Science Fiction Poems

From its earliest days in 1977 under the editorial direction of Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has maintained the tradition of publishing the best stories, unsurpassed in modern science fiction, from award-winning authors and first-time writers alike. In recent years, Asimov's has placed more stories on the Final Hugo Ballot than all of its competitors combined, and more than twice as many as its closest competitor…
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $1 per line.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 123.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 15.4% of poetry submissions accepted.

Eye to the Telescope, a quarterly online journal, began publishing science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative poetry in 2011, under the auspices of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. Its editors are selected by the current SFPA president and change with each issue; as a result, editorial policies change with each issue as well.
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.04/word, rounded to nearest dollar; min. $4, max. $25.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 41.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 16.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations published by humdrum industries
Genres:    General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $1 per line up to $25.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 26.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 40.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

The Future Fire (TFF) is our flagship online magazine, always open to submissions of beautiful and useful short stories and poetry in Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction, Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, World SF and Cyberpunk, and an experiment in and celebration of new writing.
Genres:       Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 32.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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. 12.5% of poetry submissions accepted.

My mother recently told me that when I was a wee little thing, my nursery school teacher asked me what was my mummy’s real name. I was a confident child, and knowing the answer, I announced to the entire classroom that my mummy’s name was Rat Bag. After I recovered from the fit of laughter that overtook me upon hearing this, I asked my mother why I had given that answer. It turns out that my father, a good humored Scotsman, had given my mother the affectionate nickname as a joke…
Genres:     General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word, up to $3.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 16.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 25.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

A sequestrum is a necrotic bone fragment, identifiable by its separation from standard skeletal structures. Despite its autonomy, these slivers retain the phosphates and marrows of their source. A sequestrum is a remnant, independent yet interconnected to its origin. And so is the writing we publish. Sequestrum is a journal of short prose and poetry. We publish concise, evocative writing that couldn’t exist in any other form, yet reminds us of the breadth and scope of longer works…
Genres:    General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 64.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

Strange Horizons is a weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art. Our definition of speculative fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and all other flavors of fantastika. Work published in Strange Horizons has been shortlisted for or won Hugo, Nebula, Rhysling, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree Jr., and World Fantasy Awards…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 41.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.6% of poetry submissions accepted.