Venues for Formal Poetry

Is this list still relevant?

With more and more poetry journals accepting rhymed and metered poems, do we even need this list anymore?

Results as of 10 Mar 2009:

yes: 57 (97%)
yes, but not for long: 2 (3%)
no: 0

Remind me to run the poll again in a year or so.

Send updates here.

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

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  
O Sweet Flowery Roses http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/ FFW Tied with The Shit Creek Review for Best Name Ever.
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
The Shit Creek Review http://www.shitcreekreview.com/ FFW Tied with O Sweet Flowery Roses for Best Name Ever.
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

Name Website Type Comments
The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html B  
The Donald Justice Poetry Prize http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/justiceprize.asp B  
The Edgar Bowers Award http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm P  
The Helen Schaible Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnet Contest http://www.poetsandpatrons.net/Schaibel.htm P Reportedly, this is an annual contest. Here, read this.
The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award http://english.evansville.edu/Nemerov.htm P  
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/margaret/ma_guidelines.php P  
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize http://www.southwestreview.org/SubmissionGuidelines.htm P  
The New England Shakespeare Festival Sonnet Award http://www.newenglandshakespeare.org/sonnet_contest.htm P  
Poetry on the Lake Competition http://www.poetryonthelake.org/ P Special category for formal verse; deadline May 15, 2009.
The Richard Wilbur Award http://english.evansville.edu/WilburAwardGuidelines.htm B  
The Science Fiction Poetry Association http://www.sfpoetry.com/2007poetrycontest.html P