Paying Fee-Free Poems

The epigraph stamped on The Baffler no. 1, from Arthur Rimbaud’s “Morning of Drunkenness,” introduced it as a punk literary magazine. It was the summer of 1988. The founders, Thomas Frank and Keith White, were recent graduates of the University of Virginia. They named their magazine as a joke on academic fads like undecidability, then in fashion…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 361.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

Here at Black Fox, we publish both established and new writers. We welcome all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented genres and styles.
Genres:     Open to all/most genres, including: General, Mystery/Crime, Romance.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

Glossy Planet is a fast-moving, challenge-style lit mag for writers who have something to say—right now. Each call responds to the world in real time, inviting short, sharp, or strange work that meets the moment. We’re interested in impact over polish, urgency over perfection. Think: the literary version of a group chat, if your group chat included a bunch of excellent writers trying to make sense of it all…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 16.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

Horrific Scribes is an expanding online archive of dark short fiction (and some poetry) by various authors who share the Horrific Scribblings imprint’s dedication to the provocative, scary, and strange. Most of the stories will have elements of horror, ranging from bloodless slow burns to raucous extreme romps, but related genres–dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, surrealist and other experimental writing with dark tendencies–are likely to appear…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per accepted submission.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 10.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 12.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

little somethings press: a collection of small writings aims to highlight the growing wave of micro-literature from flash prose to micropoetry, while navigating the space between literary journals and zines.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 58.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

This literary magazine is a ship. As a waterfowl, the merganser doesn’t quite belong anywhere; it exists in the water (where it hunts), in the air (where it flies), and on the ground (where it nests), in each place part-time. Radical empathy, hope, the thing with feathers. Art runs on authenticity and accessibility. It's down to Earth. And is also an escape to a world beyond.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $1.00 per line.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 99.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 14.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Radon is a journal publishing prose and poetry relating to science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and dystopia. Radon nominates its writers for nearly a dozen awards. They include the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, O. Henry Prize, Best Microfiction, PEN/Dau Short Story Prize, Best Small Fictions, New Weird Horror Award, Best Horror of the Year, and Best New Poets.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 16.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.