The Top 100: Poetry Publications that are Fastest to Respond

The following poetry publishers are among the Top 100 fastest to respond, according to response times reported by our users. (A minimum of 25 people reporting responses to poetry submissions required. "Fledgling" listings are not included.)
Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status.

Title	Genres	Lengths	Payment	Media
scaffold literary magazine	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Eunoia Review	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Antiphony Journal (Antiphony Press)	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
HAD TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General Fantasy Science Fiction	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The New Verse News	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Ruminous Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
ONE ART: a journal of poetry	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Hollow and Sky: a literary journal of spiritual inquiry and the natural world TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Poetry Online Charges fees for some submissions	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Ultramarine Literary Review	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Poets Respond (Rattle)	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
trampset	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Neon & Smoke Charges fees for some submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General Horror Suspense/Thriller	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Ink In Thirds	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
January House Literary Journal	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
San Pedro River Review (Blue Horse Press) TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying Provides copies	Print Publication
Larina's Lit Lounge	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Dishsoap Quarterly	Open to All/Most Genres General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Shore	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Moocat le Meaux	General	Poem	Token payment to Semi-pro payment Royalties	Electronic Publication
Sky Island Journal Charges fees for all submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Bending Genres: An Innovative Online Journal	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Disappointed Housewife	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Inflectionist Review	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Anti-Heroin Chic Charges fees for all submissions	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Third Wednesday	General	Poem	Non-paying to Token payment Provides copies	Print Publication
Double Dutch Magazine	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Centaur	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
HALSEY Literary Reader (Rockwood Press)	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Print Publication
Strange Hymnal TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Lake Effect: An International Literary Journal	General	Poem	Non-paying Provides copies	Print Publication
MENACE Magazine MATURE TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Constellations: A Journal of Poetry & Fiction TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Print Publication
American Poetry Journal Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Unbroken: Prose Poems (Ambidextrous Bloodhound Productions) TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Wildness	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Stanchion Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Professional payment to Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Print Publication
The Woolf TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Trollbreath Magazine TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Quill of the Goddess TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Up the Staircase Quarterly TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Orange & Bee TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General Fantasy	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
The Penn Review	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The 2River View Charges fees for all submissions	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Amethyst Review: New Writing Engaging with the Sacred TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Fahmidan Journal	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
B O D Y	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
New Verse Review TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Sho Poetry Journal Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying to Professional payment Provides copies	Print Publication
Blue Rivers TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The National Poetry Review TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Rust & Moth: A Journal of Poetry and The Arts TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Variant Literature Journal (Variant Literature Press)	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Trampoline: A Journal of Poetry	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Ginkgo Prize (The Turning Leaf Journal) Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Salvation South	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Hunger Mountain Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Innisfree Poetry Journal	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Fifth Wheel Press TEMP CLOSED	General	Poetry Chapbook	No advance + >=15% royalties Provides copies	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Booth Charges fees for all submissions	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Paraselene: An Online Literary Magazine	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Rattlecast Prompt Poems	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Star*Line (Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association)	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Print Publication
Gone Lawn: a journal of word-things	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Garland (Fifth Wheel Press) TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
diode poetry journal	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Thin Places: A Journal for New Writing TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Maudlin House Journal (Maudlin House Press) Charges fees for some submissions	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Ilanot Review Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
MEMEZINE	Open to All/Most Genres General	Poem	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Radon Journal	Science Fiction	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Thimble Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
DreamForge Magazine / DreamForge Anvil TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Science Fiction	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
JMWW Charges fees for some submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
AC \| DC: A Journal for the Bent	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Glossy Planet Literary Magazine Charges fees for some submissions	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Rat Bag Lit Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Writers Resist MATURE	General Action-Adventure Erotica Horror Science Fiction Suspense/Thriller	Poem	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
The Muleskinner Journal TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Cosmic Daffodil Journal	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Chestnut Review Charges fees for some submissions	General	Poem	Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
ONLY POEMS Poem of the Month TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Pine Hills Review	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters TEMP CLOSED	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Action, Spectacle Charges fees for some submissions	General	Poem	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication

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Date compiled: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 9:28:32 AM UTC.