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.
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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.

Title Website Type Comments
14 by 14 http://www.14by14.com/ FOW Sonnets. Taking a break after Issue 11 (but will be back)
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 FFP DISCONTINUED? No website. William Thompson, Poetry Editor, Alabama Literary Review, Smith Hall, Room 274-A, Troy University, Troy, Alabama 36082 (Include SASE)
Anon http://www.blanko.org.uk/anon/ FFP Anonymous selection.
Anti- http://anti-poetry.com/ FFW
Barefoot Muse, The 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 DISCONTINUED? Geocities has been shut down.
Candelabrum http://www.members.tripod.com/redcandlepress/Magazine.htm FFP
Cave Wall http://www.cavewallpress.com/ FFP
Chimaera, The 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
Dark Horse http://www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com/ FFP
Deronda Review http://www.pointandcircumference.com/deronda/main.htm FOP Formerly the Neovictorian/Cochlea
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
Eleventh Muse http://www.poetrywest.org/muse.htm FFP DISCONTINUED?
Envoi http://www.cinnamonpress.com/envoi/ FFP
Euphony http://euphonyjournal.com/ FFP
Evansville Review http://english.evansville.edu/EvansvilleReview.htm FFP Annual
Expansive Poetry Online http://www.expansivepoetryonline.com/ FOW DISCONTINUED
First Things http://www.firstthings.com/ FFP Religious
Flea, The 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. Webzine is “on indefinite hiatus.”
Harp-Strings 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.
Hudson Review http://www.hudsonreview.com/ FFP Notoriously slow to respond.
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"
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.
Literary Bohemian http://www.literarybohemian.com/ FFW travel
Loch Raven Review http://www.lochravenreview.net/ FFW
London Magazine http://www.thelondonmagazine.net/ FFP
Lucid Rhythms http://www.lucidrhythms.com/ FFW
Lyric, The http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/ FOP
Measure http://measure.evansville.edu/Measure/Home.html 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
NEBO http://lfa.atu.edu/english/Nebo/nebo.html FFP DISCONTINUED?
National Poetry Review http://www.nationalpoetryreview.com/ FFP Limited reading period for non-subscribers
New Criterion http://www.newcriterion.com/ FFP Politically conservative
New Walk http://www.wix.com/newwalkmagazine/new-walk-magazine FFP
North American Review http://www.webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/Home.html FFP
O Sweet Flowery Roses http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/ FFW Tied with The Shit Creek Review for Best Name Ever.
Off the Coast http://www.off-the-coast.com/ FFP
Orbis http://www.kudoswritingcompetitions.com/ FFP
Our Pipe Dreams http://www.ourpipedreams.com/ FFP
Phenomenon http://www.phenmag.com/ FFW
Pivot http://www.n2hos.com/acm/EPMBOOKSTOREMAIN.HTML FOP DISCONTINUED
Poem Tree http://www.poemtree.com/ FOW An evolving online anthology.
Poemeleon http://www.poemeleon.org/ FFW
Poetry http://www.poetrymagazine.org/ FFP
Poetry Journal http://www.poetryjournal.org/ FFW
Poetry Porch http://www.poetryporch.com/ FFW Includes a sub-zine, The Sonnet Scroll.
Poetry Renewal http://www.poetryrenewal.com/ FOW DISCONTINUED
Poetry Revolt http://www.poetryrevolt.com/ FFP DISCONTINUED
Praxilla http://www.ars-rhetorica.net/Praxilla/Praxilla.html FFW
Pulse http://www.heartsoundspressliterary.com/Pulse_Literary_Journal/Welcome.html FFW
Quarterly Journal of Food and Car Poems http://geocities.com/food_and_car_poems/ FOW DISCONTINUED
Raintown Review http://www.theraintownreview.com/ FFP
Rat's Ass Review http://www.ratsassreview.com/ FFW
Rattapallax http://www.rattapallax.com/ FFP
Rattle http://www.rattle.com/submissions.htm FFB
Raven Chronicles http://www.ravenchronicles.org/ FFP
Reach http://www.reachpoetry.com/ FFP
Recusant, The http://www.therecusant.moonfruit.com/ FFW
Redheaded Stepchild http://redheadedmag.com/poetry/ FFW "a home for rejected poems"
Rhythm http://rhythmpoetrymagazine.english.dal.ca/submissions.html FFW
River Styx http://www.riverstyx.org/ FFP
Riverrun http://web.uccs.edu/english/student/riverrun.htm FFP
Road Not Taken. The http://www.journalofformalpoetry.com/ FOW
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"
SP Quill http://www.shadowpoetry.com/magazine/spquill.html FFP DISCONTINUED
Same, The http://www.tsmag.itgo.com/ FFP
Sewanee Review http://www.sewanee.edu/sewanee_review FFP
Sewanee Theological Review http://www.sewanee.edu/Theology/str/strhome.html FFP Anglican
ShatterColors http://www.shattercolors.com/index.htm FOW
Shit Creek Review http://www.shitcreekreview.com/ FFW Tied with O Sweet Flowery Roses for Best Name Ever.
Slant http://www.uca.edu/english/poetryjournal/ 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
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
Third Wednesday http://thirdwednesday.org/ FFP
Tilt-a-Whirl http://www.katebenedict.com/Tilt-a-Whirl/contents.html FFW Repeating forms
Trellis http://www.trellismagazine.com/ FOW
Trinacria http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=9762 FOP
Two Review http://tworeview.googlepages.com/ FFP Annual
Umbrella http://www.umbrellajournal.com/ FFW Includes a sub-zine, Bumbershoot (light verse).
Unsplendid http://www.unsplendid.com/ FOW
Valparaiso Poetry Review http://www.valpo.edu/vpr/ FFW
Verse Wisconsin http://www.versewisconsin.org/ FFB
Victorian Violet, The http://victorianvioletpress.com/home FFW
Vocabula Review http://www.vocabula.com/ FFW
White Lotus http://www.shadowpoetry.com/magazine/whitelotus.html FOP DISCONTINUED
Worm http://www.villarana.freeserve.co.uk/wormhome.htm FFW DISCONTINUED
tinfoildresses http://tinfoildresses.synthasite.com/ FFW

 

Formal-Friendly Poem/Book Competitions

Legend:

B = book or chapbook competition
P = poem competition

Name Website Type Comments
Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html B  
Donald Justice Poetry Prize http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/justiceprize.asp B  
Edgar Bowers Award http://www.georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests.htm P  
Helen Schaible Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnet Contest http://www.poetsandpatrons.net/Schaibel.htm P
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  
Morton Marr Poetry Prize http://www.southwestreview.org/SubmissionGuidelines.htm P  
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.
Richard Wilbur Award http://english.evansville.edu/WilburAwardGuidelines.htm B  
Science Fiction Poetry Association http://www.sfpoetry.com/2007poetrycontest.html P  
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