Poetry Magazines Submission Windows – June 26
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| date added | title | type | frequency | URL | submissions status @ 4-6-26 | closing date | next window | sub method | # poems to send | Accept simultaneous subs? | notes |
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| 14 Magazine | annual | https://richardskinner.weebly.com/14-magazine.html | open | 30/06/2026 | up to 3 | don't say | Poems of 14 lines only. | ||||
| Abridged (N Ireland) | https://www.abridged.zone/ | closed | Abridged aims to publish and exhibit contemporary/ experimental poetry plus contemporary art. We encourage poets/artists to investigate the articulation of ‘Abridged’ themes. | ||||||||
| Acumen | 3 times a year | https://acumen-poetry.co.uk/submissions-guide/ | closed - see note | 8/6/26 to ? | Google Forms | up to 6 | No | We will open again for submissions on 8th June 2026. | |||
| Arc (Canada) | print & online | 3 times a year | https://arcpoetry.ca/resources/general-submissions/ | open | 31/07/2026 | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | Poets may only submit once each calendar year. | ||
| Added Dec 25 | Arderyth House | 2 times a year | https://www.arderythhouse.com/ | open? - see note | rolling | n/a | email, post | up to 4 | No | We strive to respond to submissions within eight weeks. Currently reading submissions for the first edition, Spring 2026. NB no sign of this edition yet | |
| Atlanta Review | 2 times a year | http://atlantareview.com/general-submissions/ | closed | 15/9/26 - 1/12/26 | Submittable | up to 5, 7 pages max | don't say | ||||
| Banshee | 2 times a year | https://bansheepress.org/submit | closed | October 2026 | up to 4, max 40 lines each | OK | They offer a small payment for publication | ||||
| added June 26 | Barrelhouse | print & online | 2 times a year | https://www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-info | open | 23/6/26 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | A biannual print journal featuring fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays about music, art, and the detritus of popular culture. NB may close early if limit reached. Pays per contrributor. | |
| Boulevard (US) | print & online | https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/guidelines | closed | November 2026 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Reading fee . Payment on publication: from - 0 | |||
| Butchers Dog | 2 times a year | https://www.butchersdogmagazine.co.uk/submissions | closed - see note | up to 3 | No | NB STILL ON HIATUS NB the submissions page URL sometimes changes, if so I suggest you go to the Home page and navigate from there. | |||||
| Causeway/ Cabhsair | 1 or 2 times a year | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/llmvc/research/word/causeway/ | closed | up to 6 | No | NB: Causeway/Cabhsair publishes new writing by Irish and Scottish writers in all the languages of both countries. | |||||
| Cerasus Magazine | occasional | https://cerasusmagazine.com/submissions/ | open | when full for that month - see note | 3 to 10 | OK | We no longer have a closing date for submissions or set publication months. We will only publish once we have enough material for a complete issue. NB Contributors receive free PDF copy only. Print copy available 'at a discounted price'. | ||||
| Channel | 2 times a year | https://channelmag.org/submissions-channel/ | closed | up to 4 | OK | Poetry and prose with an environmentalist perspective. Payment offered - see website for details. | |||||
| Comstock Review | 2 times a year | http://comstockreview.org/open-reading-period/ | closed | Submittable | up to 5 | See guidelines as they are v specific re length etc | |||||
| Confingo | print & digital | 2 times a year | https://www.confingopublishing.uk/submissions | open | rolling | n/a | up to 3, max 50 words each | don't say | Authors/artists whose work is accepted for publication receive a payment of £50 | ||
| Confluence | 2 times a year | https://www.confluencemagazine.co.uk/submissions | closed - see note | up to 5 | OK | There was a May issue, so back to life. As a guide - we are usually open around February/March and Aug/Sept - but please check website before submitting. | |||||
| Crannóg | 2 times a year | https://crannogmagazine.com/submit/ | closed | November 2026 | up to 3 | don't say | New contributors are required to buy a copy of the magazine first. Regular windows are May and Nov | ||||
| Door is a Jar (US) | print & digital | 4 times a year | https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/submissions | open | rolling | n/a | Web form | 3 to 5 | OK | Check website for poem length criteria - very specific | |
| Dream Catcher | 2 times a year | https://www.dreamcatchermagazine.co.uk/submissions | open | 31/08/2026 | post | up to 6 | OK | Contributors do not get a free copy but can purchase at a discount. | |||
| Finished Creatures | 2 times a year | https://finishedcreatures.co.uk | closed - see note | up to 4 | don't say | A new theme and submissions window will be announced in late spring 2026. | |||||
| Firewords | print & digital | 4 times a year | https://firewords.co.uk/submit/ | closed | Duosema | up to 3 | OK | On occasion, we do reprint writing that has previously been published elsewhere but please include details of this when submitting. Join their mailiing list to hear of next subs windows | |||
| Added Mar26 | First Frost | 2 times year | https://www.firstfrostpoetry.com/submit | closed | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | Google Forms | up to 3 | don't say | We only publish haiku and senyru. Regular windows are January and July. | ||
| The Frogmore Papers | 2 times a year | http://www.frogmorepress.co.uk/submission-guidelines/ | closed | 1/10/26 - 31/10/26 | post | 4 to 6 | don't say | Regular windows are April and October | |||
| Added Dec 25 | Gyroscope Review | PDF & ebook | 4 times a year | https://www.gyroscopereview.com/welcome/guidelines/ | open | 01/09/2026 | Submittable | up to 4 | OK | NB All reading periods are subject to closing early if we receive enough outstanding work to fill the upcoming issue. | |
