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Read the submission guidelines before submitting anywhere.
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
B = Both print and online
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.
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http://www.14by14.com/ | FOW | Sonnets. |
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http://www.sundress.net/21stars/ | FFW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.32poems.com/ | FFP | Poems of 32 lines or fewer. |
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http://www.bostonpoetry.com/66/ | FOP | As of 8/3/10, supposedly active again. See http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=11426 |
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http://www.ablemuse.com/ | FOW | |
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http://adannajournal.blogspot.com/ | FFP | |
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FFP | No website. William Thompson, Poetry Editor, Alabama Literary Review, Smith Hall, Room 166B, Troy University, Troy, Alabama 36082 (Include SASE) | |
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http://nccsc.net/american_arts_quartlerly | FFP | |
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http://www.blanko.org.uk/anon/ | FFP | Anonymous selection. |
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http://anti-poetry.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.autumnskypoetry.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.barefootmuse.com/ | FOW | ON HIATUS - closed for submissions until further notice. |
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http://www.blueunicorn.org/ | FFP | |
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http://www.freewebs.com/bringingsonnetsback/ | FOW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.geocities.com/calenture.journal/ | FFW | DISCONTINUED? Geocities has been shut down. |
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http://www.members.tripod.com/redcandlepress/Magazine.htm | FFP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.cartyspoetryjournal.com/Submissions.htm | FFW | |
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http://www.cavewallpress.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.the-chimaera.com/ | FFW | ON HIATUS - closed for submissions until further notice. |
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http://www.comstockreview.org/ | FFP | |
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http://www.contemporaryrhyme.com/ | FFW | 2/28/08: Editor taking break, not accepting submissions until further notice. |
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http://www.siuc.edu/~crborchd/ | FFP | |
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http://www.crannogmagazine.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.danaliterary.org/index.html | FFW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.pointandcircumference.com/deronda/main.htm | FOP | Formerly the Neovictorian/Cochlea |
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http://www.thehypertexts.com/Essays%20Articles%20Reviews%20Prose/The%20Eclectic%20Muse.htm | FFP | |
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http://www.edge-city.com/ | FFP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.poetrywest.org/muse.htm | FFP | DISCONTINUED? |
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http://www.cinnamonpress.com/envoi/ | FFP | |
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http://euphonyjournal.com/ | FFP | |
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http://english.evansville.edu/EvansvilleReview.htm | FFP | Annual |
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http://www.expansivepoetryonline.com/ | FOW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.firstthings.com/ | FFP | Religious |
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http://www.the-flea.com/ | FFW | Sporadic - check the site for reading periods. |
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http://www.the-buckeye.org/folly | FFW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.fourteenmagazine.com/ | FFP | Fourteen-line poems |
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http://www.fringemagazine.org/ | FFW | |
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http://www.frostwriting.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.futurecycle.org/ | FFW | |
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http://www.garbanzo.us/ | FFW | ON HIATUS - closed for submissions until further notice. |
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mailto:verdure@tampabay.rr.com | FFP | No website. Send 3-5 poems, pasted or as a Word attachment, to Madelyn Eastlund at email address at left. |
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http://www.hudsonreview.com/ | FFP | Notoriously slow to respond. |
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http://www.thehypertexts.com/ | FOW | An evolving online anthology. |
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http://www.iambsandtrochees.com/ | FOP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.imagejournal.org/ | FFP | "Art, Faith, Mystery" |
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http://www.authorme.com/innisfree.htm | FFW | |
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http://www.interpretershouse.org.uk/ | FFP | |
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http://english.ttu.edu/IH/ | FFP | |
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http://www.italianamericana.com/ | FFB | Italian-Americans |
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http://sites.google.com/site/ccivyreview/ | FFP | |
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http://www.fairmontstate.edu/publications/kestrel/submissions | FFP | |
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http://lavrev.net/ | FFW | Poetry and art by, about, and for lesbians |
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http://www.lightquarterly.com/ | FFP | Light verse |
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http://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/index.html | FFW | Light verse |
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http://linebreak.org/ | FFW | One poem per week. |
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http://www.literarybohemian.com/ | FFW | travel |
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http://www.hatchetonline.com/HatchetOnline/LiteraryHatchet/ | FFW | “mystery, murder, macabre, horror, monsters, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night” |
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http://www.lochravenreview.net/ | FFW | |
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http://www.thelondonmagazine.net/ | FFP | |
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http://www.lucidrhythms.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/ | FOP | |
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http://measure.evansville.edu/Measure/Home.html | FOP | Was annual; now semiannual |
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http://www.mezzocammin.com/ | FOW | Women writers |
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http://www.mimesispoetry.com/ | FFP | |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~mobiusmag/index.html | FFP | Annual |
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http://www.atu.edu/english/Nebo.shtml | FFP | |
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http://www.nationalpoetryreview.com/ | FFP | Limited reading period for non-subscribers |
