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Booth Charges Fees

Booth embraces great storytelling, distinctive voices, both classic and inventive forms, gravity + comedy, grim reapers and grand weepers, and anything carried by a rich sense of story and heart. Booth was founded in 2008 and currently publishes fresh literature every Friday on its website. In addition, Booth offers up two quality paperback issues a year that are visually arresting.
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: PProfessional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: 40.1 days.
Acceptances: 4.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

Clockhouse

A national literary journal published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference in partnership with Goddard College. Clockhouse accepts works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and dramatic works for stage or screen. We encourage submissions from both established and emerging writers.
Genres: O G Open to all/most Genres, including General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: 88.1 days.
Acceptances: None reported yet in poetry.

Dishsoap Quarterly

Uncool, nerdy & earnest lit mag that’s way too into dish-cleaning products!
Genres: O G Open to all/most Genres, including General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: 4.0 days.
Acceptances: 10.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment Charges fees for some submissions

Based out of Iowa State University, Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short scripts, and visual art that explores the many complicated facets of the word environment – whether rural, urban, or suburban; whether built or wild – and all its social and political implications. We also welcome book review submissions.…
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: 48.7 days.
Acceptances: None reported yet in poetry.

Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art Charges Fees

A journal, devoted to the arts, Kestrel takes its name from the family of small falcons found throughout the world; the word 'kestrel' derives from the sound of the falcon's distinctive cry. Kestrel publishes fiction, poetry, translations, and creative nonfiction by established and emerging writers. We have published work from the U.S., Canada, Ireland, France, Haiti, etc. and are especially happy to publish work by West Virginian and Appalachian writers.
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment (Provides free copy/copies) No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: 58.2 days.
Acceptances: 22.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

Last Stanza Poetry Journal

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Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment to PProfessional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Pays occasionally, up to Professional. Details: Editor's Choice Award of USD $100.
Avg. Response: 13.8 days.
Acceptances: 32.6% of poetry submissions accepted.

Merion West

This publication was founded in 2016 to bring a new and independent voice to the current media environment, which has become too polarizing and sensationalist. As such, Merion West is nonpartisan and publishes critical commentary and in-depth interviews from across the political spectrum. Conservative, progressive, and independent viewpoints are published alongside each other on one platform, a quality that makes Merion West unique among its peers in media.…
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: 1.7 days.
Acceptances: 24.8% of poetry submissions accepted.

Thirteen Bridges Review

Thirteen Bridges Review is the professional literary arts journal produced by the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. The journal's mission is to present original and groundbreaking literary works by new and established writers from around the world.
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment (Provides free copy/copies) No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: 63.4 days.
Acceptances: 20.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

Wildness

The journal has featured work from Kazim Ali, Ruth Awad, Zeina Hashem Beck, Chen Chen, Bhanu Kapil, Salena Godden, Carl Phillips, Mary Ruefle, Richard Siken, Clint Smith, Maggie Smith, and Brandon Taylor, among others.…
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: 8.0 days.
Acceptances: 1.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

Y2K Quarterly [Misprints Publishing] Wildcard

Y2K Quarterly is an independent literary magazine devoted to the glory days/nightmares that were the late 90's and early 2000's.
Genres: G General.
Lengths: P Poem.
Payment: NNo monetary payment No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: 30.7 days.