Tag: social justice poems

11 lit mags/journals for current event poems (just updated!)

UPDATED: November 22, 2025 Poetry has always been a powerful tool for activism and awareness, and many literary magazines actively seek work that engages with current events. Below you’ll find a curated selection of literary magazines and journals that welcome poetry on timely topics. Each publication has its own […]

9 lit mags/journals for current event poems (just updated!)

UPDATED: February 24, 2024 The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. Many respond quickly, several are always open, others are open now, and one is paying. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically. I’ve also included brief notes and whether […]

15 lit mags/journals to send your current event poems

UPDATED: April 24, 2021 The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I’ve also included whether or not it is a paying market in the […]

My poem “I Do Not Wait” published by Writers Resist + they’re open for submissions!

Excited and honored to have my poem “I Do Not Wait” published by Writers Resist in their current  October 2020 Issue. This poem, with the epigraph “–for Walt Whitman” is in response to the Whitman poem entitled “A Woman Waits for Me.” Writers Resist is a feminist literary […]

My poem “I want to order room service” published by What Rough Beast–Covid-19 Edition + submission call!

Many thanks to Indolent Books and their poem-a-day series What Rough Beast–Covid-19 Edition for publishing my new prose poem "I want to order room service.” Indolent Books is a small independent press founded in 2015 and  operating in Brooklyn, N.Y. They publish print books and sometimes run online […]

15 lit mags/journals to send your current event poems

UPDATED: April 24, 2021 The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I’ve also included whether or not it is a paying market in the […]

21 lit mags/journals to send your current event poems

The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I've also included whether or not it is a paying market in the notes column. These lit […]

22 lit mags/journals to send your current event poems

The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I've also included whether or not it is a paying market in the notes column. These lit […]

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