“Best Places to Submit Poetry: A Ranking of Literary Magazines” by John Fox + updated with payment/submission fees

Thanks to John Fox for putting together this amazing list of Best Places to Submit Poetry. He actually went through 7 years worth (2011 – 2017) of the anthology The Best American Poetry to see where the poems had been originally published. The result was a list of 168 literary magazines. I took this list a step further–made sure the lit mag was still around, checked their payment level, and whether or not they charge submission fees. My updated table is below.

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Click here for the original list “Best Places to Submit Poetry: A Ranking of Literary Magazines” by John Fox

Here are my updates to his list with any important notes, payment level, and whether or not they typically charge submission fees. Most don’t charge fees and many are paying markets. The list is sorted the same as the original article, with the literary magazine with the most poems in the anthologies first and those with only one last. For more info on how the list was originally created, see the original article.

Note that some may not currently be open for submissions. If you use Duotrope, you can track most market’s reading period dates by clicking the little light blue track icon in the Submission Periods section. To see which markets you’re tracking, select Your Deadlines from the Account menu.

John Fox List	Other Note	Submission Fee	Poetry Payment
1. The New Yorker, 28		None	Professional $50+
2. Poetry Magazine, 23		None	Professional $50+
3. The American Poetry Review, 17		Yes	Pays occasionally
Ploughshares, 17		Yes	Professional $50+
4. The Southern Review, 16		Post only	Professional $50+
5. The New England Review, 13		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
6. The Cincinnati Review, 11		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Harvard Review, 11		Yes	None
7. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day Series, 10	solicitation only
The Kenyon Review, 10		None	Professional $50+
Prairie Schooner, 10		None	Unknown
8. New Ohio Review, 9		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
The Paris Review, 9		Post only	Professional $50+
9.  Southwest Review, 8		Yes	Token $5 or less
The Virginia Quarterly Review, 8		None	Professional $50+
The Threepenny Review, 8		None	Professional $50+
10. The Nation, 7		None	Unknown
The Georgia Review, 7		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
11. The Literary Review, 6		None	None
AGNI, 6		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Salmagundi, 6		None	None
The American Scholar, 6	no poetry info
12. The Believer, 5		None	Unknown
Court Green, 5	closed
The Iowa Review, 5		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Poetry Daily, 5	solicitation only
Boston Review, 5		Yes	Unknown
The Common, 5		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Green Mountains Review, 5		Yes	None
Harper's, 5	solicitation only
Gulf Coast, 5		Yes	Professional $50+
jubilat, 5		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
13. The Awl, 4	closed
Conduit, 4		None	None
FIELD, 4	closing soon	None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Denver Quarterly, 4		None	None
London Review of Books, 4		None	Unknown
River Styx, 4		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Subtropics, 4		Yes	Professional $50+
Tin House, 4		None	Professional $50+
The Yale Review, 4		Post only	Unknown
Raritan, 4	no sim subs	Post only	None
14. The Atlantic Monthly, 3	see FAQ for submission info	None	Unknown
Barrow Street, 3		Yes	None
Beloit Poetry Journal, 3		None	Pays occasionally
Columbia Poetry Review, 3		Yes	None
Granta, 3		None	Unknown
Hanging Loose, 3		None	Unknown
New American Writing, 3		None	None
Plume, 3		None	None
A Public Space, 3		None	Professional $50+
Rattle, 3		None	Professional $50+
Alaska Quarterly Review, 3		None	None
The Antioch Review, 3		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Cave Wall, 3		None	None
Fifth Wednesday Journal, 3		None	Pays occasionally
The Gettysburg Review, 3		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
New Letters, 3		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
