Fee-Free Literary Poetry

A literary magazine for quiet pieces that find their own sources of light. We are interested in quiet works – pieces that whisper rather than roar. Give us contemplations on three a.m. train rides, stones skipped on stormy beaches, and all that falls in between. We also have a particular interest in pieces that explore nature and its interactions with the human condition…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 39.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

Glass Poetry Press is a micro-press in Toledo, Ohio that publishes poetry chapbooks. We also publish the online poetry journal, Glass: A Journal of Poetry. Our chapbooks are hand-bound and side stapled with full-color card stock covers. Each chapbook is assigned an ISBN. Initial print run is 100 copies and each chapbook will be kept in print as long as there is sufficient demand, to be determined by the press…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poetry Chapbook.
Payment: + No advance. >=15% royalties. Free copy(ies). Details: 15% royalties.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 120.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

Since its founding in 1983, the Phoenix Poets series has published contemporary poets with a keen awareness of the history and possibilities of poetry. Books in the series have won major accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poetry Collection.
Winner's Prize: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 103.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

Prudence Dispatch is a semi-annual journal of poetry published from Prudence Island - Chippaquasett - in the center of Narragansett Bay. We prefer shorter poems (that will fit on a single page) and poems that connect nature to the human experience.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 37.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 16.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

Redivider is run by graduate students at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. We are passionate about creating space for both emerging and established authors and artists to showcase their work. The journal was founded in 1986, originally as the Beacon Street Review, and renamed as Redivider in 2004. We currently publish online twice per year, as well as a yearly Blurred Genre summer mini issue. We do not publish work from current Emerson College students, faculty, or staff…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 89.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

The Scop - named after the Old English term for bard or poet - is the primary student-run literary magazine operating out of King's College. We are passionate about our mission to provide student staff and contributors with real-world literary magazine experience. We believe that artistic potential has no borders or limits…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 53.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 28.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

SPR is the second oldest poetry journal in the region, with its origins in Florida and subsequent moves to North Carolina and now Georgia. Continuing the tradition of editorial openness and response to writers that began with Guy Owen in 1958, SPR publishes poems from all over the country as well as from abroad and maintains a worldwide readership…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 79.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

Still Point Arts Quarterly is a beautifully-designed publication of words and images focused on art, nature, and spirit. Each issue includes portfolios of contemporary artists as well as articles, essays, fiction, and poetry. Featured artists have included painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists from around the world; featured writers have included novelists, frequent contributors to literary journals, nominees for the Pushcart Prize, and chapbook poets…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 66.4 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.8% of poetry submissions accepted.