| Hedgerow | 4 times a year | https://hedgerowhaiku.com/submissions/ | closed | 2/9/26 - 16/9/26 | around 10 | OK | Journal of Haiku and other short form poetry. No rejections sent - you only hear if your work is successful | ||||
| Irish Pages | 2 times a year | https://irishpages.org/submissions/ | open | rolling | post | up to 8 | OK | Can take up to 8 months to respond | |||
| Jawbone Journal | 2 times a year | https://jawbonecollective.org.uk/jawbone-submissions | closed | 1/9/26 - 3/10/26 | up to 4 | No | FREE subs for subscribers, non-subscribers £3. NO free contributor copy. | ||||
| Lighthouse | 3 times a year | https://tinyurl.com/lighthousesubs | closed - see note | up to 4 | No | has been closed to submissions for some time now. Will keep an eye | |||||
| Livina Press | 2 times a year | https://www.livinapress.com/submissions | open | 30/06/2026 | up to 3 | OK | |||||
| London Magazine | 6 times a year | https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/submission-guidelines/ | closed to free subs but see note | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | Submittable, post | up to 5, max 50 lines per poem | OK | Will be open for FREE subs in JULY but they accept submissions any time outside of their free windows, for a £3.50 fee | |||
| Long Poem Magazine | 2 times a year | http://www.longpoemmagazine.org.uk/submissions/ | open | 30/06/2026 | up to 2 | No | *poems must be at least 75 lines, but NO book length poems | ||||
| Magma | 3 times a year | https://magmapoetry.com/category/news/current-submissions/ | closed - see note | June or July | Submittable | up to 4 | OK | Although showing as CLOSED on 2nd June, historically they have opened in JUNE of each year so check again. | |||
| Modern Poetry in Translation | print & digital | 3 times a year | http://modernpoetryintranslation.com/submit/ | closed - see note | Submittable | up to 6 | don't say | We publicise submissions windows via this website, our email newsletter, and social media. NB Only accepts poetry in translation. Pays a fee. | |||
| Mslexia | 4 times a year | https://mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-work/poetry/ | open - see note | rolling | Web form, post, email | don’t say | Mslexia has different deadlines for various categories of submission & there's always something open. Payment upon publication. | ||||
| n+1 | Print & online | https://www.nplusonemag.com/submissions/ | open | rolling | don’t say | We do our best to respond to all submissions but our resources are limited and we are not always able to reply. | |||||
| Obsessed with Pipework | 4 times a year | https://obsessedwithpipeworkblog.wordpress.com/about/ | open | rolling | email, post | up to 6 | No | ||||
| Orbis | 4 times a year | https://www.orbisjournal.co.uk/submissions | open | rolling | post | up to 4 | don't say | Submissions limited to twice a year. Contributors are asked to wait at least 12 months after publication before sending more work. | |||
| Oxford Poetry | 2 times a year | https://www.oxfordpoetry.com/Submit.html | closed | 15/9/26 - 30/11/26 | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | £3 submissions fee, but may be waived in case of hardship | |||
| Pennine Platform | 2 times a year | https://pennineplatform.com/submissions | closed | 1/9/26 - 30/9/26 | post - see note | 3 to 6 | don't say | submissions from overseas may use email | |||
| Pleiades | 2 times a year | https://pleiadesmag.com/submit/ | open | 30/6/26 | online portal | 3 to 5 | OK | Windows are June and December | |||
| Ploughshares Literary Journal (US) | Print & online | 4 times a year | https://pshares.org/submit/submit-writing/ | open | 15/11/26 | online portal | up to 5 | OK | Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971 and has been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston since 1989. Subs fee .75. Pays per printed page plus a year's subscription | ||
| PN Review | print & digital | 6 times a year | https://www.pnreview.co.uk/ip001.shtml | closed | 22/6/26 - 30/6/26 | post - see note | up to 4 | No | *subscribers may submit by email | ||
| Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal | 1 or 2 times a year | https://poetrybirmingham.com/submission-guidelines | closed - see note | Web form, post | up to 5 | OK | "Submissions for PBLJ are currently closed and may reopen later in the year. We will announce any submission windows via our newsletter so do sign up." Has been closed to subs for over a year. | ||||
| Poetry Ireland Review | 3 times a year | https://www.poetryireland.ie/writers/submission-to-pir | open | 30/09/2026 | Duosema or Post | up to 4 | OK | Pays 50 euros per contribution | |||
| Poetry London | 3 times a year | http://poetrylondon.co.uk/submissions/ | open | rolling | Submittable, post | up to 6 | OK | Pays 35 pounds per poem | |||
| Poetry Salzburg Review | 2 times a year | http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/psr.htm | open | rolling | email, post | 4 to 6 | No | ||||
| Poetry Wales | 4 times a year | https://poetrywales.co.uk/submission/ | closed - see note | Submittable, post | up to 4 | No | Our next submissions window will open at the end of July for submissions to Winter 2026, with a slant towards The Body. Pays £20 per poem | ||||
| Added Dec 25 | Presence Haiku Journal | 3 times a year | https://haikupresence.org/submit/ | closed | 1/9/26 - 30/9/26 | No | Presence seeks poems – haiku (including senryu), tanka, renga and related forms – haibun, and relevant essays. NB no contributor copy | ||||
| Pushing out the Boat | print & online | every 2 years | https://www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/submissions/ | closed | Web form | up to 3 | don't say | Scheduled to open July 2026. poems in English, Scots, Doric or Gaelic are welcome | |||
| Added Dec 25 | Radical Catalyst | https://linktr.ee/radicalcatalystjournal | open | June 8th | Web form | up to 5 | OK | Radical Catalyst was born out of a shared commitment to challenge the systems that stifle creativity and silence marginalized voices. | |||
