These journals / websites publish poetry of many kinds – rhymed and traditional verse, free form, video and audio poems, poem comics, as well as essays about poetry. Some also accept other genres, like fiction and CNF. A few of them accept themed work. Some magazines pay writers. Most, but not all, are open now.
The Road Not Taken
This is a journal of formal poetry. “We accept submissions all year. Submissions accumulate unread however until April, August and December respectively.” Details here.
The Passionfruit Review
“In addition to the schedule above (see guidelines), our general submissions are always open, always free, and always about love: the romantic, the familial, the platonic, the intimate, the lost, the young, the wretched. Above all, Passionfruit seeks to be a home for that which illuminates something of the human spirit – pieces that explore what love is (or isn’t, or might be), when we love, how we love, what we love, and why we love.
Our focus is on poetry, but there are no particular restrictions on genre, type, or style – we will consider poetry, prose, and visual art for each issue.” For general submissions, send up to 3 poems or up to 1,000 words of prose (including prose poems); the deadline is 30 Apri; 2026. They’re also accepting poetry chapbooks currently, for which they charge a submission fee. Details here and here.
.The Orchards Poetry Journal
“We are now OPEN for submissions for the Summer 2026 issue.” And, “While we encourage rhymed verse in traditional forms, we also accept finely wrought free verse.” Send up to 3 poems. The journal is released biannually, usually in July and December, in print and online. In each issue, two poems will be eligible for The Grantchester Award (there is no separate submission process). Prizes are $50 and $30. Details here.
Corpus Callosum Press: Plainsongs
Plainsongs is the poetry journal of Corpus Callosum Press. Submit up to 6 poems. The deadline is 15 May for the Fall 2026 issue. Details here.
(They also publish the Corpus Callosum Journal, which publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, short screenplays, photography, and visual art, and is currently closed.)
Ark Review
“Ark Review was founded in 2023 as a literary magazine to spread creative perspectives on ecological justice. We are an offshoot of the environmental nonprofit Everything Starts Small, or ESS.” They accept poems (up to 3, up to 30 lines each), fiction, nonfiction, and art. “Most importantly, the environment or an environmental topic should play a central role in your piece.” Submission for most work is via a form (see guidelines). Details here.
Rattle
This online and print poetry magazine has various sections – general submissions (send up to 4 poems), Poets Respond (where poets respond to a news story or public event from the previous week), Ekphrastic Challenge (a monthly challenge where poets respond to a specific visual prompt they post), Tributes (each tribute gathers poems from a specific ethnic, vocational, stylistic, or social group; the current theme is Tribute to Youth Poet Laureates, deadline end-September). They also accept work for Critique of the Week, for which there’s no payment. They also publish artwork (themed with cut-off dates, and unthemed). And, all free submissions are automatically considered for the annual Neil Postman Award for Metaphor, a $2,000 prize judged by the editors. They pay $100 for work published online, and $200 for print magazine submissions. Deadlines vary. Details here and here. (They’re also accepting work for the Rattle Poetry Prize, for which they charge a submission fee.)
Beloit Poetry Journal
This poetry journal accepts poems and translations of poems. “We’re open to a wide range of forms and styles in contemporary poetry. We’re always watching for new poets, quickened language, and work that offers a fresh purchase on the political or social landscape.” Their summer reading period is 1-31 January, and winter reading period is 1-31 July; they open for fee-free submissions on the 1st of these months, and close when their submission cap is reached. Details here. (They are currently open for a poetry contest, for which they charge a submission fee.)
Annulet
They read poetry (up to 5 poems), prose, annulets (“a short-form close reading of one poem or one prose passage that is scholarly in approach and convivial in delivery”), reviews, garlands (“literary-critical essays … whose focus is on one writer of poetry or prose who does not have a book or chapbook … published or under contract”), comments (“discussion of a timely topic in poetry and poetics, or in the literary world”), and other types of literary essays. Details here.
Muse-Pie Press: Three journals
Mud Pie Press publishes three online poetry journals, all of which are open now.
