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Independent poetry-only journal publishing since 1950; known for discovering new voices.

No fee · Since 1950

$25,000 federal fellowships; poetry and prose alternate years. The most significant no-strings government grant for U.S. poets.

No fee

Founded in Chicago in 1912; the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. No fee; pays by the line.

No fee · Pays · Since 1912

Rattle

Journal

Los Angeles poetry journal known for accessibility and its Poets Respond series. No fee, pays, fast responses.

No fee · Pays · Since 1995

Online journal with a strong youth mentorship program; a launching pad for early-career poets.

No fee · Since 2010

Wendy Lesser's Berkeley quarterly. Free to submit and pays well ($200 per poem).

No fee · Pays · Since 1980

DIAGRAM

Journal

Online journal of text, art, and found schematics; a home for formally inventive work. Free.

No fee · Since 2000

Mid-career fellowships across fields including poetry; substantial and prestigious. Applications due in the early fall.

No fee · Since 1925

Northern Michigan University journal, publishing annually; free submissions.

No fee · Since 1979

Paid part-time fellowships hosted by poetry organizations nationwide; $20,000 stipend plus health allowance.

No fee

Online poetry and art journal with a sharp, spare aesthetic. Free to submit.

No fee · Since 2008

The Shore

Journal

Online poetry quarterly seeking "cutting, strange, and daring" work. Email submissions, free, with unusually fast responses (1–10 days). Reading periods open the first two months of each quarter.

No fee · Since 2019

Online poetry journal publishing short, high-compression lyric work. Free to submit.

No fee · Since 2011

Online journal of short poems and micro-essays; free to submit and warmly edited.

No fee · Since 2015