Smart Search List of the Day Paying Literary Poetry Collections Smart Search is one of several search options for our members. It enables you to search for publishers and agents using the most common options and provides a short list of results that's curated and updated daily. This helps you find that gold nugget in the stream with as little effort as possible. Although you aren't a member yet, we are giving you a free preview of our Smart Search List of the Day below. Check back tomorrow for a new search. Read our Guide to Smart Search for more information about this feature. Instructions: Select at least one bolded (asterisk) option below and click Search. To include some lesser-known publishers, select "Include Wildcards." Piece: Clear Poetry Form:* Any Poetry Form Ballad Beat poetry Blank verse Cinquain Dramatic verse Experimental poetry Formal verse Free verse Ghazal Haiku (or related) Hybrid form Invented/Nonce form Light verse Limerick Long poetry Lyric poetry Metrical Narrative poetry Pantoum Persona poetry Prose poetry Rhyming Rondeau Sestina Short poetry Sonnet Tanka Villanelle Visual poetry Other form Topic:* Include Scholarly publications Genre:* Any Genre General Action-Adventure Erotica Fantasy Horror Mystery/Crime Romance Science Fiction Suspense/Thriller Western Style:* Any Style Absurdist Dark Experimental Humorous Literary Mainstream Minimalist Pulp Quirky Realist Satirical Surrealist Transgressive Medium:* Length Type:* Any Length Type Poem Poetry Chapbook Poetry Collection Include literary agents as well as publishers Max. Results: 10 20 30 40 50 Fees: Include Fee-Based Submissions Pay: Paying Projects Only Include 'Unknown' Payscale Refinements: Include Wildcards Wildcards are listings that are lesser-known and don't have enough data yet for complete statistics. Exact Matches Only Sort By: Acceptance Pct (high to low) Acceptance Pct (low to high) Avg Response Time (low to high) Number of Submitters (reporting to Duotrope) Title Today's Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Poetry Collections. Check back tomorrow for a new list.Color Coding: Purple indicates a Wildcard, Green indicates a paying publication, and Blue is everything else. Antiphony Press Antiphony Press publishes chapbooks and full-length poetry collections by emerging and established writers. We are particularly interested in work that steps outside the narrative box.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Chapbook, Poetry Collection.Payment: + Semi-pro advance. Unknown royalties. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $500.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 68.6 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry. Cider Press Review Book Award Fees No description available.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Winner's Prize: + Semi-pro advance. No royalties. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $1,500.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 59.9 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry. Cooper Dillon Books Fees A small poetry press founded on promoting and maintaining the values that make poems timeless. Founded in 2009 and based in San Diego, California, we publish full-length and chapbook poetry collections in perfect-bound paperback editions.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Chapbook, Poetry Collection.Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 76.3 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry. Driftwood Press Editors' Pick Poetry Collection Award Fees Driftwood Press is excited to announce that we are accepting full-length book submissions for our Editors’ Pick Poetry Prize. One or more full-length poetry collections will be chosen by our Managing Poetry Editor.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Winner's Prize: + Semi-pro advance. >=15% royalties. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $500 and 20% royalties.Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 131.8 days.Acceptances: Average. 3.0% of poetry submissions accepted. Fernwood Press Fernwood Press promotes poetry collections that speak to the human capacity for spiritual experience. A not-for-profit literary imprint, Fernwood Press is named for a one-acre plot of land overlooking a meandering creek in what was an unincorporated area of Yamhill County on the easterly boundary of Newberg, Oregon, site of the state’s first Quaker meeting. Four prominent headstones mark the graves of the Brutscher and Everest families in this Pioneer Cemetery…Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Payment: + No advance. < 15% royalties. Details: "Standard" royalty contract.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 29.3 days.Acceptances: Average. 7.1% of poetry submissions accepted. Fonograf Editions Open Genre Book Prize Fees No description available.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Winner's Prize: + Semi-pro advance. Unknown royalties. Details: USD $1,500 winning prize.Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 118.8 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry. Lit Fox Award No description available.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Winner's Prize: + Semi-pro advance. Unknown royalties. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $1,500 for winner.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 66.8 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry. Shanti Arts Publishing SHANTI ARTS PUBLISHING is devoted to producing beautiful and compelling books related to art, nature, and spirit. We publish poetry collections and nonfiction, books on travel, nature, healing, art, photography, and more. We do not publish novels and children's books. Most of our books are distributed both in print and digital editions. We work closely with our authors and artists, both on book production and marketing.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.Avg. Response: Average responder. 85.6 days.Acceptances: Approachable. 29.1% of poetry submissions accepted. Slant Books Fees Slant is an independent, not-for-profit literary press specializing in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, philosophy, theology, and belles lettres. Slant books are marked by the kind of meticulous craft and passion for language that are harder and harder to come by in our age of instant publishing and literary gimmickry. These are books that will lodge themselves in readers’ lives.Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Payment: + No advance. Unknown royalties.Avg. Response: Average responder. 91.9 days.Acceptances: Challenging. 1.5% of poetry submissions accepted. Wayfarer Books Wildcard Wayfarer Books is a fiercely independent, trans-owned press publishing bold, genre-defying literature from the wild and societal margins. Founded in a fair-trade café in Boston’s North End during the summer of 2009 by Connor Wolfe and Isla Kirkey, the press officially launched in 2011 under the name Homebound Publications and expanded in 2012 to include Wayfarer Magazine. In 2024, Homebound Publications became Wayfarer Books…Genres: General.Lengths: Poetry Collection.Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.Avg. Response: Average responder. 99.5 days. 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