Paying Fee-Free Poems

A semi-regular collection of words and pictures, HALSEY focuses on the art and science of living and what it means to be human. We welcome all kinds of poems and photographs, short essays on craft, and reviews of small press poetry books.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $15.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 6.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 19.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Horrific Scribes is an expanding online archive of dark short fiction (and some poetry) by various authors who share the Horrific Scribblings imprint’s dedication to the provocative, scary, and strange. Most of the stories will have elements of horror, ranging from bloodless slow burns to raucous extreme romps, but related genres–dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, surrealist and other experimental writing with dark tendencies–are likely to appear…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per accepted submission.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 10.2 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

The Idaho Review seeks to share evocative, beautifully strange work. We publish an annual print issue of exceptional fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from established and emerging writers alike. Work from the Idaho Review has received the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Award, and has been included in the Best American Short Stories anthology.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $75 per poem.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 183.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 258.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is a non-profit publisher of compressed creative arts, such as micro fiction, flash fiction, prose poetry, & visual arts, and whatever other forms compression might take. We publish weekly bursts of compression & decompression and make as many varied word-plays on matter as we can.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

Kaleidotrope publishes predominantly speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories. (Man does not live on space ships, elves, and ghostly ax murderers alone, after all.) We consider all forms. However, individual haiku, or other very short poems, may be a tougher sell.
Genres:     Open to all/most genres, including: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $5 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 21.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

little somethings press: a collection of small writings aims to highlight the growing wave of micro-literature from flash prose to micropoetry, while navigating the space between literary journals and zines.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 58.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

This literary magazine is a ship. As a waterfowl, the merganser doesn’t quite belong anywhere; it exists in the water (where it hunts), in the air (where it flies), and on the ground (where it nests), in each place part-time. Radical empathy, hope, the thing with feathers. Art runs on authenticity and accessibility. It's down to Earth. And is also an escape to a world beyond.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $1.00 per line.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 110.8 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

The first issue of The Spectacle was launched in the fall of 2015, with Kelly Caldwell, Cassie Donish, and Jonathan McGregor at the helm. Twice a year, the magazine publishes issues that include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art, while The Revue [listed separately] publishes flash prose, short poems, interviews, special features, and other pieces year-round. We aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, conceal…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 68.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.