Where to Submit Formal Verse
Updated JULY 7, 2016
Most editors are happy to answer questions regarding submissions. If a lit mag seems like a good fit for your work and it happens to be a specific form, such as rhyming, blank verse, villanelle, sonnet, pantoum, light verse, etc. contact them via email or on other social media to ask if they are open to such forms. If you receive a response and can share it with me here, I'll note it for others in the future.
Most of the listings below have accepted specific form work and/or claim that they will and have no or very low submission fees ($3 or less). All accept electronic submissions. They are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I've also included whether or not it is a paying market and a link to their Duotrope page, which will allow you to track deadlines if you currently subscribe to Duotrope.
| Lit Mag | Payment | Forms | Duotrope Link |
| 32 Poems | $25 | Short poems (32 lines or less), lyric | https://duotrope.com/listing/716 |
| Able Muse | Contributor Copy | Formal verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/3469 |
| American Arts Quarterly | Unknown | Most forms, including: Formal and narrative poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/15947 |
| Angle | None | Most forms, including: Invented/Nonce form, Metrical, Rhyming. | https://duotrope.com/listing/7303 |
| Anima | Free issue | Both free and formal poems are welcome. | https://duotrope.com/listing/16655 |
| Antiphon | None | Most forms, including: Free verse, Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/6331 |
| Architrave Press | None | Most forms, including: Blank verse, Cinquain, Formal verse, Free verse, Ghazal, Haiku (or related), Invented/Nonce form, Lyric poetry, Metrical, Narrative poetry, Pantoum, Prose poetry, Short poetry, Sonnet, Villanelle | https://duotrope.com/listing/6532 |
| Atavic Poetry | None | Formal verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/13892 |
| Asses of Parnassus | None | Short, witty, formal poems. | https://duotrope.com/listing/18087 |
| Christian Century | Unknown | Formal verse, Free verse, Metrical, Short poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/1576 |
| Epiphany | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/1751 |
| Fib Review | None | Hybrid form, Invented/Nonce form, Long poetry, Metrical, Short poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/3787 |
| Goblin Fruit | $2.50 – $5 | Most forms, including: Formal verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/549 |
| Hopkins Review | Unknown | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/3739 |
| IthacaLit | None | Most forms, no prose poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/6726 |
| Lavender Review | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/5351 |
| Lighten Up OnLine | None | Light formal verse | https://duotrope.com/listing/2770 |
| Lunch Ticket | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/7376 |
| Measure | None | Formal verse, Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/779 |
| Mezzo Cammin | None | Formal verse | https://duotrope.com/listing/1165 |
| Mythic Delirium | $5 | Most forms, including: Formal verse, Free verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/269 |
| Ottawa Arts Review | None | Most forms, including: Experimental poetry, Formal verse, Long poetry, Metrical, Prose poetry, Visual poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/4277 |
| Oxford Poetry | Unknown | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/10349 |
| PN Review | Unknown | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/1162 |
| Poetry Porch | None | Most forms, sonnets | https://duotrope.com/listing/18628 |
| Post Road | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/585 |
| Prelude | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/16889 |
| Raintown Review | None | Blank verse, Experimental poetry, Formal verse, Metrical, Rhyming, Sonnet, Villanelle | https://duotrope.com/listing/1089 |
| Rat’s Ass Review | None | Most forms, including: Formal verse, Free verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/3621 |
| Rattle | $25 – $50 | Formal verse, Free verse, Long poetry, Short poetry, Sonnet, Villanelle, Visual poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/1020 |
| Road Not Taken | None | Formal verse, Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/2948 |
| Rotary Dial | None | Blank verse, Formal verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/11817 |
| ShatterColors Literary Review | None | Formal verse, Lyric poetry, Metrical, Narrative poetry, Rhyming, Sonnet | https://duotrope.com/listing/958 |
| Shenandoah | Unknown | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/435 |
| Sliptongue | None | Ballad, Formal verse, Lyric poetry, Metrical, Narrative poetry, Rhyming, Sonnet | https://duotrope.com/listing/959 |
| Snakeskin | None | Open to all/most Forms. | https://duotrope.com/listing/1303 |
| Society of Classical Poets Journal | None | Formal verse, Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/14269 |
| SOUND Literary Magazine | None | Most forms, including: Lyric poetry, Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/13577 |
| Southern Women’s Review | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/3524 |
| String Poet | None | Most forms, including: Experimental poetry, Formal verse, Free verse, Lyric poetry, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/6119 |
| Tahoma Literary Review | $25 – $50 | Most forms, including: Lyric poetry, Narrative poetry | https://duotrope.com/listing/14198 |
| Think Journal | None | Most forms, including: Formal verse, Free verse, Invented/Nonce form, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/3435 |
| Thrush | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/6267 |
| Typoetic.us | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/17303 |
| Unsettling Wonder | $10 | Most forms, including: Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/8869 |
| Unsplendid | None | Ballad, Blank verse, Formal verse, Ghazal, Invented/Nonce form, Pantoum, Rondeau, Sestina, Sonnet, Tanka, Villanell | https://duotrope.com/listing/2056 |
| Visions International | None | Most forms | Not listed |
| Valparaiso Poetry Review | None | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/1312 |
| Verse-Virtual | None | Most forms, including: Formal verse, Free verse, Metrical | https://duotrope.com/listing/14551 |
| Virginia Quarterly Review | Print mag $200 | Most forms | https://duotrope.com/listing/137 |
| WestWard Quarterly | None | Formal verse, Free verse, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/3329 |
| Whistling Shade | None | Most forms, including: Lyric poetry, Metrical, Rhyming | https://duotrope.com/listing/559 |
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Hi Trish,
Just wanted to say that the Duotrope page for the last listing Wisdom Crieth says that it’s defunct.
Thanks for the heads up!
You’re welcome, Trish.
A very useful list, Trish. Many thanks.
Just a heads-up as I’ve checked some out – Wisdom Crieth is defunct.
Thanks… I’ll take it off the list soon.