Paying Fee-Free Literary Poetry

AGNI is a literary magazine housed at Boston University and known “among readers around the world,” as the writers group PEN put it, “for publishing important new writers early in their careers, many of them translated into English for the first time.” The print magazine appears twice yearly, in late April and late October…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $50 per printed page, up to a maximum of $300.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 101.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

The Baltimore Review was founded by Barbara Westwood Diehl in 1996 as a literary journal publishing short stories and poems, with a mission to showcase the best writing from the Baltimore area and beyond. Our mission remains just that. However, in our online format, we can now bring that fine writing to the world's attention, more frequently, and at less cost. We can also explore new ways to bring the world of writers and writing to the reader's attention.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 113.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

Since 1977, a tough little poetry journal called Blue Unicorn has been going its own way. Long based in the U. C. Berkeley environs (now across a bridge in San Rafael), it is in but not exactly of the San Francisco Bay Area poetry scene. Its subscribers and contributors come from 30 states and 6 countries. Blue Unicorn looks for poems that you couldn't possibly confuse with prose…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: Variable rates in the range of USD $25-$50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 70.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

Our magazine was founded in January 2022. Since then, we’ve published one issue every quarter, featuring contributors from around the world – and it’s totally free to submit. Each issue has a distinct theme and a deadline for submissions, so make sure you keep the deadline in mind.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $10.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 76.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.6% of poetry submissions accepted.

A semi-regular collection of words and pictures, HALSEY focuses on the art and science of living and what it means to be human. We welcome all kinds of poems and photographs, short essays on craft, and reviews of small press poetry books.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $15.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 6.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 19.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 262.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

M E N A C E publishes work that encapsulates the dark, the transgressive, and the gross. While not strictly a space for the speculative, M E N A C E seeks the “literary weird”—work that would be rejected from big literary magazines for being too genre…
Genres:    General, Fantasy, Horror.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 7.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Vast strives to be an engaged literary press that explores the expansive human experience and celebrates complex, diverse voices. Our mission is to publish bold work, champion distinct artists, and cultivate literary community.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 98.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.3% of poetry submissions accepted.