— Shot Glass Journal is “an on-line poetry journal devoted to short poetry. The journal focuses on both free verse and form poetry of 16 lines or less. Issues are posted at the end of the January, May and September.” Send up to 3 poems. The deadline is 30 April 2026. Details here, here, and here.
— The Fib Review is an online poetry journal that specializes in only one particular poetry form – the Fibonacci poem, a poetry form based on the structure of the Fibonacci number sequence. The deadline is 20 June 2026. Details here, here, and here.
— Bent Ear Review publishes Spoken Word Poetry. “Bent Ear Review is an online journal for Spoken Word Poetry. We accept submissions in both audio and video format such as MP3, WAV, WMA, MP4, MWV, AVI and FLV. All files should be submitted via a file share service. Muse-Pie Press prefers DropBox and TransferBigFiles services but will consider recordings submitted via any other verifiable file sharing service. … Poems submitted must be written and performed by the poet making the submission. Only original work that has not previously appeared online including YouTube and personal blogs will be accepted.” Submissions are open year-round. Details here and here.
Mslexia
They want work by women authors only. They publish poetry (on showcase themes – theme for the next issue is Gold; as well as eyeverse – a short poem accompanied by an illustration; and also, work for their Poet Laureate section – “Imagine you are the Poet Laureate whose task it is to respond poetically to news items and issues of topical importance.”) They also accept fiction, nonfiction, fun stuff, as well as pitches for interviews and articles. Deadlines are 8th June for the showcase themes, and 6th July 2026 for other inclusions in the next issue. Please note, they accept submissions for some sections from subscribers only. They pay a minimum of £30, see their submission policy and payment rates here. Details here.
Poet Lore
This is a biannual print journal of poetry, and their tagline is ‘America’s Oldest Poetry Journal’. They publish both established and emerging poets. They accept general poetry submissions (send up to 5 poems) as well as translation submissions. They pay $50 per poem, and the deadline for general poetry submissions is 31 May, and for translations, is it 30 June 2026. (They will also soon announce a special submission call by their guest editor Noor Hindi, a Palestinian-American poet.) Details here and here.
Frogpond
This journal is an official serial publication of the Haiku Society of America. They want English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay, and haibun, essays and articles on these forms, and book reviews. Details here.
Lost Pilot Press
This print poetry journal was launched in 2022; you can read about them here. They’re reading submissions for Issue 4. Send up to 4 poems. Please note, they cannot ship contributor copies outside of the US. Details here and here.
Poetry London
This journal accepts submissions of poems (send up to 6), as well as queries for reviews and interviews. They pay £35/poem, though appropriate adjustments may be made for very long poems. Review and interview fees are agreed upon in advance, and benchmarked at £50/1,000 words. General submissions are free. They’re also accepting submissions for contests currently, for which there are submission fees. Details here and here.
TheNewVerse.News
They publish “politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.” Send up to 3 poems. Details here.
Matter Press: The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
They read fiction, including fictional prose poems, and creative nonfiction, including creative nonfiction prose poetry. Submit works up to 600 words. They pay $50. The deadline is 15 June 2026. Details here and here.
Chantarelle’s Notebook
They accept poems (send 3 to 5 poems), as well as video poems and flash fiction. Details here.
Pulsebeat Poetry Journal
They want “poems with a strong musical element—a definite rhythm and accompanying melody usually generated by similarity of sounds.” They want poems full of music, using meter and rhyme or other means, previously unpublished. They want “Up to 5 poems, or 200 lines total length, natural words and word order. Theme should be the human condition, for a general literate audience. No restriction on language, within reason.” The deadline is 30 April 2026. Details here.
Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Their website says, “Lothlorien Poetry Journal is a literary journal featuring free verse/rhyming/experimental poetry, short stories, flash fiction, video poems and occasional interviews with poets. … Discover poems of enchantment, fantasy, fairy tale, folklore, dreams, dystopian, flora and fauna, magical realism, romance, and anything hiding deep in-between the cracks.” They accept poetry (up to 5), and also consider haiku, senyru and tanka (minimum 5 each, maximum 10), video poetry, and fiction. Details here.
boundby
This UK-based poetry journal is affiliated with Warwick University. They’re currently accepting work in three categories for Issue 5, to be published in July: open category; spotlight category: queer narratology; and extratext (CNF, lyric essays, reviews, and other writing about poetry). “We prioritise poems of 40 lines or less of text but reserve the possibility to publish longer poems in exceptional circumstances (never in excess of 3 pages of typed A4).” And, “Poetry in translation and non-English poetry are warmly welcomed.” Details here.
