Poetry Magazines

Poetry Magazine Listings

Discover Nearly 700 Poetry Publication Opportunities

Welcome to our comprehensive directory of poetry magazines accepting submissions. For over a decade, we’ve curated this collection to connect poets with publishing opportunities across the literary landscape.

Our listings feature both prestigious established publications and promising newcomers to the poetry scene. From award-winning journals to emerging digital platforms, these magazines represent diverse voices and styles in contemporary poetry.

Please note: While we update these listings regularly, the publishing world is constantly changing. Always check the magazine’s current guidelines before submitting your work. If you discover outdated information, please let us know through our comments section. Based on your feedback, we’ll either update or remove the listing.

Poetry magazines serve as vital channels for literary expression and discovery. They provide both emerging and established poets with platforms to share their work while offering readers access to fresh, compelling voices.

Ready to submit your poetry? Browse our collection of nearly 700 publications below to find the perfect home for your work.

For questions about specific listings or to provide updates, please visit our Talk to the Editor page.

Best of luck with your submissions!

Poetry Magazines

James Dickey Review

James Dickey Review

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Though attempting to maintain an artistic and intellectual connection to the work of James Dickey, the  James Dickey Review accepts all manner of poetry, nonfiction, scholarly articles, and book reviews. The journal is published twice yearly, is assigned International Standard
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Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press)

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Matter Press is a community-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) literary press that publishes an online literary journal (The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts), manages a compressed prose and poetry chapbook contest, and supports a regular reading series. Matter Press offers internships to Rosemont College MFA in Creative Writing & M.A. in Publishing alums and degree-candidates as submission readers, literary editors, and publication designers. Matter Press focuses on supporting emerging and established authors working with condensed forms of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual arts.
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L’Allure des Mots

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Love, desire, sex, hate, death, life, and the search for beauty. These most basic components of the human experience are what unite the works of the talented authors, fashion photographers, and artists we feature.
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Lilomul

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Lilomul
  • Website: https://lilomuljournal.wixsite.com/home
  • Print magazine: No (online publication with monthly updates)
  • Submissions: Seeks experimental poetry, lyric essays, fragmented fiction, diaristic work, photo essays, and hybrid forms. Prioritizes work addressing transformation, decay, displacement, intimacy, silence, and rebirth. Especially welcomes voices from marginalized communities—queer, trans, neurodivergent, disabled, working-class creators and survivors of abuse. Looking for emotionally urgent work that resists traditional categorization. 
  • Other information: Literary and art journal founded on principles of radical softness and created for those who feel disjointed from traditional literary spaces. No payment offered. Response time is approximately 14 days.
  • Genres: Experimental Poetry, Lyric Essays, Fragmented Fiction, Photo Essays, Hybrid Forms
  • Publication frequency: Website is updated monthly; themed issues published periodically
  • Founded: 2025
  • Editors: Tendai Nombulelo Mushaike
  • Contact: lilomuljournal@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576334217977
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Lines + Stars

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Lines + Stars began as a means of establishing a new creative forum in Washington, D.C., a city that all-too-often coasts solely on its more mechanistic pursuits. While many of our contributors hail from the D.C. area, we've also expanded our writer-base to include national and international voices.
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Lucky Jefferson

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Lucky Jefferson is an award-winning literary journal that generates interactive conversations around poetry and art by reforming the way journals are produced and shared with readers. Lucky Jefferson is proud to feature poets who have never been published, marginalized perspectives, and those who sought to pursue poetry later in life.
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Mississippi Review

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Mississippi Review
  • Website: https://www.mississippi-review.com/
  • Print magazine: Yes (two issues per year)
  • Submissions: Seeks Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Submissions for issue 53.3 open May 15-June 30, with particular interest in nature-themed pieces. Annual contest awards prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Submissions preferred through Submittable, though mail submissions are accepted with $3.00 fee per submission.
  • Other information: Founded by Gordon Weaver in 1972 at the University of Southern Mississippi. Frederick Barthelme took over as editor in 1977. Housed in the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers. Contest winners and finalists make up the summer issue. All contest submitters receive a copy of the summer issue.
  • Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Publication frequency: Biannual (Winter and Summer issues)
  • Founded: 1972
  • Editors: Not specified in provided information
  • Contact: Address for mail submissions: Mississippi Review, 118 College Drive #5144, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0001
  • Social media: Not specified in provided information
  • Contest information: Mississippi Review Prize opens in August annually. Awards $1,000 prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry.
Upcoming issue: Mississippi Review 53.3 will be published Winter 2026
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MoonLit Getaway

