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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
Two or three 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 | DISCONTINUED |
| 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. |
| Able Muse | http://www.ablemuse.com/ | FOW | |
| 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. |
| 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 | 2/28/08: Editor taking break, not accepting submissions until further notice. |
| Crab Orchard Review | http://www.siuc.edu/~crborchd/ | FFP | |
| 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 | |
| Euphony | http://euphonyjournal.com/ | 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 |
| The Flea | http://www.the-flea.com/ | FFW | |
| Folly | http://www.the-buckeye.org/folly | FFW | DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE |
| Fourteen | http://www.fourteenmagazine.com/ | FFP | Fourteen-line poems |
| Frostwriting | http://www.frostwriting.com/ | FFW | |
| Garbanzo | http://www.garbanzo.us | FFW | Light verse |
| Harp-Strings | No website. Send 3-5 poems, pasted or as a Word attachment, to Madelyn Eastlund at verdure@tampabay.rr.com | FFP | |
| The Hudson Review | http://www.hudsonreview.com/ | FFP | Notoriously slow to respond. |
| 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" |
| The Innisfree Poetry Journal | http://www.authorme.com/innisfree.htm | FFW | |
| 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 |
| Linebreak | http://linebreak.org/ | FFW | One poem per week. |
| The Literary Bohemian | http://www.literarybohemian.com/ | FFW | travel |
| 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 |
| Mimesis | http://www.mimesispoetry.com/ | FFP | |
| MÖBIUS | http://home.earthlink.net/~mobiusmag/index.html | FFP | Annual |
| The National Poetry Review | http://www.nationalpoetryreview.com/ | FFP | Limited reading period for non-subscribers |
| NEBO | http://lfa.atu.edu/english/Nebo/nebo.html | FFP | |
| The New Criterion | http://www.newcriterion.com/ | FFP | Politically conservative |
| North American Review | http://www.webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/Home.html | FFP | |
| Orbis | http://kudoswriting.wordpress.com/orbis-141-and-guidelines/about-orbis/ | FFP | |
| http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/ | FFW | Tied with The Shit Creek Review for Best Name Ever. |
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| Our Pipe Dreams | http://www.ourpipedreams.com/ | FFP | |
| Phenomenon | http://www.phenmag.com/ | FFW | |
| 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 | |
| The Poetry Porch | http://www.poetryporch.com/ | FFW | Includes a sub-zine, The Sonnet Scroll. |
| 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 | DISCONTINUED |
| The Raintown Review | http://www.theraintownreview.com/ | FFP | |
| The Rat's Ass Review | http://www.ratsassreview.com/ | FFW | |
| Rattapallax | http://www.rattapallax.com/ | FFP | |
| Rattle | http://www.rattle.com/submissions.htm | FFP | They're currently soliciting sonnets. See Calls for Submission. |
| The Raven Chronicles | http://www.ravenchronicles.org/ | FFP | |
| The Recusant | http://www.therecusant.moonfruit.com/ | FFW | |
| Redheaded Stepchild | http://redheadedmag.com/poetry/ | FFW | "a home for rejected poems" |
| Riverrun | http://web.uccs.edu/english/student/riverrun.htm | FFP | |
| River Styx | http://www.riverstyx.org/ | FFP | |
| The Road Not Taken | http://www.journalofformalpoetry.com/ | FOW | |
| The Rondeau Roundup | http://therondeauroundup.blogspot.com/ | FOW | rondeau, rondel, roundel, rondeau redouble, rondolet, triolet, and ballade |
| Ruminate | http://www.ruminatemagazine.com | FFP | "Faith in Literature and Art" |
| ShatterColors | http://www.shattercolors.com/index.htm | FOW | |
| The Sewanee Review | http://www.sewanee.edu/sewanee_review | FFP | |
| The Sewanee Theological Review | http://www.sewanee.edu/Theology/str/strhome.html | FFP | Anglican |
| http://www.shitcreekreview.com/ | FFW | Tied with O Sweet Flowery Roses for Best Name Ever. |
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| Slant | http://www.uca.edu/english/slant/ | FFP | Annual |
| Sliptongue | http://www.sliptongue.com/ | FFW | Erotic poetry |
| 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 | Sonnets |
| Soundzine | http://soundzine.org/ | FFW | MP3s |
| SP Quill | http://www.shadowpoetry.com/magazine/spquill.html | FFP | Charges for the magazine, but does not, in most cases, pay or provide contributor copies. (At the same time, demands "professionalism" from submitters.) See guidelines for details. |
| Strong Verse | http://www.strongverse.org/ | FFW | |
| Texas Poetry Journal | http://www.texaspoetryjournal.com/ | FFP | DISCONTINUED |
| Think Journal | http://web.me.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html | FFP | "...a philosophy of reason, rationality, intelligence, certainty, thought, integrity and non-contradiction..." |
| Third Wednesday | http://thirdwednesday.org/ | FFP | |
| tinfoildresses | http://tinfoildresses.synthasite.com/ | FFW | |
| Trellis | http://www.trellismagazine.com/ | FOW | |
| Two Review | http://tworeview.googlepages.com/ | FFP | Annual |
| Umbrella | http://www.umbrellajournal.com/ | FFW | |
| Unsplendid | http://www.unsplendid.com/ | FOW | |
| Valparaiso Poetry Review | http://www.valpo.edu/vpr/ | FFW | |
| White Lotus | http://www.shadowpoetry.com/magazine/whitelotus.html | FOP | Japanese forms only. Charges for the magazine, but does not pay or provide contributor copies. |
| 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