Star*Line
This is the official print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, established in 1978. It is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and also accepts short articles on topics related to science-fiction, fantasy, and horror speculative poetry. Send up to 5 poems. Pay is $0.05/word for poetry up to $25 and $0.03/word for articles. They also accept reviews and art. They accept submissions on an ongoing basis. Details here.
(Also see Eye to the Telescope, which publishes themed speculative poetry; watch for their upcoming theme and guidelines; details here.)
Ambidextrous Bloodhound Press: The Scarred Tree – Poetry on Moral Injury
Ambidextrous Bloodhound Press publishes a few literary journals, including Right Hand Pointing (short poetry and fiction), One Sentence Poems, First Frost (haiku and senryu), Unbroken (prose poetry), and Unlost (found poetry / found art), all of which are closed currently. They’re open for submissions for The Scarred Tree: Poetry on Moral Injury. They have detailed guidelines, including, “the experience of trauma, no matter how severe, does not necessarily (or even usually) lead to moral injury to the victim.
Moral injury occurs in two categories of circumstances.
In the first, an individual engages in an act that is a transgression of that person’s own moral code and which has serious, even grave consequences. Or, the individual fails to do something when their moral code demanded they act with, again, serious consequences.
In the second category, a person is morally injured by seeing others engage in bad, abusive, immoral behavior (with serious consequences). For example, combat military may have seen their colleagues or their superiors do egregious things.
In any case, moral injury occurs when the trauma causes a loss of faith or trust, or even hostility, toward authority, institutions, and even one’s perception of human morality. It has psychological, social, and spiritual aspects.” Details here, here and here.
Neologism Poetry Journal
“Lately, here’s what I want: dreams and strange situations; love in all its forms; erasure (as conversation with source text, as theme, as mode of deconstruction); unique points of view; and meditations on nature from people who know how to pay close attention. Otherwise, anything goes: variety is my bread. Uncommonly submitted forms I’d like to see more of: contrapuntal, haiku, burning haibun, and duplex.
In addition to the typical free verse, rhymed and blank verse is welcome, as well as lyric forms. End-rhyming would ideally be rhythmically de-emphasized by enjambment and ornamented or replaced by internal rhyme.” They also accept translations. Send up to 3 poems (see guidelines). Details here.
Poetry
This respected poetry journal accepts submissions of poetry, translations, video poems, visual poetry, and essays about poetry. They are also reading submissions for a special Chicago-themed issue; contributors must be living in / have lived in Chicago (see guidelines). The deadline for the Chicago issue is 15th May, and they close to general (unthemed) submissions on 15th June 2026. They pay $500 per text and visual poem, $600 per video poem, and $400 for essays about poetry. Details here and here.
Grand Little Things
Their tagline is, ‘Returning Versification to Verse’. “GLT is looking for formal poetry, be it a tried and true form or an invented/nonce form. Blank and free verse will also be considered, assuming there are other aspects of standard versification.
This means that GLT will read things like the sonnet, metrical poetry, lyric poetry, narrative poetry, haiku, villanelle, etc. And just to reiterate: if your poem doesn’t fall into such stringent guidelines, BUT has a strong sense of versification, it will be considered.” Send up to 3 poems. They also accept translations. Details here and here.
The Lyric Magazine
Their website says, “Founded in 1921, The Lyric is the oldest magazine in North America in continuous publication devoted to traditional poetry.” And, “We use rhymed verse in traditional forms, for the most part, with an occasional piece of blank or free verse. Forty or so lines is our usual limit.” For general submissions, poems have to be mailed. Contributors receive a magazine copy, and are eligible for quarterly and annual cash prizes. Details here.
