier magazines going back over 40 years with other names but continues to try to present the best work of upbeat poets and writers material that is reflective, inspiring, uplifting, encouraging and humorous. Some difficult issues have to be addressed and poetry has a role to play which it can do by giving us hope. All styles of poetry accepted but editors look for good imagery and grammar and a fresh outlook. If metrical, they look for consistent scansion or “beat.” If free verse, the look for some kind of rhythm, flow, and harmony that makes a poem differ from prose. Can read some of Shirley Anne Leonard, editor’s poems at members.aol.com/ wwquarterly/ “Writer’s Workbench” features helpful hints for better writing. |
| 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): Joan Fischer, Editor, 1922 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705. Include SASE. Reporting Time: 8–10 weeks. No simultaneous submissions. Subjects: culture, Wisconsin. |
| Yale Review Yale University, P. O. Box 208243, New Haven CT 06520. 203-432-0499. Quarterly. J.D. McClatchy, editor. Description: Serious poetry; payment varies. Hard copy. Response: 2 months; SASE required. Freelance content: 30%. Rights: First serial. Payment: on publication. |