| Reach Poetry | monthly | https://www.indigodreams.co.uk/magazines | open - see note | rolling | 2 | No | Open for SUBSCRIBERS ONLY | ||||
| Added Mar26 | Rhino | annual | https://rhinopoetry.org/general-submissions | open -see note | 30/06/2026 | Submittable | 3 - 5 | OK | Open until June 30th or until our monthly caps are reached. | ||
| Shearsman | print and PDF | 2 times a year | http://www.shearsman.com/shearsman-magazine-submissions | closed | 1/9/26 - 30/9/26 | email, post | up to 6 | don't say | |||
| Shō Poetry | https://shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/ | open | 31/08/2026 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Response time average 2 weeks | ||||
| Sídhe Press | https://www.sidhe-press.eu/about/ | closed - see note | up to 2, 30 lines per poem max | OK | Please check our Twitter, Instagram and Bluesky accounts for news about the press and further projects. | ||||||
| Skylight 47 | 2 times a year | https://skylight47poetry.wordpress.com/submissions/ | closed | up to 3, max 40 lines each | don't say | Pays 40 euros per poem published | |||||
| Southlight | 2 times a year | http://www.southlight.ukwriters.net/submissions.html | open | rolling | email, post | up to 6, max 40 lines each | don't say | ||||
| Southword | 2 times a year | https://munsterlit.ie/southword/ | closed | 1/1/27 - 31/1/27 | Submittable | up to 4 | don't say | Pays 50 euros per poem published | |||
| Spellbinder | 4 times a year | https://www.spellbindermag.com/submission-guidelines/ | closed - see note | 1/4/26 - | Web form | up to 2, max 40 lines per poem | OK | Pays £3 per poem published. Submissions will re-open on July 1st. You may still send us your work during non-open periods, but it will not be acknowledged until submissions close after the following submission period. | |||
| Stand | 4 times a year | http://www.standmagazine.org/submissions | open | rolling | 4 to 6 | No | |||||
| Stinging Fly | 2 times a year | https://stingingfly.org/submissions/ | closed | 9/11/26 - 23/11/26 | Submittable | up to 3 | No | Pays €45 per magazine page, but with a minimum payment of €70 per poem | |||
| Swim Press | print and digital | https://swim-press.co.uk/submit/ | closed | up to 5 | OK | Subscribe to newsletter to hear of monthly writing prompts and chance to have work on the blog. NB for 'new and emerging writers' - see website for criteria. | |||||
| Tears in the Fence | 3 times a year | https://tearsinthefence.com/how-to-submit/ | open | rolling | up to 6 | No | |||||
| The Alchemy Spoon | print & online | 3 times a year | https://www.alchemyspoon.org/guidelines.html | open - see note | 30/06/2026 | Duosema | up to 3 | OK | Theme: child' | ||
| The Broken Spine | print & online | https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/submission-guidelines/ | open ? See note | 30/06/2026 | up to 2 | No | Should be open for Digital edition according to website but submissions form no longer active. | ||||
| The Cannon's Mouth | 4 times a year | https://tinyurl.com/cannonsmouth | open | rolling | email, post | up to 5 | don't say | ||||
| The Common (US) | print & online | 2 times a year | https://www.thecommononline.org/submit/ | closed | 1/9/26 - 1/12/26 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | *Subscribers may submit year-round for free, otherwise processing fee. Pays honorarium of per poem published | ||
| The Dark Horse | 3 times a year | http://www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com/submit.html | open | rolling | post | up to 6 | OK | Sim subs OK for now. ** NB hard copies only to new postal address - see website | |||
| The Dawntreader | 4 times a year | https://www.indigodreams.co.uk/magazines | open | rolling | up to 3 max 40 lines each | No | The Dawntreader specialises in myth, legend; in the landscape, nature; spirituality and love; the mystic, the environment. | ||||
| The Fiddlehead (Canada) | https://thefiddlehead.ca/submit | closed | 1/9/26 - 30/11/26 | Submittable | up to 6, max 10 pages total | OK | Response may take 6 months | ||||
| The Four-Faced Liar | https://www.the4facedliar.com/submissions | closed - see note | Web form | up to 3 | OK | We will open for submissions again in early 2027. Guidelines are long and precise - see website. | |||||
| The Madrid Review | print & online | 2 times a year | https://themadridreview.com/submissions | closed | New bilingual publication (launched 2024) | ||||||
| The Manchester Review | digital | 2 times a year | http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?page_id=231 | closed - see note | up to 3 | OK | window just closed (Feb 26) so check again July.August. | ||||
| The New Statesman | weekly | https://tinyurl.com/3hfy2a7s | open ? / see note | rolling | up to 4, max 30 lines each | don't say | Allow 60 days for a response. Poems do not have to be on a political theme. NB the subs page is now behind a firewall so I'm unable to verify anything | ||||
| The North | 2 times a year | https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/about/submissions/ | closed - see note | Web form | up to 6 | don't say | Window just closed (Feb 26) so check again July.August. | ||||
| The Poetry Review | 4 times a year | https://tinyurl.com/thepoetryreview | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 6 | No | Submittable entry FREE for Poetry Society members, otherwise £2 | |||
| The Pomegranate London | https://thepomegranatelondon.com/writing-submissions | open | rolling | up to 4 | OK | All submissions must feature an artist or an artist's tool, creation or environment in some way.” “We aim to respond within 10-15 working days’ | |||||
| The Rialto | 3 times a year | https://tinyurl.com/rialtomag | closed - see note | Submittable | up to 6 | OK | When Submittable is closed you can still submit hard copies by post. Pays £20 per poem | ||||
| The Storms | 2 times a year | https://tinyurl.com/stormsmag | closed - see note | up to 3, max 40 lines eah | OK | Issue VI will open for submissions in summer 2026. | |||||
| The Waxed Lemon | https://www.thewaxedlemon.com/submissions | closed | up to 3, max 30 lines each | OK | keep an eye on socials to hear when they're open | ||||||