One Art
They have preference for concise free verse, but they will consider formal poems that read in the manner of free verse. Send up to 5 poems. “More of a focus on Occasional Poems relating to holidays and celebrations. Less of a focus on polarizing political/news poems. There is space for both; however, ONE ART is probably not your ideal first stop for political/news poems.” They read submissions on an ongoing basis. Details here.
Blue Unicorn
This is a print poetry magazine; you can read more about them here. “BU is known for welcoming formal verse, and this welcome continues. We’re impressed by poems that read as though the poet had simply thought in the form, without forced rhymes, weak words inserted to satisfy the meter, and the like. Every formal writer knows how much effort goes into seeming effortlessness.
But we look for no lesser effort in non-formal verse. We’re alert for the original metaphorical image that may take a moment to prove itself just right; the unexpected word that says more than the familiar one; the sharply observed detail that brings a thing alive. We do not tolerate clichés. We do tolerate a bit of mystery. … Given a choice, we’ll take the puzzling piece over the flat one.” And, “Finally, here’s a little practical secret: Because of our format, we’re always in need of pieces of five to ten lines to fill out pages.” They pay $25-50. Details here.
Anomaly Poetry Anthology Series: Rituals
They are reading for their Rituals-themed anthology. “Our summer anthology focuses on themes of nostaliga and memory, and the things that connect us across time, space and history. We want your summertime vacation memories. A first kiss at sunset. The existential musings as you stare up at a midsummer meteor shower.” And, “We accept up to two pieces (you may mix mediums if you’re the multi-talented type): poems, short prose (800 words or less), photographs, and artwork.” For poetry, send “up to two (2) poems – no format/form restrictions. Please begin each poem on a new page.” The deadline for the Rituals theme is 24th May 2026. They will open submissions for another theme later in the year. Details here and here.
The Paris Review
They accept prose and poetryyear-round by mail. “Submissions of prose are also accepted via Submittable in February, June, and October, and unsolicited submissions of poetry are accepted via Submittable in January, April, July, and October, until we reach capacity.” Send up to 6 poems, or one prose piece. Details here
The Art of Democracy
They want poems from US writers only. “In celebration of the creative spirit in America at 250 and beyond, The Art of Democracy is a non-partisan online art gallery and poetry anthology project, a time capsule, a mirror. In this call for art and poetry, we seek original works by a diverse range of established and emerging artists and poets living across the United States depicting the themes and aspirations of democracy such as freedom, equity, justice, and the constitutional right to vote.” There is no fee for submitting poems (send up to 2); they charge a fee for submitting art. The deadline is 15th May 2026. Submission is via a form. Details here.
The National Poetry Review
The National Poetry Review publishes online; you can read about them here. “Distinction, innovation, and linguistic joie de vivre are important to TNPR. We agree with Frost about delight and wisdom. We believe in the value of rich sound and look for poems that stay with the reader long after they’re read. We seek to enchant.” Their annual reading period is 1 January to 1 May. Details here and here.
Password: the journal of very short poetry
“I want to see very short (no more than about 25 syllables) poems that only you could have written. I’m also very interested in English translations of such poems from other languages. … Feel free to send original art combined with short poetry, and also queries for essays on some aspect of micropoetry (including Japanese short-form poetry), interpreted broadly.
Qualities that attract me in very short poetry: concrete imagery, disjunction, surprise, innovation, juxtaposition of unlike images, surrealism, concrete and visual poetry. Things that don’t usually appeal to me: philosophical reflections, advice and truisms, jokes in the form of one-liners (as opposed to subtle humor), sentimentality, abstractions and vagueness.” Send 5-10 poems of up to 25 syllables each. They read on an ongoing basis, with cut-off dates for issues. The upcoming deadline is 30 May (for the 30 June issue). Details here.
Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry – Yawp
They accept poetry, visual art, and photography. They want work on the Yawp theme. “Inspired by Walt Whitman’s “barbaric yawp,” this theme asks what it means to call out into the vastness—whether that vastness is the natural world, society, history, or the self.” They also accept work for the blog (music releases, interview requests, book reviews, academic essays, and more) on an ongoing basis. The deadline for the Yawp theme is 31 May 2026. Submission is via a form. Details here and here.
berlin lit
This is a quarterly journal for new poetry, founded in Berlin. Send up to 5 poems; pay is €20/poem. Watch for their next submission period. Details here.
