10 Literary Journals Accepting Poetry - Paying markets

Updated 11/3/23

Here are ten literary journals accepting poetry. All are paying markets and none charge submission fees. Most are open right now.

Poetry is an exacting discipline. Not only must every word be carefully chosen  to convey meaning, every punctuation mark, every line break, every "breath" must be agonized over. A poet must dwell in metaphor, and choose imagery that plumbs the depths of emotion and thought.

Every poet is a prophet.

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Iterant. 

This is a brand new poetry journal. Submit! Payment: $50.

Contemporary Verse 2

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 - $150.  Free submissions to Canadians only.

Class Collective

Class Collective is a new annual literary magazine that “illuminates the class struggle(s) hidden in the shadows of our culture. We’re proud to publish writing that has a class based perspective on politics and culture. However, we encourage writers to interpret this prompt as creatively as they’d like—the sky’s the limit!” They want poetry, including visual poetry (up to 5 poems), short fiction, essays, and commentary. Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis for online publication. Payment : CAD$10 for poetry and CAD$20 for fiction and nonfiction. Submission period: Irregular submission periods.

The Poetry Box Postcard Series

Submit 1-3 poems of any style and theme by the 25th of each month. Poems received after the 25th will be considered in the next batch. The poem should be no more than 15 lines (including blank lines). One poem will be selected for publication each month and printed postcard-style to be mailed out to our Poetry Box subscribers. Payment:$30 CAD. Submission period: Submit by the 25th of each month.

Palette Poetry

Palette Poetry publishes poems from writers at all stages of their careers, They especially encourage emerging poets to submit. Send up to 5 poems. Payment: $50/poem, up to $150. Submission period: Rolling submissions.

Frontier Poetry

Submissions for Frontier Poetry's New Voices poetry category are open year round to any new and emerging poet who has not published more than one full-length collection of poetry. New Voices are published online only and will feature a number of poems from new authors each month. Payment: $50/poem, up to $150. Submission period: Rolling submissions.

Fourteen Poems 

"We want to represent all that's thrilling about the new wave of LGBT+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work. Every issue we publish 14 of the best queer poems we’ve found, and we want to include you! We publish 4 times a year, but take submissions all year round.  To be considered, email up to 5 poems, preferably in a pdf format, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com. Payment: £25 for each poem published. Submission period: Rolling submissions.

Night Coffee Lit

Night Coffee is looking for your poetry, art, and ephemera. Submit 3-5 previously unpublished poems in one doc, docx, or pdf document. Payment: $50. Submission period: Irregular submission periods.

Poetry London

Poetry London is a leading international magazine, where new names share pages with acclaimed contemporary poets. They also publish a wide range of poetry in translation. Poetry London publishes reviews of around seventy or eighty titles a year. They concentrate on single author collections of poetry in English or translated into English, including some pamphlets and chapbooks. In addition, there are occasional reviews of significant anthologies or relevant critical writing. Payment: £30. Submission period: Rolling submissions.

Cōnfingō 

Cōnfingō  Magazine publishes new short fiction, poetry and art from around the world in a print-only magazine. Poems (maximum of three) should be no longer than 50 lines. Payment: £20.