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MoonLit Getaway
  • Website: https://www.moonlitgetaway.com/
  • Print magazine: Yes (Annual anthology "Harvest Moon" published each fall; online content updated every two weeks)
  • Submissions: Seeks artwork, fiction, and poetry that enraptures readers with excitement, wonder, and intrigue. All genres accepted. Accepts submissions from new, emerging, and established creators worldwide. Currently free to submit. Simultaneous and previously published submissions accepted (though previously published works only considered for online publication, not anthology).
  • Other information: Multi-genre literary journal founded by Brandon Nadeau. Publishes online content every two weeks with annual print anthology. First issue of "Harvest Moon" scheduled for release September 23, 2025. Does not accept AI-generated content.
  • Genres: All genres of fiction, poetry, and artwork
  • Publication frequency: Online content published biweekly; print anthology annually in fall
  • Founded: 2025 (appears to be recently established)
  • Editors: Brandon Nadeau (Executive Editor), Alex E. Harrison (Fiction Editor), Olive Scott (Poetry Editor), Jacinta Manna (Associate Poetry Editor), Jace DeAngelo (Content Editor)
  • Contact: Not specified in provided information
  • Social media: Not specifically listed, but mentions to follow their social media for updates
  • Submission guidelines:
    • Artwork: Any medium, 300 dpi resolution, .jpg/.jpeg/.png format (max 10MB), include title, medium, dimensions, and 150-word artist statement
    • Fiction: One story up to 2500 words, .docx or PDF format, Times New Roman font, double-spaced
    • Poetry: Up to 8 poems in a single document, .docx or PDF format
Compensation: Contributors published in anthology receive a physical contributor copy
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n+1

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Writers interested in contributing to n+1 should note that we come out only three times each year, and that most if not all of the slots available for a given issue will have been filled by the editors many months before publication. That said, if you would like to brave the odds, the best submissions guidelines are those implied by the magazine itself. Read an issue or two through to get a sense of whether your piece might fit into n+1.
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Neologism Poetry Journal

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Neologism Poetry Journal was founded in search of new horizons of poetic language, or at minimum ways to feel something new from old words and poetic forms. It is an online journal with one editor, published monthly, with 20 poems per issue. Upcoming and established poets alike are welcome.
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Novus Literary Journal

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Novus Literary Journal
  • Website: https://novusliterary.com
  • Print magazine: Yes (Annual Fall Print Edition); Digital editions published in Spring
  • Submissions: Seeks literary works with fresh and innovative approaches - fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and plays (digital editions only). Voice-driven pieces preferred. No genre writing accepted. Submissions for Spring Digital Editions open late January (published May); Fall Print Edition submissions open September (published late November/early December).
  • Other information: Literary journal housed at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Publishes work from national and international writers alongside undergraduate student work. Name "Novus" means "new" in Latin, reflecting their focus on fresh, novel perspectives. No mention of payment offered.
  • Genres: Literary Fiction, Creative Nonfiction/Memoir, Poetry, Plays (digital editions only), Visual Art
  • Publication frequency: Biannual - Spring Digital Editions and Fall Print Edition
  • Founded: Unknown (succeeds previous journal "Lyre of the Phoenix")
  • Editors: Sandee Gertz (Managing Editor), Libby Knight (Assistant Managing Editor), with student editors including Sara Magana, Shelby Rogers, and Cristian Dunn
  • Contact: novus@cumberland.edu
  • Social media: Not specified in provided information
  • Submission guidelines:
    • All submissions in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced
    • Poetry: Up to 6 poems in one Word document
    • Prose: 1-2 pieces, 4,000-6,000 words (up to 10,000 for digital editions)
    • Include brief bio with submission
    • Submit via Submittable
    • Unpublished work only; simultaneous submissions accepted
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Otis Nebula

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Otis Nebula is a digital literary magazine currently in its tenth year. It publishes incandescent, substantial work that operates on its own terms. The focus is on poetry, though the editors are always on the lookout for brazen short fiction, crispy creative non-fiction, rocking reviews
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Painted Bride Quarterly

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Painted Bride Quarterly, established in Philadelphia in 1973, is one of the country’s longest running literary magazines. PBQ is a community-based, independent, non-profit literary magazine published quarterly online and annually in print, making it accessible to a broad and diverse audience.
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Ploughshares

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Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Our award-winning literary journal is published four times a year; our lively literary blog publishes new writing daily. Since 1989, we have been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston
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