NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Luna Luna Magazine, DEADLINE: Always open

Luna Luna Magazine is a literary journal devoted to publishing lush poetics and the dark ecstatic. They are always open unless otherwise specified on their website and publish eleven poets each month. They have a fast response time to submissions and respond within a month. See my interview with  […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Calul Journal, DEADLINE: Always open

Calul Journal is a new journal of poetry and art. “Hakol Calul” in Hebrew means “everything is included.” Calul poets make up an inclusive and expansive community. At Calul they begin in a place of Jewish humanism and branch out to the world. Each week they pair and […]

26 Respected Literary Journals via Authors Publish

Another great list of literary journals from our friends at Authors Publish! Not to mention additional resource links, some stats, and of course all of these respected journals don’t charge submissions fees. The list is not in any particular order. Authors Publish researches and verifies all listed publishers […]

Poetry Super Highway Contest (non-profit), $1/Poem entry fee, DEADLINE: Sept. 27, 2025

This contest from Poetry Super Highway is a great opportunity for only $1 per poem to enter, especially since you can enter as many poems as you like. ALL of the entry fees go to the prize pool, and the prize money is not too shabby, usually in […]

NO FEE Submission call (Special issue: Women 50+) + editor interview – Gyroscope Review, DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2025

Gyroscope Review is a print and online poetry magazine published quarterly. You can read their current issue as well as past issue on their site or order them in print. They welcome both new and established poets and are currently open for submissions for their fall special issue […]

TrishHopkinson.com Reboot: poetry, community & inspiration

Hello, readers and fellow poets— It’s been a minute. After a period of reflection and behind-the-scenes creative work, I’m thrilled to announce that TrishHopkinson.com is officially back in action—with new posts, regular updates, and the same commitment to supporting poets and literary artists that this space has always […]

Ten Minutes with Poet Trish Hopkinson via THE NOMAD LitMag

It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Rachel White, co-editor of THE NOMAD, “a literary magazine for people enthralled with beauty and what can be conveyed through words.” For the first year’s issues, they asked authors for two pieces – one that had been published before […]

NO FEE contest ($100 – $500 in prizes!) – Sijo Competition, DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2025

The Sejong Cultural Society is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in Chicago, IL in 2004. They are currently open for no fee entries for their Sejong International Sijo Competition. The sijo is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form organized technically and thematically by line and syllable count. Click […]

5 Unusual Poetry Prompts – guest post by Loretta Bushell

Love, death, nature: these themes inspire poems every single day. But great poetry doesn’t have to stem from heartbreak or existential crises. Original, quirky, and random subjects can be just as fun to read and write about. From light-hearted to deeply thought-provoking, here are five fresh, intriguing poetry […]

35+ lit mags/journals for ecopoems (no fees/some paying)

What are ecopoems? I like the description from The Poetry Lab, “An ecopoem is a poem that explores environmental issues such as the climate crisis and how it affects both the human and the more than human worlds.” Read more in their article More than Human Worlds: 5 […]

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