| Under the Radar | 2 times a year | http://ninearchespress.com/magazine.html | open | 07/06/2026 | Submittable | up to 6 | No | ||||
| West Trade Review (US) | print and online | 4 times a year | https://www.westtradereview.com/submissionguidelines20.html | open | 01/08/2026 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Free subs for the 1st week of every month during the reading periods, otherwise subs fee. | ||
| Whistling Shade (US) | annual | http://www.whistlingshade.com/submissions.html | closed | up to 5 | OK | Generally open Jan 1 to June 1 | |||||
| A New Ulster | online and POD | monthly | https://anuanewulster.wixsite.com/anewulster/submission-guidelines | open - see note | rolling | up to 4 | don't say | Seems to be open, but website is not updated so unclear. See FB page for latest issue: https://www.facebook.com/ANewUlster/ | |||
| Afternoon Visitor | online | https://www.afternoonvisitor.com/submit | open | don't say | 3 to 8 | OK | |||||
| Allegro Poetry | online | 6 times a year | https://www.allegropoetry.org/p/submit.html | open - see note | 31/07/2026 | up to 4 | No | Current theme: Music NB no attachments | |||
| Ambient Receiver | online | https://www.ambientreceiver.org/about | closed | up to 3 | OK | Focussed on creative practice as a means to attune to our ecology...We look to showcase creative practitioners who, in various ways, mediate and/or give voice to the non-human. NB subscribe to newsletter to hear about windows | |||||
| Amethyst Review | online | https://amethystmagazine.org/submissions/ | open - see note | Duosema | up to 5 | OK | Subs capped at 100 each month. Poems with a connection to spirituality and the sacred”. | ||||
| Amsterdam Quarterly | online | https://www.amsterdamquarterly.org/submissions/ | closed - see note | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | up to 2 | NO | July theme: 'Culture' | ||||
| And Other Poems | online | https://andotherpoems.com/submissions/ | closed | 1/9/26 - 30/9/26 | Web form | up to 4 | OK | £2 submission fee but may be waived in certain circumstances - see website | |||
| Anomaly Literary Journal (US) | PDF and POD | https://anmly.org/calls/ | open | 01/08/2026 | Submittable | don't say | OK | submissions fee, but may be waived if circumstances prohibit - email to ask | |||
| Anthropocene | online | https://www.anthropocenepoetry.org/submissions | open | 30/06/2026 | up to 3 | don't say | We also offer expedited submissions at any time for £5 [a reply within 72 hours] and super expedited submissions £10 [a reply within 24 hours]. | ||||
| Aothen | POD and online | 2 times year | https://aothenmagazine.com/#work | open - see note | don't say | Web form | up to 5 | don't say | THIS ISSUE IS OPEN only FOR POEMS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE UNDER 18. Please only send pieces related to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Expedited subs for a fee. Pays per poem published. Sign up to hear of calls. | ||
| Atrium | Online | https://atriumpoetry.com/submission-guidelines/ | closed | up to 3 | No | “We publish a new poem twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Please follow our social media for updates. | |||||
| added June 26 | Atticus Review | online | https://atticusbooks.submittable.com/submit | open | 29/06/2026 | Submittable | don't say | don't say | The goal is to empower writers by giving them a permanent stake in their digital publications. We will do this by minting the work we publish as NFTs, or smart contracts. | ||
| Bad Lilies | online | https://www.badlilies.uk/submit | closed | up to 6 | OK | ||||||
| Basket | online | https://basketmagazine.co.uk/submissions/ | open | rolling | up to 3 | No | See their Instagram for back issues: https://www.instagram.com/basket__magazine | ||||
| Beaver Magazine | online | https://beavermag.org/submit/ | closed - see note | Submittable | 3 to 5 | OK | Our response time is almost always under a month Next window due to open June 30th. | ||||
| Bending the Arc | online/substack | https://bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/submissions | closed | max 2030 words | don't say | All submissions should have a strong thrutopian element, imagining ways through to a world we would be glad to leave to future generations. See website for details & subscribe to hear of call outs. | |||||
| Berlin Lit | online | https://www.berlinlit.com/submissions | closed | up to 5 | OK | pays 20 euros per poem published | |||||
| Black Iris | online | https://www.blackirispoetry.com/new-page | closed | up to 4 | OK | We have a strong bias towards poems that address contemporary issues. Subscribe to hear of next windows. | |||||
| Black Nore Review | online | https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/submit/ | open | rolling | 2 to 4, max 40 lines each | No | 2 weeks turnaround time. New posts every Monday and Thursday. | ||||
| B O D Y | Online | 3 times a year | https://bodyliterature.com/submissions/ | closed | Submittable | 3 to 5 | OK | Quick response - typically within a week NB subs are capped - when cap is reached, window closes | |||
| Brawl | online | https://www.brawllit.com/about | open | don't say | up to 3 | OK | Pays per acceptance. | ||||
| Briefly Write | online | https://brieflywrite.com/2020/05/12/submit-to-briefly-zine/ | closed | up to 3, max 16 lines each | OK | For the first time, we are offering feedback on submissions. (Tip Jar) | |||||
| Carmen et Error | online & email | 3 times a year | https://carmenerror.com/?page_id=19 | closed | 1/8/26 - 31/8/26 | up to 2, max 40 lines each | OK | we are open for the first 2 weeks of the months of February, May, August and November | |||
| added June 26 | Castle Poetry | Online | every 2 weeks | https://castlepoetry.co.uk/submit/ | open | rolling | up to 4 | OK | Recently launched. We are particularly – though not only – interested in writers with links to Cornwall. See subs page for details of themes. | ||
