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Legend:

FO = Formal-only, i.e., accepts only formal or metrical poetry.
FF = Formal-friendly. Let's not list everyone here, okay? Just those that seem especially receptive to formal or metrical poetry.
P = Print zine
W = Webzine

One or two of these should probably also have an A for Awful, but hey, I just maintain the list, I don't endorse everything in it.

I'll leave the discontinued and possibly-discontinued entries up, at least for now, so that I don't forget they've been discontinued and mistakenly re-add them later.

Title Website Type Comments
14 by 14 http://www.14by14.com/ FOW Sonnets
21 Stars Review http://www.sundress.net/21stars/ FFW  
32 Poems http://www.32poems.com/ FFP Poems of 32 lines or fewer.
66 http://www.bostonpoetry.com/66/ FOP Sonnets and essays about sonnets.
Alabama Literary Review Couldn't find a website, but here's their address:
William Thompson
Poetry Editor, Alabama Literary Review
Smith Hall, Room 274-A
Troy University
Troy, Alabama 36082		 FFP Include SASE
Anon http://www.blanko.org.uk/anon/ FFP Anonymous selection.
Anti- http://anti-poetry.com/ FFW  
The Barefoot Muse http://www.barefootmuse.com/ FOW  
Blue Unicorn http://www.blueunicorn.org/ FFP  
Bringing Sonnets Back http://www.freewebs.com/bringingsonnetsback/ FOW DISCONTINUED
Calenture http://www.geocities.com/calenture.journal/ FFW 1/7/2008: Closed to poetry and prose-poetry until further notice, but when open will pay $10 Australian for poems and prose poems.
Candelabrum http://www.members.tripod.com/redcandlepress/Magazine.htm FFP  
Cave Wall http://www.cavewallpress.com/ FFP  
The Chimaera http://www.the-chimaera.com/ FFW  
Contemporary Rhyme http://www.contemporaryrhyme.com/ FFW  
Dana Literary Society http://www.danaliterary.org/index.html FFW DISCONTINUED
The Deronda Review http://www.pointandcircumference.com/deronda/main.htm FOP Formerly the Neovictorian/Cochlea
The Dark Horse http://www.star.ac.uk/darkhorse.html FOP  
The Eclectic Muse http://www.thehypertexts.com/Essays%20Articles
%20Reviews%20Prose/The%20Eclectic%20Muse.htm		 FFP  
Edge City Review http://www.edge-city.com/ FFP DISCONTINUED
The Eleventh Muse http://www.poetrywest.org/muse.htm FFP DISCONTINUED?
Envoi http://www.cinnamonpress.com/envoi/ FFP  
The Evansville Review http://english.evansville.edu/EvansvilleReview.htm FFP Annual
Expansive Poetry Online http://www.expansivepoetryonline.com/ FOW  
First Things http://www.firstthings.com/ FFP Religious
Folly http://www.the-buckeye.org/folly FFW DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Fourteen http://www.fourteenmagazine.com/ FFP Sonnets
Garbanzo http://www.garbanzo.us FFW Light verse
The Hudson Review http://www.hudsonreview.com/ FFP  
The HyperTexts http://www.thehypertexts.com/ FOW An evolving online anthology.
Iambs & Trochees http://www.iambsandtrochees.com FOP DISCONTINUED
Image http://www.imagejournal.org/ FFP "Art, Faith, Mystery"
Iron Horse Literary Review http://english.ttu.edu/IH/ FFP  
Light http://www.lightquarterly.com/ FFP Light verse
Lighten Up Online http://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/index.html FFW Light verse
Loch Raven Review http://www.lochravenreview.net/ FFW  
The London Magazine http://www.thelondonmagazine.net/ FFP  
Lucid Rhythms http://www.lucidrhythms.com/ FFW  
The Lyric http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/ FOP  
Measure http://measure.evansville.edu/index.htm FOP Was annual; now semiannual
Mezzo Cammin http://www.mezzocammin.com/ FOW Women writers
MÖBIUS http://home.earthlink.net/~mobiusmag/index.html FFP Annual
The National Poetry Review http://www.nationalpoetryreview.com/ FFP  
NEBO http://lfa.atu.edu/english/Nebo/nebo.html FFP  
The New Criterion http://www.newcriterion.com/ FFP Conservative
North American Review http://www.webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/Home.html FFP  
Orbis http://www.forwardpress.co.uk/01_home/hosted/orbis.htm FFP  
Phenomenon http://www.phenmag.com/ FFW  
Our Pipe Dreams http://www.ourpipedreams.com/ FFP  
Pivot http://www.n2hos.com/acm/EPMBOOKSTOREMAIN.HTML FOP DISCONTINUED
Poemeleon http://www.poemeleon.org/ FFW  
The Poem Tree http://www.poemtree.com/ FOW An evolving online anthology.
Poetry http://www.poetrymagazine.org/ FFP  
The Poetry Journal http://www.poetryjournal.org/ FFW  
Poetry Renewal http://www.poetryrenewal.com FOW DISCONTINUED
The Poetry Revolt http://www.poetryrevolt.com/ FFP  
The Quarterly Journal of Food and Car Poems http://geocities.com/food_and_car_poems/ FOW  
The Raintown Review http://www.centralavepress.com/trr.html FFP  
Rattapallax http://www.rattapallax.com/ FFP  
The Raven Chronicles http://www.ravenchronicles.org/ FFP  
Riverrun http://web.uccs.edu/english/student/riverrun.htm FFP  
The Road Not Taken http://www.journalofformalpoetry.com/ FOW  
Ruminate http://www.ruminatemagazine.com FFP "Faith in Literature and Art"
ShatterColors http://www.shattercolors.com/index.htm FFW  
The Shit Creek Review http://www.shitcreekreview.com/ FFW Best. Name. Ever.
Smartish Pace http://www.smartishpace.com/home/index.html FFP  
Snakeskin http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~simmers/ FFW  
Sonnetto Poesia http://sonnettopoesiahome.homestead.com/index.html FOP  
Soundzine http://soundzine.org/ FFW MP3s
Strong Verse http://www.strongverse.org/ FFW  
Texas Poetry Journal http://www.texaspoetryjournal.com/ FFP DISCONTINUED
Third Wednesday http://thirdwednesday.org/ FFP  
Trellis http://www.trellismagazine.com/ FOW  
Umbrella http://www.umbrellajournal.com/ FFW  
Unsplendid http://www.unsplendid.com/ FOW  
Worm http://www.villarana.freeserve.co.uk/wormhome.htm FFW Distributed via email

 

Formal-Friendly Poem/Book Competitions

Legend:

B = book or chapbook competition
P = poem competition

Name Website Type Comments
The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html B  
The Donald Justice Poetry Prize http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum10/HTML/000875.html B  
The Edgar Bowers Award http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm P  
The Helen Schaible Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnet Contest http://www.illinoispoets.org/pdf/sonnetcontest2007.pdf P Reportedly, this is an annual contest. Here, read this.
The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award http://english.evansville.edu/Nemerov.htm P  
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize http://www.southwestreview.org/SubmissionGuidelines.htm P  
The Richard Wilbur Award http://english.evansville.edu/WilburAwardGuidelines.htm B  
The Science Fiction Poetry Association http://www.sfpoetry.com/2007poetrycontest.html P  
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