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http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.newcriterion.com/ | FFP | Politically conservative |
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http://newwalkmagazine.wordpress.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/Home.html | FFP | |
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http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/ | FFW | Tied with The Shit Creek Review for Best Name Ever. |
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http://www.off-the-coast.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.kudoswritingcompetitions.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.ourpipedreams.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.pnreview.co.uk/ | FFP | |
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http://www.phenmag.com/ | FFW | DISCONTINUED?Website down. |
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http://www.n2hos.com/acm/EPMBOOKSTOREMAIN.HTML | FOP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.poemtree.com/ | FOW | An evolving online anthology. |
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http://www.poemeleon.org/ | FFW | |
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http://www.poetrymagazine.org/ | FFP | |
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http://www.poetryjournal.org/ | FFW | DISCONTINUED? Website is kaput |
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http://www.poetryporch.com/ | FFW | Includes a sub-zine, The Sonnet Scroll. |
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http://poetryproper.blogspot.com/ | FFW | The site is a blog, but the journal is in PDF format. |
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http://www.poetryrenewal.com/ | FOW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.poetryrevolt.com/ | FFP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.ars-rhetorica.net/Praxilla/Praxilla.html | FFW | DISCONTINUED? Website is kaput |
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http://www.heartsoundspressliterary.com/Pulse_Literary_Journal/Welcome.html | FFW | |
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http://geocities.com/food_and_car_poems/ | FOW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.theraintownreview.com/ | FFP | |
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http://www.ratsassreview.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.rattapallax.com/ | FFP | No longer accepting print poems, only videos and recordings. |
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http://www.rattle.com/submissions.htm | FFB | |
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http://www.ravenchronicles.org/ | FFP | |
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http://www.reachpoetry.com/ | FFP | |
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http://recursiveangel.org/ | FFW | |
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http://www.therecusant.moonfruit.com/ | FFW | |
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http://redheadedmag.com/poetry/ | FFW | "a home for rejected poems" |
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http://rhythmpoetrymagazine.english.dal.ca/submissions.html | FFW | |
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http://www.riverstyx.org/ | FFP | |
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http://web.uccs.edu/english/student/riverrun.htm | FFP | |
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http://www.journalofformalpoetry.com/ | FOW | |
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http://therondeauroundup.blogspot.com/ | FOW | rondeau, rondel, roundel, rondeau redouble, rondolet, triolet, and ballade |
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http://www.ruminatemagazine.com/ | FFP | "Faith in Literature and Art" |
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http://www.shadowpoetry.com/magazine/spquill.html | FFP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.tsmag.itgo.com/ | FFP | |
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http://scarletzine.wordpress.com/ | FFW | “unleashing romantic sensibilities” |
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http://www.sewanee.edu/sewanee_review | FFP | |
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http://www.sewanee.edu/Theology/str/strhome.html | FFP | Anglican |
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http://www.shattercolors.com/index.htm | FOW | |
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http://www.shitcreekreview.com/ | FFW | Tied with O Sweet Flowery Roses for Best Name Ever. |
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http://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/index.html | FFW | Short poems. |
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http://www.uca.edu/english/poetryjournal/ | FFP | Annual |
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http://www.sliptongue.com/ | FFW | Erotic poetry |
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http://www.smartishpace.com/home/index.html | FFP | |
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http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~simmers/ | FFW | |
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https://sites.google.com/site/sonnettopoesia/home | FOP | |
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http://www.soundzine.net/ | FFW | ON HIATUS - closed for submissions until further notice. |
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http://www.stringpoet.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.strongverse.org/ | FFW | |
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http://www.texaspoetryjournal.com/ | FFP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://web.me.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html | FFP | |
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http://thirdwednesday.org/ | FFP | |
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http://www.katebenedict.com/Tilt-a-Whirl/contents.html | FFW | Repeating forms |
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http://www.trellismagazine.com/ | FOW | |
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http://triolets.org/ | FOW | Triolets |
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http://tworeview.googlepages.com/ | FFP | Annual |
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http://www.umbrellajournal.com/ | FFW | Includes a sub-zine, Bumbershoot (light verse). |
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http://www.unsplendid.com/ | FOW | |
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http://www.valpo.edu/vpr/ | FFW | |
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http://www.versewisconsin.org/ | FFB | |
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http://victorianvioletpress.com/home | FFW | |
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http://vineyardspoetry.com/ | FFP | a journal of Christian poetry |
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http://www.vocabula.com/ | FFW | |
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http://www.shadowpoetry.com/magazine/whitelotus.html | FOP | DISCONTINUED |
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http://www.villarana.freeserve.co.uk/wormhome.htm | FFW | DISCONTINUED |
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http://tinfoildresses.synthasite.com/ | FFW |
Formal-Friendly Poem/Book Competitions
Legend:
B = book or chapbook competition
P = poem competition