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Fee-Free Mainstream Poems

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Blue Lake Review

Our goal is to bring compelling, meaningful, insightful fiction and poetry to you on a regular basis. Something you can ponder and gnaw on. Something to bring light, or at least, growth and understanding to our readers on a regular basis. No frivolous pieces here. Your time is too valuable. We're serious about our words, and are selective in what we present to you, sifting through the mountains of words to pull out the diamonds…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 160.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 15.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Dishsoap Quarterly

a nerdy, uncool, earnest magazine that wouldn’t wait three days to call you if it got your number.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Lighten Up Online

We believe that light verse is very far from being the poor relation of “proper” poetry. On this site you will find work by light verse specialists as well as by some of the many “proper” poets who enjoy it and write it and agree that light verse deserves a wider audience than it is normally given.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 16.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

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The Meadow

The Meadow is the literary and arts journal of Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. The Meadow publishes work from beginning and experienced writers and artists each spring. We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, photography, comics, graphic design work and other literary and artistic forms.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 65.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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MEMEZINE

MEMEZINE believes that memes not only inspire art, literature, and poetry, but that they also hold artistic merit in and of themselves. Whether or not we are aware, interacting with a meme is a way of engaging in a larger cultural moment. And, like, they can make us laugh. They’re also a means of forming connection in ways that cannot be put into simple words…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $10 per contributor.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.7% 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. 41.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Overland

Overland is a print journal (publishing essays, stories and poetry) and an online magazine, publishing non-fiction articles. Overland also occasionally publishes special online editions of fiction and poetry. Those wishing to submit material are strongly urged to familiarise themselves with Overland and its various projects. Overland has a proud history of publishing underrepresented writers and promoting manifold voices…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: AUD $160.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 193.7 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Pennsylvania Literary Journal Wildcard

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Pennsylvania Literary Journal is a printed peer-reviewed journal that publishes critical essays, book-reviews, short stories, interviews, photographs, art, and poetry. PLJ is available through the EBSCO Academic Complete and ProQuest databases in full-text. It is also on sale as single issues on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and most other online bookstores. It is cataloged in the MLA International Bibliography, the MLA Directory of Periodicals, Genamics JournalSeek, and Duotrope…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 0.3 days.

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Pensive

Founded in 2020, Pensive is an acclaimed online global journal housed at the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service at Northeastern University. We release two issues per year featuring previously unpublished poetry, prose, visual art, and translations from a wide range of interfaith and cultural perspectives. In addition to publishing, we hold readings and collaborative events to foster a spiritually diverse community of creatives…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 162.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Sixth Finch

Sixth Finch is an online journal of poetry and art, founded in 2008. We are committed to bringing the best in contemporary art and poetry to our readers at no cost. Poems from Sixth Finch have appeared in The Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 19.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

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