AUTOCORRECT
This is a journal of poetry and poetics. Send up to 10 pages of poetry. Details here and here.
BARDBALL
They want baseball-related poetry submissions from across North America only. They want to “resurrect the connection between baseball and poetry, between the love of the game and love of language. … BARDBALLis a community of fans who capture the thrill and beauty of baseball in poetry, limericks, haiku, song lyrics and other formats. We need your contributions, from all over North America, to make it work. By the end of each season, the entire campaign and every big event will be covered in verse form.
Our contributors include regular fans, grade-school enthusiasts, award-winning novelists, songwriters, journalists, esteemed poets, learned academics, and even the first Poet Laureate of Canada — all united in a love for the greatest game.” Details here and here.
BBC Upload
They want submissions from across England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands only. “Upload is open to submissions all year round, with content showcased every day on local BBC radio stations and on our social and online platforms. So whatever you create – comedy, fiction, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, videos, poetry, reviews, diaries, anything – we’d love you to upload it!
Upload any kind of content: audio, video, text or images. We especially love video and audio, so writers: if you can record yourself reading your work, that would be brilliant. (If the thought of that fills you with complete dread, you can upload the text of course!) … Don’t worry if you’re not quite sure where it would ‘fit’, that’s our job to sort out. And it doesn’t need to be slick: we’re all about content made at home. We’ll get back to you if we’d like to showcase your work, and we might even help you add some extra polish.” Details here.
Allegro Poetry Magazine
This is a biannual online poetry magazine. Regarding preferences, the editor says, “I have no preference for any particular form of poetry. However some poems “fit” the magazine better than others. Here are a few guidelines about what I look for in a poem:
Poems that evoke place or time
Strong characterisation if people are a central focus of the poem
Striking images
Language that is used well – not received phrases but anything too unusual has to convince me that it is exactly right and no other word would do the same job.
Well crafted formal poetry – I see too little of this and would welcome more
Poems that use rhyme and half-rhyme skilfully – again little seen please submit more”. They accept up to 4 poems, of up to 40 lines each. Their upcoming submission period is 1st June to 31st July 2026. Details here.
Biscuit Hill
This poetry journal is reading submissions of “poetry, prose poetry, poetry comics, anything poetry. We’re also open to hybrid stuff.
Poetry: submit between 3-6 poems, in one document (.pdf, .doc), 10 page maximum.” For visual poetry, send up to 6 pieces. Submission is via a form. Details here.
14 magazine
This is an annual poetry magazine. Poems must be 14 lines long, excluding the title; send up to 3 poems. Their reading period is 1 April to 30 June each year. Please note, contributors outside Europe can either opt for a PDF contributor copy, or cover postage for the print copy. Details here.
Iterant
This poetry magazine accepts up to 8 poems. They pay $50 per poet. Details here.
Ballast
“We love poetry’s excesses
long poems; concrete & verbivocovisual poems; poetry in translation; book reviews & critical essays; lyricism & rejections of the lyric; more & more & more &”. Send 3-5 poems. They also accept translations. They read poetry submissions year-round. Details here.
tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū
Send up to 5 haiku/senryū. Their next reading period is 1st to 10th July 2026. Please send your work only during the reading period. Details here.
Poetrybay
“Poetrybay seeks fine poetry, reviews, commentary and essays without restriction in form or content”. Details here.
Sugar House Review
They publish poetry and non-traditional multimedia poetry; currently, they are open for fee-free submissions of multimedia poetry. Details here.
Cacti Fur
Their tagline is, a poetry high ground. Send up to 5 poems. They publish 52 poems a year, usually on Wednesday. The deadline is 30 April 2026. Details here.
Austin Poetry Review
“Austin Poetry Review welcomes thoughtful contributions from poets, critics, and literary thinkers. Whether you’re submitting a book review, poetry reading video, participating in Poetic Discourse, or hoping to be featured as our Poet of the Month, we invite you to join our growing poetry community in Bat City.” Details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
