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Action, Spectacle

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.

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Blackbird

For over two decades, Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts has been one of the web’s premiere literary magazines, earning accolades and attracting an expansive readership for its diverse range of award-winning and emerging writers. Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts is made possible with the work of undergraduate and graduate student interns and graduate teaching assistants from the VCU Department of English…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $40 per poem.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 269.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% 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. 3.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

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F(r)iction Fees Wildcard

F(r)iction is a literary anthology carefully curated to evaluate an important cultural topic from vastly different perspectives. From historical origins and nonfiction essays to the wildest reaches of fiction, poetry, comics, and art, each issue inspires us to think differently. F(r)iction is the imprint of the 501(c)(3) literacy and storytelling nonprofit Brink Literacy Project…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $25 per final printed page.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 82.9 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Fahmidan Journal

Founded in the Summer of 2020 by Ranna Kisswani & A.R. Arthur (formerly A.R. Salandy), Fahmidan Journal hopes to bring out diverse voices and their cacophonous words. Send us your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments. Entrance us with your whimsical fantasy. Move us to tears with your truth in a world of suffering. Captivate and intrigue us with your hopes and dreams.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $35.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 10.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

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The Fiddlehead

The Fiddlehead was first established in 1945. What began as a mimeographed 8-page journal stapled together by Alfred Bailey is now a veritable institution of literary culture in Canada. For 75 years, The Fiddlehead has continually upheld its mandate to publish accomplished poetry, short fiction, and Canadian literature reviews; to discover and promote new writing talent; to represent the Atlantic region's lively cultural and literary diversity; and to place the best of new and established…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: CAD $65 per published page.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 267.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Flash the Court Fees

This new venture is more about creation and curation than submission and selection. (Am I hoping to fly in the face of conformity? Yes. Am I hoping to break the mfing mold? Yes. As in, am I trying to radically reinvent the online lit mag? Well…yes.)
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 33.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 36.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Four Way Review

Four Way Review is an online, triannual electronic journal. Founded by non-profit, independent press Four Way Books, Four Way Review is editorially independent. In addition to our three yearly issues, we post new poems, stories, or interviews each month. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction and translations from both established and emerging authors through our open submissions process. In 2012, we celebrated the Review‘s inaugural issue and, in 2018, the 25th anniversary of Four Way Books…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 111.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Paranoid Tree Press

Paranoid Tree Press is an independent, hybrid lit mag/art zine based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each month, we create a custom-illustrated zine featuring original fiction or poetry. We then hand-address and mail them to our print subscribers, who help support our goal of building a sustainable micro press that pays every contributor.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $50 per piece.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 68.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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Revolute Wildcard

Revolute is a digital literary magazine founded in 2019 by the Randolph College MFA program. Revolute is committed to publishing the most engaging writing possible and is further committed to publishing emerging writers from underrepresented groups. Operated by Randolph College MFA students and staff, Revolute is a home for creative work where students contribute to every part of the publication process: reading, selection, editing, marketing, and publishing…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 58.2 days.

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