| Chestnut Review | print & online | annual / 4 times year | https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/ | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | Pays 0 per piece (annual print ediiton) If published, you cannot submit again for 2 years. Online quarterly. 30-day turnaround. | ||
| Consilience | online | https://www.consilience-journal.com/submit | closed - see note | 29/6/26 - 5/7/26 | Web form | 1 poem only | OK | Exploring the spaces where the sciences and the arts meet. Every submission must also include a detailed science statement that clearly explains the link between the poem and the theme of this issue. The theme for Issue 26 (next window) is ‘Birds' | |||
| Cosmic Daffodil | online | https://cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/submission-guidelines | open - see note | 15/07/2026 | Duosema | 3 to 5 | OK | Theme: Dawn/Dusk | |||
| Crow & Cross Keys | online | https://crowcrosskeys.com/submit/ | open | don't say | 3 to 5 | OK | In the tradition of oral folk tales, we want work that sounds as good when read aloud as it reads on the page. | ||||
| Culture Matters | online | https://tinyurl.com/culturemat | open | rolling | don't say | ||||||
| DIAGRAM | online | https://thediagram.com/subs.html | open | rolling | online portal | OK | we're interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labelling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories; in stories that disguise themselves as indices or obituaries.' NB AI assisted poems are fine | ||||
| Dodging the Rain | online | https://dodgingtherain.com/submissions/ | open | rolling | up to 5 | OK | “We will accept previously published work’ But tell them if that’s the case. Response time 3 - 6 months but they offer a paid expedited service (2 weeks) | ||||
| Drawn to the Light | digital and POD | 3 times a year | https://drawntothelightpress.com/submissions/ | closed | up to 3 | don't say | |||||
| Dust Poetry | online | https://www.dustpoetry.co.uk/submissions | closed | up to 3 | OK | Suggest follow on socials to hear about windows. | |||||
| Emerge Literary Journal (US) | online | 6 times a year | https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/submission-guidelines/ | open | rolling | Submittable | 3 to 4 (minimum 3) | OK | It has some special themed cateogories - see website. We are strictly a free verse and flash fiction publication. subs fee | ||
| Exposition Review | online | annual | https://expositionreview.com/submission-guidelines/ | closed | 15/9/26 - 15/12/26 | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | Author receives .00 USD for accepted work | ||
| Added Mar26 | Field Notes | annual | https://fieldnotes.site/submit/ | closed | up to 6000 words | don't say | FIELDNOTES is an artist-run publishing project based in Newham in east London. We are actively seeking contributions from underrepresented groups. See website for full Guidelines. Subs fee £4 (free for subscribers & unwaged). Pays up to £250. | ||||
| Forgotten Ground Regained | online | https://alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ | open - see note | 01/07/2026 | don't say | Submissions should make skillful, systematic use of alliteration in ways that use alliteration to reinforce the rhythm and connect important ideas. See website for current theme. | |||||
| Fragmented Voices | online | 2 times year | https://fragmentedvoices.com/submissions/ | closed | up to 4, max 40 lines each | No | We welcome first-time authors and poets. | ||||
| Frontier Poetry | online | https://www.frontierpoetry.com/submit/ | open | 12/07/2026 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | ||||
| Fruit | online | 2 times year | https://fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/ | closed | any number, max 100 lines total | OK | Fruit accepts submissions from writers who identify as LGBTQ+ A connection with the North of England is welcome (but not mandatory). Join mailing list /socials to hear of windows | ||||
| Full House Literary | online | https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions | closed | 1 poem, max 30 lines | don't say | Suggest follow on socials to hear about windows. | |||||
| Harana Poetry | online | https://www.haranapoetry.com/submissions | closed | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | up to 3,max 60 lines each | OK | |||||
| Havehashad | online | https://www.havehashad.com/having | closed - see note | Submissions windows are open for a few hours at a time, sporadically and spontaneously - announced via social and/or sometimes through email or text messages. Sign up to receive notifications. | |||||||
| Honest Ulsterman | online | https://humag.co/submissions | closed | up to 3 | No | New website! Updated Submissions Page! | |||||
| IAMB | online, audio | https://www.iambapoet.com/audition | closed | 20/9/27 - 26/9/27 | Iamb features audio recordings of established and emerging poets | ||||||
| Ink Sweat & Tears | online | https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ | open - see note | don't say | 4 to 6 | No | @ 3-6-26: 'Zakia Carpenter-Hall is open for submissions of poetry, prose word & image, reviews and filmpoems. | ||||
| Interpreters House | online | 2 times year | https://theinterpretershouse.org/submissions/ | closed | 1/10/26 - 14/11/26 | up to 5 | No | ||||
| Jet Fuel Review | online | 2 times year | https://www.jetfuelreview.com/submission-guidelines.html | closed | 15/8/26 - 15/10/26 | Submittable | 3 to 5 | OK | Closes when Submitable limit is reached | ||
| Kitchen Table Quarterly | online | https://www.kitchentablequarterly.org/submit | closed | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Our mission is to explore the personal within the historical; as such, we are committed to lifting the voices of those whose histories have been lessened, altered, or outright denied. | |||
| Knights of Pen & Ink | online | https://www.knightsofpenandink.com/submissions | closed | Web form | up to 3, 50 lines max | don't say | Issues are named after Tarot cards as a running theme, for writers to interpret how they wish. See submissions page for current theme | ||||
