Our Listings by the Numbers for Poetry

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3,813

That's the number of current* Poetry publishers and agents that we list! They break down as follows:

Listing Types

Magazines, Journals, and Online Publications: 2,595
Contests, Competitions, and Prizes: 764
Book Publishers, Imprints, and Press Series: 348
Anthologies and Anthology Series: 84
Literary Agents: 22

Genres

General: 3,714
Action-Adventure: 11
Erotica: 15
Fantasy: 235
Horror: 201
Mystery/Crime: 50
Romance: 35
Science Fiction: 217
Suspense/Thriller: 34
Western: 12
Open to All/Most Genres: 204
These genres are also further divided into subgenres. See our Glossary for more information.

Length Types

Poem: 3,196
Poetry Chapbook: 220
Poetry Collection: 455

Media

Audio Publication: 51
Electronic Publication: 2,674
Print Publication: 1,970
Video Publication: 10

Payscale (by max. paid)

Professional: 766
Semi-pro: 475
Token: 42
Non-paying: 2,149

Poetry Forms

Open: 3,587
Ballad: 4
Beat poetry: 5
Blank verse: 10
Cinquain: 2
Dramatic verse: 1
Experimental poetry: 187
Formal verse: 100
Free verse: 137
Ghazal: 3
Haiku (or related): 167
Hybrid form: 85
Invented/Nonce form: 11
Light verse: 10
Limerick: 6
Long poetry: 30
Lyric poetry: 67
Metrical: 24
Narrative poetry: 51
Pantoum: 4
Persona poetry: 6
Prose poetry: 175
Rhyming: 29
Rondeau: 1
Sestina: 12
Short poetry: 82
Sonnet: 32
Tanka: 34
Villanelle: 14
Visual poetry: 70
Other form: 53

Styles

Open: 3,816
Absurdist: 30
Dark: 78
Experimental: 436
Humorous: 125
Literary: 3,658
Mainstream: 596
Minimalist: 23
Pulp: 11
Quirky: 27
Realist: 25
Satirical: 33
Surrealist: 68
Transgressive: 28

Topics

Open to All/Most: 3,227
Agriculture/Agricultural Sciences: 6
Children/Family: 11
Film/Television: 8
Folklore/Mythology: 56
Geography: 1
Health/Medicine: 59
History: 27
Law/Juridical Science: 2
Lifestyle: 27
Literature/Books: 27
Mathematics: 6
Music: 22
Nature/Environment: 135
Performing Arts: 8
Philosophy: 21
Place/Regions: 240
Politics/Political Science: 77
Religion/Spirituality: 122
Science: 23
Seasons/Holidays: 24
Sexuality/Gender: 154
Society/Culture: 249
Sports/Recreation: 12
Style/Beauty: 2
Technology: 14
Travel: 11
Visual Arts: 32
Other: 1,231
These topics are also further divided into subtopics. See our Glossary for more information.

Countries

United States: 2,915
United Kingdom: 348
Canada: 218
Australia: 69
International: 52
India: 39
Ireland: 36
Germany: 16
New Zealand: 11
Japan: 10
Netherlands: 9
Sweden: 7
Singapore: 6
Hong Kong: 5
Nigeria: 5
Romania: 4
Austria: 3
Belgium: 3
Denmark: 3
France: 3
Greece: 3
Israel: 3
Italy: 3
Pakistan: 3
Bangladesh: 2
Bulgaria: 2
Hungary: 2
Philippines: 2
Portugal: 2
South Africa: 2
South Korea: 2
Switzerland: 2
Taiwan: 2
Ukraine: 2
Chile: 1
Croatia: 1
Czech Republic: 1
Ghana: 1
Indonesia: 1
Jersey: 1
Kuwait: 1
Lebanon: 1
Malaysia: 1
Malta: 1
Myanmar: 1
Norway: 1
Poland: 1
Serbia: 1
Spain: 1
Note: We only list publishers and agents that accept submissions in English.
Also, unless otherwise noted, the projects listed with us accept international submissions.

See our Glossary for more information about our terms & definitions.

Note: Some publishers will fall under multiple categories in the lists above.

* These numbers only include active publishers and agents (i.e., still actively publishing and/or accepting submissions). We have also listed 22,114 other projects in all categories that are now closed, believed to be defunct, or that don't qualify for listings.