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Frontier Poetry began with the simple mission of being a platform for emerging poets—to uplift, to prepare, and to inspire. We are looking for poets and poems that strive to place themselves at the edge of what language can do. This does not mean we are only concerned with experimental poetry…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 43.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

The mission of New England Review is to publish the most provoking and rewarding writing of our time from established and emerging writers across the globe. We are dedicated to inclusive excellence and believe writing that embraces “difficulty”—be it formal, conceptual, or linguistic—nurtures our democracy…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $20 per page, with a minimum of $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 143.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

Orion’s Belt is the home of bold, experimental literary science fiction and fantasy. We want stories that make us think about our place in the universe and our relationships with each other. We want stories that blur the line between “genre” fiction and literary fiction. We want stories that reach toward the stars while never forgetting the people on the ground. And we want it all in under 1000 words. It’s a difficult challenge, but we have faith in you, fellow cosmonauts…
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $40.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 21.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

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. 59.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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. 2.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.6% of poetry submissions accepted.

Rattle’s mission is to promote the practice of poetry.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $200 for print edition; $100 for poems published online.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 58.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Tough Poets Review, a labor-of-love publishing project that had been on the back burner for almost 10 years, finally became a reality in April 2025, following a series of conversations between soon-to-be collaborators and co-editors Rick Schober and Kathleen Cullen, both seeking a meaningful creative endeavor that would foster a communal effort…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 43.2 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

West Branch is a magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews. Founded in 1977 and housed at the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts at Bucknell University, West Branch publishes a fall, winter, and spring/summer issue each year.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 65.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.6% of poetry submissions accepted.