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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 If you discover outdated information, please let us know through our comments section.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

Ploughshares

Posted on October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 by Every Writer
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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Plume

Posted on April 22, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Publishing the best national and international poetry: recent authors include Alicia Ostriker, Amy Gerstler, Stuart Dybek, Carl Dennis, Denise Duhamel, Terese Svoboda, G.C. Waldrep,
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Poetry Pacific

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Every Writer
Poetry Pacific functions to publish and promote the 'best contemporary poetry in English' it can find.
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Polyphony H.S.

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
polyphony-11cover2Website http://www.polyphonyhs.com From the Editor We are an international student-run literary magazine for high school writers and editors. We have an editorial panel of some 150 high school students
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Popshot Magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published bi-annually, releasing a new issue every April and October.
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Posit

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Posit is an online journal which publishes four issues per year of poetry, prose, and visual art. We feature a dynamic, accomplished, sophisticated work that may be eclectic in style
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Postcard Poems and Prose

Postcard Poems and Prose

Posted on October 31, 2017December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Who are we: Postcard Poems and Prose Imagine a painter, photographer, novelist, and poet all running willy-nilly and meeting full-speed. That collision is Postcard Poems and Prose .
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Power Cut

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Delve into the seedy badlands of 20th century pop culture with the devil’s music, books, and films. Power Cut is an innovative new bi-annual literary magazine
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Prism Review

Posted on May 2, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
We hope to read your very best - and more than that we're excited to read it, and we want more, we hope for more, we quietly plead for/demand more
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Protean Magazine

Posted on November 30, 2023December 1, 2023 by Every Writer
Protean Magazine is a non-profit leftist publication that produces an annual print magazine and publishes online content year-round.
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Psychopomp Magazine

Posted on May 3, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
The Psychopomp Magazine staff is committed to publishing original fiction that dares to redefine traditional storytelling and genre borders. While we like stories
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Purple Stallion Review

Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Every Writer
  • Website: https://www.purplestallionreview.org
  • Print magazine: Yes (annual publication)
  • Submissions: Accepts poetry submissions of all kinds. Poems should be the author's original work (no AI-generated content). Poets may submit up to 5 poems at a time for consideration, once per issue.
  • Other information: The 2025 issue is scheduled for publication in January 2026. Contributors receive a free copy of the magazine but no monetary payment. Supporters can donate through Patreon (patreon.com/PurpleStallionReview); Gold donors receive a free copy, while Platinum donors receive a copy and editorial feedback on one poem. Response time is 3-6 months.
  • Genres: Poetry only (with flexibility on form)
  • Publication frequency: Annual
  • Founded: 2025
  • Editor: Cecelia Verdum
  • Contact: Email: purplestallionreveiw@gmail.com
  • Social Media: Twitter/X: https://x.com/PurpleStallionR
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purplestallionreview
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Radar Poetry

Posted on May 3, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
Radar Poetry is an electronic journal published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. We publish poems from both established and emerging writers and welcome international submissions.
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Rattle

Posted on May 11, 2023May 12, 2023 by Every Writer
Rattle’s mission is to promote the practice of poetry. We feel that poetry lost its way in the 20th century, becoming so obscure and esoteric that mainstream readers have forgotten how moving language alone can be
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Ripple Lit

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Every Writer
Ripple Lit is an online literary magazine creating conversation around the environment. In each issue we publish artistic responses to climate change
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RipRap Journal

Posted on May 4, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Welcome to RipRap, a literary journal designed and produced annually by students in the Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing program at California State University Long Beach (CSULB).
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RockPaperPoem

Posted on December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 by Every Writer
RockPaperPoem presents a uniquely blended mix of poetry. We're grounded in imagery, emotion and humanity, but we also showcase varied
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Room Magazine

Posted on April 3, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Canada's oldest literary journal by and about women. Room is a space where women can speak, connect, and showcase their creativity. Each quarter we publish
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Rowayat

Posted on May 3, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Rowayat is a literary journal emerging from Egypt. We feature writers living in Egypt, or have lived in Egypt in the past.
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Ruminate

Posted on May 2, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
RUMINATE is a quarterly magazine of short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art that resonate with the complexity and truth of the Christian faith. Each
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Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art

Posted on May 2, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Published by the students of the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of South Florida, Saw Palm captures the unique experience of Florida life
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Scarlet Leaf Review

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Mission: to find a niche in the rich literary world and once we have done that to let the writers and artists, either old or young, have their say; to promote various
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Segullah

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
"Segullah is a literary journal and blog designed to encourage literary and artistic talent, provoke thought and promote greater understanding and faith
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Sequestrum

Sequestrum

Posted on April 21, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded by graduates of Iowa's major creative writing programs—Iowa State University and the prestigious University of Iowa—Sequestrum has faithfully published award-winning writers and new voices alike for our 1,000+ monthly readership
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Silent Auctions

Posted on July 3, 2019August 15, 2019 by Every Writer
Silent Auctions is an online magazine with an emphasis on atmosphere, authenticity, and experimentation. We celebrate and encourage unconventional prose, fiction, and poetry. We publish cartoons and comics because we believe they deserve a more respected role in the literary
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Silver Apples Magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Silver Apples Magazine is a new Irish e-zine founded by friends and long-time collaborators Alex Dunne and Gráinne O’Brien
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Sixth Finch