| La Piccioletta Barca | online | https://www.picciolettabarca.com/about/submissions | closed | Submittable | up to 5 | don't say | Reading fee . Also offer feedback on groups of poems (fee). Response within 4 weeks and publication within 6 weeks after that. | ||||
| Leavings (US) | online & print | https://www.leavingslitmag.com/submit | open | rolling | 3 to 5 | don't say | All submissions are considered for inclusion in both our full length issues and our Monthly Features. Every contributor is paid ten dollars per accepted piece. | ||||
| Leon Literary Review | online | 6 times year | https://leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/ | open | 01/07/2026 | Submittable | max 6 pages | OK | |||
| Liminal Transit Review | online | https://liminaltransitreview.com/submit/ | closed | up to 5 | OK | Unclear whether still active - last quoted dates on website are 2025. | |||||
| Lit eZine | digital, twice a year | https://manicsylph.com/lit-ezine-submissions/ | closed - see note | OK | See website for Guidelines. Unclear if open as there is contradictory info on website. | ||||||
| London Grip | online | https://londongrip.co.uk/home/ | closed | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | up to 3 | No | NB URL | ||||
| Lothlorien Poetry Journal | online & PDF | https://tinyurl.com/lpjournal | open | rolling | up to 5 | No | |||||
| Metphrastics | online | https://www.metphrastics.com/submit | open | rolling | up to 3 | OK | We welcome submissions year-round responding to works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Pays per poem | ||||
| Morphrog | online | 2 times year | https://tinyurl.com/morphrog | open | rolling | don't say | |||||
| Moss Puppy | online | 2 times year | https://mosspuppymag.com/submit/#guidelines | closed | 1/7/26 - 1/10/26 | form | up to 3 | OK | 2 week response time. Issue 10 opening for subs in July: theme = Paw Paths | ||
| Mugwort | online | https://mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/ | closed | Submittable | up to 5, max 50 lines each | OK | We have an eclectic mix of themes, including but not strictly limited to folklore, myth, nature, history, gothic horror, folk horror, supernatural horror, landscape, place, pop culture, subcultures | ||||
| Neologism | online | https://www.neologismpoetry.com/submissions/ | open | rolling | up to 5 | OK | Response within days | ||||
| New Verse Review | online | https://newversereview.substack.com/p/submissions-3d8 | open | 30/06/2026 | up to 5 | OK | |||||
| Northern Gravy | online | https://northerngravy.com/submissions/ | closed | up to 4, max 40 lines each | OK | Northern Gravy will return in July 2026 | |||||
| Okay Donkey (US) | online | https://okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/ | open - see note | Submittable | 1 poem | OK | We open for free submissions on the 1st of every month but December and stay open until we hit our submissions cap. Pays per poem. | ||||
| Added Dec 25 | One Sentence Poems | online | 3 times year | https://www.onesentencepoems.com/submit | open | 30/06/2026 | Submittable | up to 4 | don't say | See website for explicit requirements! | |
| One Art | online | https://oneartpoetry.com/submissions/ | open | rolling | 1 to 5 | No | Our typical response time is one to five days | ||||
| Added Mar26 | Outposts | occasional | https://outpostspoetry.com/ | open | rolling | post or email | any | No | New website | ||
| Palette Poetry | online | https://www.palettepoetry.com/submit/ | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Pays per poem published. Seems to be a sister site to Frontier Poetry | |||
| Paperboats | online | https://paperboats.org/writings/submissions/ | closed | up to 60 lines total | OK | A new e-zine for poetry and prose with ecological leanings. response time 2 months | |||||
| Penumbra | online & print | https://www.penumbraonline.com/submissions | open | 04/07/2026 | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | ||||
| Perverse | digital newsletter/PDF | https://perversepoetry.tumblr.com/submits | open | 30/06/2026 | Web form | up to 3 | don't say | Perverse publishes poems which are deliberate, obstinate, unreasonable or unacceptable, contrary to the expected practice”. Sign up to newsletter to hear of windows. | |||
| Pinhole Poetry (Canada) | online | 4 times year | https://pinholepoetry.ca/poetry-pinhole-photography-guidelines/ | open | 01/08/2026 | up to 5 | don't say | They close submissions approx 5 weeks before a publication date. Next publication October 26 | |||
| added June 26 | Pithead Chapel | online | https://pitheadchapel.com/submission-guidelines/ | open - see note | rolling | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | PROSE POETRY ONLY. NB when they reach their Submittable limit each month they close, so submit early in the month. | ||
| Added Mar26 | Poet Lore | 2 times a year | https://www.poetlore.com/submit/ | closed | 1/10/26 - 30/11/26 | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Founded in January 1889, Poet Lore is America’s oldest poetry journal. Pays per poem. | ||
| Poetry Pea | PDF, online and podcast | 4 times year | http://poetrypea.com/submissions/ | open - see note | varies | No | Journal of Haiku, Naibun and Senryu, and associated weekly podcast. Monthly deadlines & prompts. Number of poems to submit depends on form. Long and detailed subs guidelines - please read. | ||||
| Poetry Worth Hearing | podcast / audio magazine | monthly | https://www.poetryworthhearing.biz/ | open - see note | 18/6/26 and 18/7/26 | recordings of up to 4 mins plus text(s) as Word doc (not PDF) | don't say | June deadline theme: TREES | |||
| Porridge | online | https://porridgemagazine.com/about/submissions/ | closed | up to 3 | don't say | Suggest sign up for its newsletter to be told about new windows. | |||||
| Pulsebeat (US) | online | 3 times year | https://pulsebeatpoetry.com/guidelines/ | open | 31/08/2026 | up to 5 poems/ 200 lines | don't say | Interested in poems full of music, using meter and rhyme or other means. | |||
| Propel Magazine | online | 4 times a year | https://www.propelmagazine.co.uk/submissions | closed - see note | Submittable | up to 6 | OK | Publishes poets based in the UK or Ireland who have yet to publish their first full-length poetry collection. NB no new issues since July 2025 | |||
