Ninth Letter
journalUniversity of Illinois literary journal known for ambitious print design and pairing writers with visual artists, publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction alongside an online features arm.
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NYU Creative Writing Program
mfa programNYU's MFA program in Greenwich Village, built around a public reading series, the journal Washington Square Review, and a faculty and alumni list dense with major prizewinners.
Omnidawn
pressOakland-based independent press (founded 1999) for innovative poetry and fabulist fiction, publishing primarily through a slate of annual juried contests (Open Book, 1st/2nd Book, Chapbook, Broadside, and Fabulist Fiction Chapbook prizes) and distributed by the University of Chicago Press.
Palette Poetry
journalOnline poetry-only journal publishing weekly; pays $50+ per poem and runs several prizes.
Passages North
journalNorthern 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.
Persea Books
pressIndependent New York house founded in 1975, known for a five-decade poetry list (Celan, Hikmet, Mandelstam, Rosal) and the annual Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award for debut women poets.
Ploughshares
journalEmerson College quarterly, each issue guest-edited by a prominent writer. Pays; small online submission fee.
Poem of the Day (Poetry Foundation)
newsletterA free daily email from the Poetry Foundation pairing archive poems and Poetry magazine selections with historic dates, anniversaries, and themes; not a submission venue.
Poem-a-Day (Academy of American Poets)
newsletterThe only daily series featuring previously unpublished poems, curated by a rotating guest editor. Free by email; also a podcast.
Poems Ancient and Modern
newsletterA daily Substack newsletter pairing a classic poem with a short critical essay, edited by Joseph Bottum and Sally Thomas.
Poet Lore
journalThe oldest poetry journal in the United States, founded 1889; published by The Writer's Center.
Poetry Coalition Fellowships
fellowshipPaid, part-time fellowships placing early-career poets and arts administrators at member organizations of the Poetry Coalition network, coordinated by the Academy of American Poets; includes a $20,000 stipend plus health-care allowance.
Poetry Daily
newsletterA new poem every day, reprinted from current books and journals — a reliable window into what presses are publishing now.
Poetry Magazine
journalFounded in Chicago in 1912; the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. No fee; pays by the line.
Poetry Northwest
journalPacific Northwest poetry magazine founded in 1959, published online and in print, known for the James Welch Prize and lyric-forward editorial sensibility.
Poetry Town
newsletterA newsletter by poet George Bilgere pairing a poem with short plainspoken commentary; as of this check the Substack URL is returning a page-not-found error.
Poets & Writers
toolThe field's institutional hub: databases of magazines, presses, agents, contests, and MFA programs.
Poets & Writers Classifieds
jobsA categorized directory of paid classified listings—contests, calls for submissions, conferences, residencies, jobs, and editing services—published in each bimonthly issue of Poets & Writers Magazine and mirrored on pw.org.
Poets & Writers Grants & Awards Database
grantA free, continuously updated directory of vetted writing contests, grants, and awards across genres, filterable by fee, genre, and deadline, run by the nonprofit Poets & Writers.