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Call Me [Brackets] is a literary journal dedicated to you, despite what the first-person accusative pronoun suggests. This is an amalgamation of what defines you, motivates you, and (dare we say) calls to you. We publish two editions each year, filled with captivating prose and poetry from new and experienced writers.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 76.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 21.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

Columbia Journal was founded in 1977 by students in the Columbia University School of the Arts Graduate Writing program. Since then, we’ve featured work from Nobel laureates and unknowns, National Book Award winners and newcomers. Our past issues have included everyone from Raymond Carver to Lorrie Moore, Kara Walker, Sharon Olds, Mary Karr, and Joyce Carol Oates…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 116.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.6% of poetry submissions accepted.

DIAGRAM is an electronic journal of text and art. As our name indicates, we're interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labelling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories; in stories that disguise themselves as indices or obituaries. WE VALUE the insides of things, vivisection, urgency, risk, elegance, flamboyance, work that moves us, language that does something new, or does something old--well. We like iteration and reiteration…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 204.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

Dog Throat Journal is a publication of flash fiction, and micro fiction. We look for odd time thought provoking works from the edges of artistic expression. Dog Throat Journal looks for unusual, thought provoking flash fiction and micro fiction. We want your non-realist, non-normal, risk-taking, odd, offbeat, eccentric, unconventional, experimental, beautiful poetic prose…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Our mission at Paraselene is to create and nurture a literary community through publishing Poetry issues as well as publishing Book Reviews. We want to contribute to the ever-expanding body of literature through publishing both new and established writers alike, and we especially encourage writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities to submit, including BIPOC, disabled, genderqueer, and LGBTQIA2S+ writers…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

Founded in 1956, Portland Review publishes prose, poetry, art, and translations reflecting a wide spectrum of aesthetic styles and voices. Produced by the graduate students in Portland State University’s English Department, Portland Review is proud to publish both established and emerging writers. During 2020, we made the switch to digital publishing. We publish new writing regularly, right on our website.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 187.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.