Posted on November 7, 2011December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
We are committed to bringing the best in contemporary art and poetry to our readers at no cost. Poems from Sixth Finch have appeared in The Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize.
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Sky Island Journal

Sky Island Journal

Posted on April 27, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
Sky Island Journal is an independent, free-access, online literary journal with an international reach; we are dedicated to discovering, curating, and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. Your best writing deserves an
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Slightly Foxed

Posted on May 2, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
In case you haven't come across it, Slightly Foxed is a rather different kind of book review ? more like a bookish friend, really, than a literary periodical. Companionable and unstuffy, each
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Small World City

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Every Writer
Small World City is a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based online literary magazine looking for speculative stories—in the very different forms they take. We are looking
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So to Speak

So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and arts

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
We are a literary journal that seeks submissions from diverse perspectives and backgrounds that focus on intersectional feminism.We look for work that addresses issues
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SoFloPoJo- South Florida Poertry Journal

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
We publish quarterly - poetry from all over the world- living in or writing about Florida is NOT a requirement. We want lyrical, mystical, magical, whimsical, finely crafted poems, pantoums and villanelles, prose-poems, "voices from the fierce, intangible world".
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SORTES

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
SORTES is a spinning collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations to help while away the wintery June nights. It’s an oddball grabbag wunderkammer mixtape offering distraction a
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Soundings East

Posted on May 5, 2023May 9, 2023 by Every Writer
Soundings East is the literary journal of Salem State University, published annually with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts
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Southern Writers Magazine

Posted on September 19, 2015July 5, 2017 by Every Writer
We promote and highlight authors and their books. Since inception we have promoted over 850 authors. We let writers and readers come behind the scenes of successful
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Spadina Literary Review

Posted on November 26, 2017November 26, 2017 by Every Writer
Spadina Literary Review is an online literary magazine based in Toronto, Canada, with an international readership. The magazine was launched in 2011 and after a few years of irregular appearances is now publishing every two months.
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Spark: A Creative Anthology

Posted on December 27, 2012December 16, 2023 by Brian Lewis
Our goal was to establish a high-quality, paying market where emerging authors and gain professional experience being published alongside known and respected writers.
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Spectrum Magazine

Posted on December 5, 2013December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Spectrum Magazine was launched in 2013 by Mercedes Lucero and founded on the belief that everyone has the ability to bring something lovely
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Speculative 66

Posted on April 10, 2017November 12, 2017 by Every Writer
Born September 6th, 2016, Speculative 66 is a (mostly) monthly journal of 66-word stories and poems from the speculative realm. We feature science fiction
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Spoke Journal

Posted on May 29, 2012December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Spoke is a literary, art, and audio publication cultivating an outlet for original and finely crafted ideas. Art originates in process, the interaction between ideas and environment. What is this environment, this place? What is its art, its identity?
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Spray Paint Magazine

Posted on May 3, 2024April 27, 2025 by richard
Spray Paint Magazine is an independent online literary magazine aiming at giving artists a voice. It was established in early 2022
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Spry Literary Journal

Posted on September 9, 2012December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
We envision Spry as a literary journal that features undiscovered and established writers' concise, experimental, hybrid, modern, vintage or just plain vulnerable writing. We see this as a place
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Stanza Cannon

Posted on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 by Every Writer
As a free-to-submit, free-to-listen literary quarterly dedicated solely to audio submissions, Stanza Cannon enhances humanity’s age-old tradition of oral poetry
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Steel Toe Review

Posted on April 29, 2012July 30, 2013 by Every Writer
STR has been around for about a year and a half. We publish an issue online about every other month. We recently printed an anthology featuring the best pieces from our first year online,
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Still Point Arts Quarterly

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Every Writer
Still Point Arts Quarterly is a truly beautiful and engaging art and literary journal. It was founded in 2011 by Shanti Arts, a press based in Brunswick, Maine, that also publishes books and is dedicated to honoring the timeless connections among nature, art, and spirit.
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Stinkwaves Magazine

Posted on April 5, 2014November 12, 2017 by stinkwavesmagazine@hotmail.com
looking for YA/middle-grade fiction, poetry, illustrations
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Straight Forward: A Poetry Journal

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Every Writer
Poetry: There are no restrictions on length or form, but we are looking for poetry that is clear and honest. We will consider previously published writing as along as the earlier publication information is provided at the time of submission. Essays and Blogs: In addition to poetry we will also consider guest blog entries and academic essays about poetry. There is no deadline for these submissions and accepted pieces may appear at any time. Photography: We would like to expand the look of our journal, so please submit your best scenic photos that can be used as headers and on various pages.
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Streetcake

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Every Writer
We publish experimental poetry and short fiction every 3 months. We like work with an experimental bent and do not generally publish more traditional forms.
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Streetlight Magazine

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Every Writer
Streetlight is an online, non-profit magazine dedicated to publishing new and noteworthy works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art. The magazine began life as an annual print publication featuring works from central Virginia
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STRIKE Magazine

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Every Writer
STRIKE Magazine is a completely independent, community supported, working class political art and culture magazine in South Texas.
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