The Sun, 3		None	Professional $50+
New York Times Magazine, 3	no guidelines
15. 32 Poems, 2		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Able Muse, 2		None	None
Black Warrior Review, 2		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Blackbird, 2		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
The Carolina Quarterly, 2		Yes	None
Colorado Review, 2		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
DMQ Review, 2		None	None
Fence, 2		Yes	None
Waxwing, 2		None	None
Five Points, 2		Yes	Professional $50+
LIT, 2		None	None
MAKE Literature Magazine, 2		None	None
MiPOesias, 2	closed
The Missouri Review, 2		Yes	Professional $50+
The New Criterion, 2	no guidelines
Painted Bride Quarterly, 2		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Pleiades, 2		None	Unknown
Poet Lore, 2		None	None
Post Road, 2		Yes	None
Image Journal, 2		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
The Southampton Review, 2		Yes	Pays occasionally
Terminus Magazine, 2	closed
The Hopkins Review, 1		Yes	Unknown
upstreet, 2		None	Professional $50+
Verse Daily, 2	unusual guidelines	None	None
Birmingham Poetry Review, 2		None	None
The Sewanee Review, 2		Yes	Pays occasionally
The Sycamore Review, 2		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Cherry Tree, 2		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Massachusetts Review, 2		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
16. ABZ, 1	closed
The Baffler, 1		None	Unknown
Beltway Poetry Quarterly, 1		None	Unknown
Birdfeast, 1		None	None
Boulevard, 1		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Brilliant Corners, 1		None	Unknown
Burrow Press Review, 1	closed
Carbon Copy Magazine, 1	closed
Crazyhorse, 1		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Cream City Review, 1		None	None
Early Music America, 1	no poetry info
Ecotone, 1		Yes	Unknown
Fruita Pulp, 1	closed
Gris-Gris, 1		Yes	None
Gulfshore Life, 1	no poetry info
Harpur Palate, 1		None	None
The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, 1		Yes	Pays occasionally
Hayden's Ferry Review, 1		Yes	None
House Organ, 1	closed
The Hudson Review, 1		None	Unknown
Iron Horse Literary Review, 1		Unknown	Professional $50+
The Journal, 1		None	None
Kinfolks Quarterly, 1	closed
Lambda Literary Review, 1		None	None
Lemon Hound, 1	closed
Little Patuxent Review, 1		None	None
The Los Angeles Review, 1		Yes	None
Maggy, 1	no poetry info
The Manhattan Review, 1		None	None
McSweeny's, 1	no poetry info
Mead: The Magazine of Literature and Libations, 1	closed
Memorious, 1		None	None
Michigan Quarterly Review, 1		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Mid-American Review, 1		None	None
Muzzle, 1		None	None
Naugatuck River Review, 1		None	None
New South, 1		Yes	None
New York Quarterly, 1	closed
Ninth Letter, 1		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
The Normal School, 1		None	None
PANK, 1		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
PEN America, 1	no guidelines
PMS: poemmemoirstory, 1	renamed “Nelle”	Yes	None
Poetry London, 1		None	Unknown
Poetry Northwest, 1		Yes	Pays occasionally
Poets.org, 1	solicitation only
Powder Keg, 1		None	None
Redivider, 1		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
The Rumpus, 1	no poetry info
Seneca Review, 1		None	None
Sentence, 1	closed
Slate, 1	no guidelines
Southern Indiana Review, 1		None	Professional $50+
Spillway, 1		None	None
Terrain.org, 1		None	None
Tongue, 1	solicitation only
Tupelo Quarterly, 1		None	None
Unsplendid, 1		None	None
Vinyl Poetry, 1		None	None
Vitrine: a printed museum, 1	no guidelines
The Volta, 1	submissions closed
West Branch, 1		None	Professional $50+
Willow Springs, 1		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Zoland Poetry, 1	closed
storySouth 1	new south writers	None	None
Buzzfeed 1	no guidelines
Mississippi Review 1	solicitation only
Callaloo 1	closed
The Collagist 1		None	None
Tahoma Literary Review 1		Yes	Semi-pro $5-$49
Paperbag 1		None	None
Los Angeles Review of Books 1	no poetry info
Crab Orchard Review 1		None	None
Copper Nickel 1		None	Semi-pro $5-$49
Ragazine 1		None	None
Greensboro Review 1		Yes	None
Parnassus 1	closed
Brilliant Corners 1	no sim subs	Post only	Unknown

 

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