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Fee-Free Experimental Poetry

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The Adroit Journal

The Adroit Journal is a registered literary and arts nonprofit organization that was founded in 2010 by poet Peter LaBerge. At its foundation, the journal has its eyes focused ahead, seeking to showcase what its global staff of emerging writers sees as the future of poetry, prose, and art…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 70.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Call Me [Brackets]

Call Me [Brackets] is a literary journal dedicated to you, despite what the first-person accusative pronoun suggests. This is an amalgamation of what defines you, motivates you, and (dare we say) calls to you. We publish two editions each year, filled with captivating prose and poetry from new and experienced writers.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 76.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 21.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Columbia Journal

Columbia Journal was founded in 1977 by students in the Columbia University School of the Arts Graduate Writing program. Since then, we’ve featured work from Nobel laureates and unknowns, National Book Award winners and newcomers. Our past issues have included everyone from Raymond Carver to Lorrie Moore, Kara Walker, Sharon Olds, Mary Karr, and Joyce Carol Oates…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 116.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.6% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Horrific Scribes Mature

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.

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Okay Donkey Magazine

Okay Donkey is a literary magazine that likes to read the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. We like work that’s funny, that’s sad, and that’s both funny and sad. We especially enjoy the experimental, the surreal, the magical realist, and the genre-bending.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 41.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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Paraselene

Our mission at Paraselene is to create and nurture a literary community through publishing Poetry issues as well as publishing Book Reviews. We want to contribute to the ever-expanding body of literature through publishing both new and established writers alike, and we especially encourage writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities to submit, including BIPOC, disabled, genderqueer, and LGBTQIA2S+ writers…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Poetry Online

Poetry Online, also stylized as poetry.onl, is a poetry journal and publisher committed to publishing accessible work and compensating our contributors fairly. We offer an online venue to share poems alongside audio, captioned video, and screenreader-accessible images, so every reader is included. In 2022, work from our journal was included in the Best of the Net anthology. Poetry Online nominates contributors for inclusion in major anthologies.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $60.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 2.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Space & Time Magazine

Founded in 1966 by Gordon Linzner, Space & Time is one of the oldest continuously published semi-pro speculative fiction magazines still in print. For nearly six decades, the magazine has championed science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, art, and the beautifully strange…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $5 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 16.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Spellbinder

Spellbinder is a literary and art magazine founded in 2020 by members of the Durham University Creative Writing Society. Now led by Co-Editors-in-Chief Effy Kousteni and Tatianna Kalb, the magazine champions experimental, original, and boundary-pushing work. While the editorial team is especially committed to supporting writers and artists at the beginning of their creative careers, submissions from previously published and exhibited contributors are also welcomed…
Genres: Open to all/most genres.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 34.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 16.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

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The Spotlong Review Wildcard

The Spotlong Review, founded in 2021, is a New York- and Philadelphia-based literary journal dedicated to championing innovative work that packs a punch, questions conventional mores, and, most of all, explores human connection from surprising angles. Our greatest aim is to reserve a space for all kinds of exceptional writing and visual art regardless of form, intent, or subject matter.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 80.8 days.

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