Oxford Poetry

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About

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 (above average for magazines that charge).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom

Established in 1910

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: Published 2 x per year

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Statistics Synopsis

Regular Speed: Oxford Poetry's overall average response time is within a normal range for magazines.
More Challenging: Oxford Poetry's overall acceptance rate is lower than most magazines.
More Responsive: Oxford Poetry's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Review: 1,500 - 3,000 words.
Article: 1,500 - 3,000 words.
Essay: 1,500 - 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.

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Dates:

Open to poetry submissions through 31 October 2026 11:59 PM UTC (in 43 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: Unlimited 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

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We have received 64 reports from 59 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

4 min | 81.0 mean avg | 78.0 median | 218 max days (52.7 std dev)

Responses

98.44 %

Acceptances:

0.00 %

Rejections:

98.44 % (81.8 avg. days per rejection) | 1.6 % personal, 69.8 % form, 28.6 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

1.56 % (4.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

16 responses are pending (1 min | 127.3 mean avg | 172.0 median | 245 max days waiting | 187.7 std dev) from 16 different members

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: USD $5.00. (66.2 % 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 17 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 31 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 17 Sep 2026 20:14 UTC (6 hours, 6 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2026

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