Paying Poems

Broad Ripple Review is an independent literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We seek writing that is finely crafted and deeply felt, work that balances narrative movement with interior complexity and language shaped with intention and care. We are a selective journal, guided not by exclusivity but by care…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 24.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

The Georgia Review is the literary-cultural journal published out of the University of Georgia since 1947. While it began with a regional commitment, its scope has grown to include readers and writers throughout the U.S. and the world, who are brought together through the print journal as well as live programming…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $4 per line, up to $800.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 279.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.6% 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. 10.2 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.

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.

We want creative content mostly from not-yet-famous writers, poets, artists, cartoonists, and comedians. If a person happens to get famous, they can be forgiven for that.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Royalties. Details: USD $10, plus a share of "tip jar" payments (see their site for details).
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 14.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

The Southern Review is one of the nation’s premier literary journals. Hailed by Time as "superior to any other journal in the English language," we have made literary history since our founding in 1935. The Southern Review strives to discover and promote a diverse array of engaging, relevant, and challenging literature—including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation from literary luminaries as well as the best established and emerging writers…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $75 for first printed page, with $25 for each subsequent page, up to a max. of $300.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 155.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

The first issue of The Spectacle was launched in the fall of 2015, with Kelly Caldwell, Cassie Donish, and Jonathan McGregor at the helm. Twice a year, the magazine publishes issues that include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art, while The Revue [listed separately] publishes flash prose, short poems, interviews, special features, and other pieces year-round. We aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, conceal…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 68.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

A literary journal for the tramps, trampset publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We welcome diverse voices, including writers working outside academia. We welcome all tramps.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $30.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.4% of poetry submissions accepted.