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Oxford Poetry is over 100 years old. It is probably the oldest dedicated poetry magazine in the world today. The magazine was started in 1910 by Oxford undergraduates and published by Basil Blackwell. Previous editors have included Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, W.H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, Kingsley Amis, Geoffrey Hill, John Fuller, John Lanchester and Robert Macfarlane. In the 1980s, Mick Imlah, Nicholas Jenkins and Bernard O'Donoghue revived it as a more outward-looking journal - no longer restricted to publishing student poetry but maintaining a connection with the university. The list of contributors throughout its history is as impressive as it is diverse. In recent years readers would have come across poems by Seamus Heaney, Andrew Motion, Mario Petrucci, Wendy Cope, George Szirtes, Carol Ann Duffy, David Constantine and Glyn Maxwell.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for some submissions. They charge fees for poetry, except for low-income writers. The fee is GBP £3.50.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom Established in 1910

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 2 x per year.

Nonfiction Open

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Review Review1,500 - 3,000 words.
Article Article1,500 - 3,000 words.
Essay Essay1,500 - 3,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Literature/Books (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism).

Payment:

No monetary payment to Unknown payment Pays occasionally, unknown rates.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Open
Dates:

Open to poetry submissions through 30 April 2025 11:59 PM UTC (in 100 days). 8

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poem PoemUnlimited number of lines; Up to 3 pieces.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Other (May vary).

Payment:

No monetary payment to Unknown payment Pays occasionally, unknown rates.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Oxford Poetry Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
AccuracyWe have received 46 reports from 35 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported23 min | 75.0 mean avg | 62.0 median | 244 max days (246.7 std dev)
Responses100.00 %
Acceptances0.00 % No publication has a 0% acceptance rate. This data is based on submission reports sent to Duotrope, and we have not received reports of any acceptances yet.
Rejections100.00 % (70.6 avg. days per rejection) | 0.0 % personal, 73.9 % form, 26.1 % unspecified
Non-Responses0.00 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded-
Withdrawals-
Pending12 responses are pending (4 min | 54.3 mean avg | 60.0 median | 348 max days waiting | 87.9 std dev) from 12 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: GBP £3.50. (72.6 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 100.0 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 16 Jan 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 30 Nov 2024.

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Oxford Poetry Prize Charges fees for all submissions
Pain: a journal of new poetry DNQ

Dates

Last Updated: 02 Jan 2025
Last Audited: 21 Nov 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 18 Feb 2013

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