| Pulp Poets' Press | online | https://pulppoetspress.com/submissions | open | rolling | up to 4 | OK | |||||
| Raising the Fifth | online | https://raisingthefifth.co.uk/submissions/ | closed - see note | Web form | up to 3, max 1 A4 page total | OK | We accept pieces that have something to say about not having children (from a myriad perspectives). We hope to open again in 2026. - no activity yet, will keep an eye | ||||
| Rejection Letters | online | https://rejection-letters.com/submit/ | open | rolling | online portal | up to 4 | don't say | We like poetry that doesn't try too hard but gets under our skin in the best kinds of ways. | |||
| Red Ogre Review | online | https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit | open | 01/07/2026 | Submittable | up to 10 | don't say | ||||
| Right Hand Pointing | online | https://www.righthandpointing.net/submit | closed | 1/8/26 - 15/9/26 | Submittable | up to 4 | don't say | We prefer 16 lines or fewer and fewer than 75 words. Never more than 20 lines or 100 words. Prose poems 100 words or fewer. We’re generally averse to rhyme. | |||
| Rust & Moth | hybrid | https://rustandmoth.com/submit/ | open | 20/06/2026 | up to 3 | OK | Poems are published online over the course of the season. Once the issue is complete, it is released in its entirety in print and as a free ebook. NB new URL | ||||
| Shadow Pond Journal | online | https://shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html | closed | 10/11/26 - 30/11/26 | Web form | up to 3 | don't say | NB haiku senryu or monoku only | |||
| Sheila Na Gig | online | 4 times year | https://sheilanagigblog.com/submissions/ | closed | 1/7/26 - 31/7/26 | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | Submit early, as the portals will close when we hit our caps! NB reading fee | ||
| Sideways Poetry | online & PDF | 2 times year | https://sidewayspoetry.com/submissions/ | closed | up to 5 | No | No activity since 2025 - pending deletion from list | ||||
| Snakeskin Poetry | online | monthly | http://www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk/second.htm | open | rolling | Don’t say | Each number of the zine is made up of the contributions sent in during the previous month. See website for monthly themes/info on guest editors etc | ||||
| Spamzine | Online | https://www.spamzine.co.uk/submissions | closed | Up to 3 A4 pages | OK | Sign up to our mailing list or follow us @spamzine on socials to find out when our next open reading period is. | |||||
| Spillwords | online | https://spillwords.com/u-submit-spillwordspress-u-blog/ | open | rolling | Web form | don’t say | No | ||||
| Split the Lip | online | https://splitlipthemag.com/submit | closed | 1/7/26 - 15/8/26 - see note | Submittable | 1 only | OK | July - Aug period is Tip Jar subs (). Pays 0 per poet/author. | |||
| Spry Literary Journal (US) | Online | http://www.sprylit.com/guidelines/ | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | ||||
| Steel Jackdaw | ebook and POD | https://www.steeljackdaw.com/submissions | open | rolling | Web form | up to 40 lines | OK | ||||
| Stepaway Magazine | online | https://stepawaymagazine.com/about | open | rolling | 1 only | OK | Our magazine is hungry for literature that evokes the sensory experience of walking in specific neighborhoods, districts or zones within a city. This is flânerie for the twenty-first century. NB no new edition since Aug 25. | ||||
| Stone Circle Review (US) | online | https://stonecirclereview.com/submissions-guidelines/ | open | rolling | 1 only | OK | Aims to respond within 4 weeks | ||||
| Stone of Madness (US) | online | 4 times year | https://stoneofmadnesspress.com/submit | open | 30/06/2026 | up to 4, max 4 pages | OK | Stone of Madness Press is a physical [online] and conceptual space for queer, trans, and neurodiverse writers. | |||
| Streetcake | online | https://www.streetcakemagazine.com/submissions.html | closed | 2 to 5 | OK | we want to read poetry that surprises us, makes us laugh, looks downright weird or out of the ordinary... | |||||
| SWWIM | online | daily | https://www.swwim.org/submit | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | SWWIM Every Day publishes a poem a day by women-identifying writers and all gender-expansive definitions of that term. We do not favor nor do we seek poems about swimming. Subs fee , expedited options available. | ||
| Added Dec 25 | Syncopation Literary Journal | online | 2 times year | https://syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/ | closed | A free online open-access literary journal for musicians, and for writers inspired by music. Suggest join mailing list for updates. Submissions are currently closed but will reopen in Fall 2026. | |||||
| Tahoma Literary Review | digital/PDF | https://tahomaliteraryreview.com/submission-guidelines/ | closed - see note | Submittable | up to 6 | OK | We plan to reopen in August. Submissions fee (may be waived for certain categories). Pays per poem published. Expedited subs also available (fee). | ||||
| takahē | online | https://www.takahe.org.nz/submit/ | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 4 | OK | Payment for published work is NZ$45 for the first poem and NZ$35 for each additional poem. | |||
| Added Mar26 | Tamarind | digital and print | 2 times a year | https://tamarindlit.co.uk/submissions/ | open | rolling | via own portal | up to 3 | OK | "We are open to poems in any style or format. The only requirement is that it is related to science, scientists, or the interaction of science with society. " | |
| Tar River Poetry | online | https://tarriverpoetry.com/home-page/submit-page/ | closed | 1/9/26 - 30/9/26 | Submittable | up to 5 | Don’t say | ||||
| Added Mar26 | T'Art | online (4 times a year) & print | https://www.t-artpress.co.uk/submissions | open - see note | rolling | form | up to 3 | OK | As a queer and trans-led collective, whilst we welcome work from everyone, we prioritise underrepresented voices such as LGBTQIA+ voices and voices of colour. Open on a rolling basis for their online magazine, NB they accept previously published material. | ||
