Fee-Free Literary Poems

Action, Spectacle is a magazine based in Louisville, KY and Brooklyn. The magazine exists at the intersection of the socio-political, the cultural, and the arts—a public space for discussion and engagement. We put a spectrum of voices in conversation dialogue online, and in print, and at public events, publishing art, comics, commentary, fiction, interviews, memoir, music, poetry, and reportage…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 19.3 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.5% 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initially as a collective of poetry students with an aim to create an online zine to promote the writing of young and unpublished poets.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.

To some, a broken lens might seem like junk, refuse, a failure. To us, a broken lens is a refraction, a distortion, a rupture, a kaleidoscope. It represents possibility. Broken Lens Journal seeks inventive work from poets and visual artists who are looking to stretch the limits of language and imagery. We want work that bends genres and disciplines. We want work that shatters false dichotomies and social constructs. We want work that breaks myopic worldviews. We want broken lenses.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 57.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.1% 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.

Mangrove Review is a university sponsored, student-run literary journal featuring poetry, narratives (both fiction and creative non-fiction), and artwork.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 38.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 22.6% of poetry submissions accepted.

On The Seawall is a community gallery for new writing and commentary during a time of emergency. (There always is, and there always has been, an emergency.) We think of On The Seawall as a “gallery” — a location in the neighborhood, a place where we display our work for our community, where everyone is welcome to create and to witness the work. We are living in a time of emergency during which our art may act as performances of intervention and refuge…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 32.8 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

River and South Review is an online literary journal run by the students of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. We publish new, emerging and seasoned writers.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 72.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

Unbound Ink was founded by two sisters who grew up wandering library stacks, drawn by their love of books (and the promise of peace and quiet!). Their partnership is shaped by a belief in how stories and poems expand the way readers experience the world. We are committed to reading each submission anonymously, apart from any identifying information, including publishing history. By approaching each piece in this way, we aim to share a rich spectrum of voices in an inclusive space…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 53.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.4% of poetry submissions accepted.