Beloit Poetry Journal
journalIndependent poetry-only journal publishing since 1950; known for discovering new voices.
Independent poetry-only journal publishing since 1950; known for discovering new voices.
Long-running online journal (since 2000) for formally inventive text, hybrid/visual work, and found schematics, published via New Michigan Press.
Northern Michigan University's literary journal, publishing an annual print issue plus an actively updated online section of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; runs the Waasnode Fiction Prize and Neutrino Short-Short Prize contests.
Founded in Chicago in 1912; the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. No fee; pays by the line.
Los Angeles poetry journal known for accessibility and its Poets Respond series. No fee, pays, fast responses.
Online poetry and art journal known for a spare, surreal aesthetic, with an annual print anthology and an affiliated chapbook press, Sixth Finch Books.
Online journal with a strong youth mentorship program; a launching pad for early-career poets.
Wendy Lesser's Berkeley quarterly. Free to submit and pays well ($200 per poem).
Online poetry journal that published short, high-compression lyric work monthly from 2011 until its final issue in November 2024; submissions are now permanently closed but the archive remains online.
Quarterly online journal of short poems, micro-essays, book reviews, interviews, and pedagogy papers, edited by Katie Manning since 2015; free to submit, with optional reader tips to contributors in lieu of standard pay.