Experimental Poetry

Bending Genres is committed to publishing the best fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, and microreviews from dedicated writers. We want POETRY that is unusual, experimental, terrifying, delightful, stultifying, rare, deep, whooshes out, magnanimous and secretive.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

Boundby was founded in 2022 at Warwick University, initially as a collective of poetry students with an aim to create an online zine to promote the writing of young and unpublished poets. Our team have now dispersed across Europe, working and studying in a range of fields, and as such our editorial purview has also broadened. We are a UK-based (and internationally-minded) online poetry magazine publishing the work of new and established poets…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 38.5 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

Dazed Santa is an online poetry & art space.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 33.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

Diode Poetry Journal is looking for poetry that excites and energizes, and that uses language that crackles and sparks. Representative poets are Bob Hicok, Paul Guest, Dorianne Laux, sam sax, Rae Armantrout, Mathias Svalina, Kaveh Akbar, Catherine Pierce, Allison Titus, Franz Wright, Tarfia Faizullah, T R Hummer, Bin Ramke, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Andrea Cohen, and Vandana Khanna.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

Established in 1990 at the University of Idaho, Fugue publishes poetry, fiction, essays, hybrid work, and visual art from established and emerging writers and artists. Fugue is managed and edited entirely by University of Idaho graduate students, with help from graduate and undergraduate readers. We take pride in the work we print, writers we publish, and the presentation of each issue.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 157.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

January House is a meeting place for diverse expressions, urgent conversations, and the ever-evolving landscapes of contemporary literature and art. We invite you to join us in shaping a publication that honors both craft and curiosity, rooted in a belief that storytelling, in all its forms, matters.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

Published at Schoolcraft College, The MacGuffin is a print-only lit mag featuring poetry, prose, and fine art from both home and abroad. We aim to highlight writing that takes risk with form and expands genres, along with work that can present vivid images and a strong voice in more traditional formal structures.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 77.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.5% of poetry submissions accepted.