Paying Poems

For 10 pages of poetry from a manuscript-in-progress.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 prize.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 143.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

Bracken is a literary magazine born of the love of the woods and its shadows. Bracken is green and lush, coarse and delicate, drinks from the earth, and spreads underground, more root than frond. Bracken is understory, invades, takes over, shades and protects. We seek poetry and art that will root, tender and tough, in us.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $30 per poem.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 57.8 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

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.

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.

No description available.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: GBP £1,000 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 92.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 5.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Post Road accepts unsolicited poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short plays and monologues, and visual art submissions.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 135.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.1% 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.