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Submission tips and places to send your work.

Judith Zukerman's final message as Markets columnist for the Museletter is below. Please let president Lester Smith know if you are interested in taking over the position. Checking the listings on this page for updates on a quarterly basis is a must, and describing the journal's editorial style in your own words would be more instructive than merely reiterating the website guidelines. Due to frequent changes and obsolescence, until further notice the listings below will include only the link to the website (if one exists), so that guidelines and current editorial tastes may be obtained from the horse's mouth. Please send corrections, updates, or market info to the webmaster.

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Submission / Inspiration Tips:

     Michael Kriesel said, “Persistence and revision." He has a thick folder with submissions at all times. "Grow as a person. 99% sweat and persistence like licking stamps.”
     Robin Chapman said, “1) read the journal you are submitting to, to see what they publish. 2) Remember most publish 1% of submissions.”
     Judy Kolosso said, "When you get a rejection, just send it right out again."
     F.J. Bergmann emphasized, "Read contemporary poetry.”

Special Projects:

ECHOES GUIDELINES
Guidelines for submitting to the Spring-Summer 2009 Issue of Echoes: Deadline: March 31, 2009. Any poem with a length of one page or less will be considered for the Spring-Summer Issue 2009. Remember Echoes is a small hand-stitched publication and we won’t be able to accept many long poems. Submit up to three poems. We will disqualify an applicant if more than three (3) poems are sent. Enclose a SASE for a response. After we have made our selections, all copies will be carefully shredded. No previously published work will be accepted. No simultaneous submissions. On a cover sheet, please state your name, address, phone number and/or email address and the titles of the poems you are sending us. Your name must not appear on the same pages as the poems.
If your work is accepted, you will receive 2 copies of the issue containing your poetry. We do not accept submissions on-line.

Mail entries to:

Echoes Submission
Patt Clark
3600 S. 92nd Street
Milwaukee, WI 53228

Online Journals:

The Green Hills Literary Lantern: Now online only. ghll.truman.edu/
Pass Port Journal: Charles Ries, the poetry editor, reminds members to follow the guidelines carefully. passportjournal.org
postal poetry: Create ekphrastic poems for your own or others' images. postalpoetry.org/
Quill and Parchment: quillandparchment.com.
Rose and Thorn: Pays $5 each poem published. theroseandthornezine.com
Word Riot: part of a music site. Charles Ries, Milwaukee, is the poetry editor. “We reserve the right to edit works as we see fit.” wordriot.org.

Print Media

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:amoskeagjournal.com
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
Ascent: 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: 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
Beloit Poetry Journal: bpj.org
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: bitteroleander.com
Broken Bridge Review: No submissions until August 2009. brokenbridge.us
Burnside Review: E-mail submissions only. burnsidereview.org

ByLine Magazine: Journal is dead. Still running contests. bylinemag.com/

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.
Chelsea: Dead.
Cherry Blossom Review: Closed to submissions until May 2009. geocities.com/thecherryblossomreview/info.html
Chiron Review: geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/1748/chiron1.htm
The Cincinnati Review: cincinnatireview.com
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
Cornerstone Magazine: Dead.
Cutthroat, a journal of the arts: cutthroatmag.com
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: small sized hand-stitched publication; we won’t be able to accept many long poems. Submit up to three poems. We will disqualify an applicant if more than three(3) poems are sent. Enclose a SASE for a response. After we have made our selections, all copies will be carefully shredded. No previously published work will be accepted. No simultaneous submissions. Include your name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address. If your work is accepted, you will receive 2 copies of the issue containing your poetry. Mail entries to: Echoes Submission, Patt Clark, 3600 S. 92nd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53228.
Eureka Literary Magazine: eureka.edu/arts/literary/literary.htm
The Fourth River: Nature and Culture: fourthriver.chatham.edu/.
Free Lunch: Please limit submissions to three poems and submit only between September 1 and May 31. NOTE THAT FREE LUNCH RETAINS THE COPYRIGHT AND ALLOWS USE TO POET ONLY UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. poetsfreelunch.org
Free Verse: On hiatus until 2009.  marshrivereditions.com.
Full Circle: a Journal of Poetry: Dead.
Gettysburg Review: gettysburgreview.com
Gin Bender Poetry Review Dead.
Glimmer Train no longer publishes poetry.
The Grapevine Poetry Review: Dead.
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: heartlodge.org/
Hummingbird: published spring and fall. Submissions of original, unpublished short poems invited. 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.
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, Speculative poetry. samsdotpublishing.com/IllumenGL.htm
Irish Stew: 638 Eighth Street, Menasha, WI 54952. Editor, Joanne Flemming, lulutwigg@yahoo.com.
The Journal: 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 for Speculative Poetry: sff.net/people/roger-dutcher/#msp
Main Channel Voices: A Dam Fine Literary Magazine: mainchannelvoices.com/submissions.htm

Midwest Poetry Review: Dead.

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
NEWN: Dead.
/nor (New Ohio Review): ohiou.edu/nor
Orion Society no longer reviews unsolicited poetry submissions.
The Paris Review: parisreview.com/

Passages North: myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/index.html

Pearl: pearlmag.com

Pedestal Magazine: thepedestalmagazine.com/

Phoebe: phoebejournal.com/
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
Poetry and Prose Annual: 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: Dead.
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
Prime Times: is no longer accepting poetry submissions.
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/
Rosebud: rsbd.net/Submissions.htm
Seattle Review: seattlereview.org.
Sensations Magazine: sensationsmag.com
Simply Words: READING FEE FOR SUBMISSIONS. NOT RECOMMENDED. geocities.com/simplywordspoetry
Slipstream: slipstreampress.org/
Sow's Ear Poetry Review: sows-ear.kitenet.net/
Square Lake: NOT READING POETRY. squarelake.com
Stepping Stones Magazine: Dead.
The Storyteller: freewebs.com/fossilcreek/storyteller.html

Straylight: Inquire first; no recent updates. litspot.net/straylight/

Tampa Review: tampareview.ut.edu
Tar River Poetry: core.ecu.edu/engl/trp/
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/
TMP Irregular Dead.
Tributaries: Dead.
upstreet: website not working 11/08. upstreet-mag.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/
Yale Review: yale.edu/yalereview/guidelines