| The Adroit Journal | online | 4 times year | https://theadroitjournal.org/about/submissions/ | closed | Submittable | up to 6 | OK | Pays to poets they publish. Sign up for email updates to hear of open windows. | |||
| Added Mar26 | The Aftershock Review | print & digital | https://www.aftershockreview.com/submissions | open - see note | Duosuma | up to 3 | no | A UK-based, disabled-led poetry magazine and press publishing poetry shaped by survival, identity, and lived experience. £3 submissions fee but may be waived on application. Appears to be open but unclear. | |||
| The Dodge | online | 4 times year | https://www.thedodgemag.com/submissions | closed | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | A magazine for eco-writing, writing about animals, and translation on these themes. | |||
| The Fib Review | online | 3 times year | http://www.musepiepress.com/fibreview/subs.html | open | rolling | Submittable | Don’t say | Publishes ONLY Fibonacci poems | |||
| The Fig Tree | online | 6 times year | https://figtreepoetry.substack.com/p/submissions | open - see note | rolling | up to 3, max 40 lines each | OK | Website states issues are full until November, so they may be having a break this summer. Advise to check. | |||
| The Journal (US) | online & print | http://thejournalmag.org/submit | closed | submittable | 3 to 5 | OK | |||||
| The Lake | Online | http://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/submit/ | open | rolling | up to 5 | OK | Previously published poems will be considered providing you retain copyright and that they were published at least one year prior to submitting. | ||||
| The Lincoln Review | online | https://www.lincolnreview.org/ | closed | 1/9/26 - 1/3/27 | Web form | up to 4 | OK | ||||
| The Muleskinner Journal (US) | https://www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit | open - see note | 14/06/2026 | up to 3 | OK | Theme: Borderlands | |||||
| The Offing | online | https://theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit | closed | Submittable | up to 5, max 10 pages | don't say | Theme: Back of the Envelope: poems relating to, or drawing on, science and the natural world. | ||||
| The Phare | online | 4 times year | https://www.thephare.com/submit | closed | up to 2, max 40 lines | OK | NB £3 submission fee | ||||
| The Pierian | online | https://www.thepierian.org/submit | open | rolling | online portal | up to 5 | No | Each poem is read blind, shuffled with other recent submissions. Cater your submission accordingly. Also annual print ediiton | |||
| Added Dec 25 | The Poetry Lighthouse | online | monthly | https://www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/submissions | closed | up to 5 | OK | Previously published work considered. Response within 8 weeks. They may suggest edits to your poems. | |||
| The Ex-Puritan (Canada) | online | https://ex-puritan.ca/submissions | open | rolling | Submittable | up to 4 | OK | You are encouraged to pay to submit, if you can afford it, leaving the free option for those who cannot. Pays to 0 for publication. | |||
| The Shore | online | https://www.theshorepoetry.org/ | closed | 1/7/26 - 1/9/26 | 3 to 5 | OK | seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike. | ||||
| The Suburban Review | online, 4 times a year | https://thesuburbanreview.com/submit/ | closed - see note | Submittable | up to 3 | OK | NB windows are quarterly, but short and easy to miss. Sign up to newsletter or follow on socials to hear of windows. Australian | ||||
| The Sunlight Press (US) | online | https://www.thesunlightpress.com/submissions/ | closed | up to 3 | OK | Stay tuned here for (submission) reopening dates. Pays for published poems. | |||||
| The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook | online | monthly | https://www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/the-wee-sparrow-haiku-nook | open - see note | up to 3 | don't say | Open from 1st - 15th of every month | ||||
| Thimble Lit | online | https://www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/ | open | 30/09/2026 | 2 to 3 | OK | |||||
| Tiny Words | online | https://tinywords.com/about/ | closed | 1/8/26 - 31/8/26 | online portal | No | An international, daily magazine of haiku and micropoetry. | ||||
| Tyger Tyger | online | 3 times year | https://tygertyger.net/submissions/ | open - see note | 30/09/2026 | up to 3 | OK | June theme: Magic & Mischief NB Tyger Tyger is a magazine of CHILDREN'S POETRY | |||
| Added Dec 25 | Unbroken | online | 4 times year | https://unbrokenjournal.com/submit/ | open | 15/09/2026 | Submittable | up to 2 | OK | PROSE POEMS ONLY - see website for details We read 6 weeks on and 6 weeks off. See website for schedule. | |
| Under a Warm Green Linden (US) | online | 2 times year | http://www.greenlindenpress.com/submit/ | closed | 1/12/27 - 21/3/27 | Submittable | up to 5 | don't say | reading fee part of which goes to reforestation projects | ||
| Added Dec 25 | Unlost | online | 2 times year | https://unlostjournal.com/submit/ | open | 15/09/2026 | Submittable | up to 4 | OK | A journal of found poetry & art. NB sources must be cited | |
| Variant Literature | online | 4 times year | https://variantlit.com/submit/ | closed | Submittable | up to 5 | OK | Pays per poem published | |||
| Version 9 | online | 1 or 2 times a year | https://version9magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ | open | rolling | 3 to 5 | don't say | Version (9) Magazine is a journal of contemporary poetry and poetics that celebrates the theoretical. | |||
| Wild Court | online | https://wildcourt.co.uk/contact/ | open | don't say | |||||||
| Wildfire Words | online | https://wildfire-words.com/os6-june-aug-2024/ | open | 14/09/2026 | Web form | up to 3 | don't say | Submitters are invited to send an audio recording of their poems. | |||
| Wildness (US) | online | https://readwildness.com/submit | open | rolling | up to 5 | OK | “We currently publish our issues annually (in August) and read submissions on a rolling basis” |