The living index of poetry publishing.

Boston University journal publishing poetry, fiction, and essays with an international bent. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1972

Cooperative poetry press founded in 1973, now at UMaine Farmington; runs open book prizes.

Since 1973

Funds a year of travel outside North America for an American-born poet. Applications due in the fall.

No fee

Independent poetry-only journal publishing since 1950; known for discovering new voices.

No fee · Since 1950

The premier home for Black poetry: retreats, workshops, prizes, and a fellowship community.

Since 1996

Free, personality-forward database and tracker of lit mags, presses, and contests.

Since 2022

Port Townsend nonprofit devoted entirely to poetry since 1972; one of the field's defining lists.

Since 1972

Paid database and submission tracker covering thousands of markets, with response-time statistics, since 2005.

Since 2005

Seven-month funded winter residencies in Provincetown for emerging poets and artists.

Online poetry journal focused on new and emerging voices; pays for poems and runs frequent contests.

Pays · Since 2017

Minneapolis nonprofit with one of the most decorated poetry lists in the country.

Since 1974

The oldest and most famous MFA program in the country; two-year funded residency in Iowa City.

Since 1936

WordPress plugin for publishing poems that actually render: preserves lineation, indentation, and spacing across themes and devices.

Since 2026

The storied artist residency in Peterborough, NH. No residency fee; travel grants and stipends available.

Since 1907

Fully funded three-year MFA at UT Austin across four genres.

Since 1993

$25,000 federal fellowships; poetry and prose alternate years. The most significant no-strings government grant for U.S. poets.

No fee

Long-running guide to literary magazines, presses, and calls for submissions.

Since 1996

Online poetry-only journal publishing weekly; pays $50+ per poem and runs several prizes.

Pays · Since 2017

Emerson College quarterly, each issue guest-edited by a prominent writer. Pays; small online submission fee.

$3 fee · Pays · Since 1971

The only daily series featuring previously unpublished poems, curated by a rotating guest editor. Free by email; also a podcast.

Since 2006

The oldest poetry journal in the United States, founded 1889; published by The Writer's Center.

Since 1889

A new poem every day, reprinted from current books and journals — a reliable window into what presses are publishing now.

Since 1997

Founded in Chicago in 1912; the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. No fee; pays by the line.

No fee · Pays · Since 1912

The field's institutional hub: databases of magazines, presses, agents, contests, and MFA programs.

Since 1970

University of Nebraska quarterly publishing since 1926; edited for years by Kwame Dawes.

Since 1926

Los Angeles poetry journal known for accessibility and its Poets Respond series. No fee, pays, fast responses.

No fee · Pays · Since 1995

Five $27,000 fellowships from the Poetry Foundation for U.S. poets ages 21–31. Applications open each winter.

No fee

Weekly submission calls, deadlines, and lit-mag news from the Chill Subs team; free with a paid tier.

Since 2022

The dominant submission-management platform; most journals' portals run on it.

Since 2010

Online journal with a strong youth mentorship program; a launching pad for early-career poets.

No fee · Since 2010

University of Georgia quarterly of essays, poems, fiction, and art. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1947

University of Iowa journal publishing three issues a year. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1970

Storied Ohio journal founded by John Crowe Ransom. Reads in short windows; pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1939

Quarterly of fiction, poetry, and its landmark Writers at Work interviews. Pays for accepted poems.

Pays · Since 1953

America's oldest continuously published literary quarterly, founded 1892. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1892

Daily poem with a short reflection, delivered as podcast and email; created by former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.

Since 2018

Wendy Lesser's Berkeley quarterly. Free to submit and pays well ($200 per poem).

No fee · Pays · Since 1980

Four-year MFA in Fayetteville with deep poetry and translation tracks — one of the longest apprenticeships available.

Since 1966

Two fully funded years at Stanford with no degree requirement; five poets admitted annually. Applications open in the fall.

Academy of American Poets first-book prize: $5,000, publication, and an all-expenses-paid residency.

Seattle poetry press known for austere design and an adventurous list.

Since 2005

Historic artists' community in Saratoga Springs offering funded residencies to writers and artists.

Since 1900

The oldest annual literary award in America (1919): first-book publication by Yale University Press.

Since 1919

Print journal publishing exactly thirty-two poems per issue; champions the short poem.

Since 2003

Career-launching prize for poets who have not yet published a book; reading at the 92nd Street Y.

Crowdsourced tracker of academic creative-writing openings and search progress, season by season.

The central listing for jobs in poetry organizations, from program staff to editorships.

University of Pittsburgh Press first-book prize; winners join the Pitt Poetry Series.

First-book prize from The American Poetry Review with publication and distribution by Copper Canyon.

A quiet daily venue republishing one poem a day with editor's notes.

Job list and career resources from the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

Revived Bennington College journal publishing adventurous poetry, fiction, and film writing.

Since 2016

University of Alabama journal, the oldest continuously run graduate-student-edited lit mag in the country.

Since 1974

Rochester nonprofit publishing poetry and poetry in translation since 1976.

Since 1976

Two annual book prizes from the University of Wisconsin Press, judged from one submission pool.

Two-year MFA known for experimental poetics.

National organization supporting Latinx poets through annual workshops and community.

Since 2009

Minneapolis nonprofit publishing poetry and experimental prose.

Since 1984

Annual book prize from the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State.

Colorado State journal publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction since 1956. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1956

University of Colorado Denver journal; pays $30 per printed page and runs translation folios.

Pays · Since 2002

Small, fully funded two-year MFA with generous teaching support.

University of Denver journal with a tradition of experimental poetics.

Since 1966

Online journal of text, art, and found schematics; a home for formally inventive work. Free.

No fee · Since 2000

Duotrope's submission-management platform for journals and presses.

Since 2020

UNC Wilmington magazine of place-based writing.

Since 2005

Independent journal committed to formally adventurous work outside coterie taste.

Since 1998

Independent New York poetry and short-fiction press with open reading periods.

Since 1993

Mid-career fellowships across fields including poetry; substantial and prestigious. Applications due in the early fall.

No fee · Since 1925

University of Houston journal of literature and fine arts. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1986

Arizona State University journal publishing international work alongside emerging U.S. writers.

Since 1986

Fully funded residencies for women-identified writers on Whidbey Island, Washington.

Since 1988

Fully funded two-year MFA at the University of Michigan with a post-grad fellowship year.

A funded year at Princeton for writers and artists of exceptional promise working on independent projects.

Quarterly at the intersection of art, faith, and mystery. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1989

Graduate-edited Indiana University journal; runs the 1/2 K and poetry prizes.

Since 1976

Fellowship organization nurturing Asian American poets through retreats and mentorship.

Since 2004

Daily digest of literary news and features; the fastest way to catch poetry coverage across outlets.

Since 2015

University of Michigan's flagship interdisciplinary quarterly. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1962

Bowling Green State journal with a long-running translation chapbook feature.

Since 1981

Independent Minneapolis publisher with a strong ecological and poetic list.

Since 1980

Residencies at Edna St. Vincent Millay's Steepletop in upstate New York.

Since 1973

Five winning manuscripts published annually by participating trade and university presses.

Since 1978

Middlebury quarterly with a long record of publishing major poets early. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1978

Brooklyn press publishing poetry and hybrid work at the experimental edge.

Since 2004

University of Tulsa journal; runs the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry.

Since 1956

University of Illinois journal known for ambitious design collaborations.

Since 2004

New York MFA with a storied poetry faculty and public reading series.

Bay Area publisher of innovative poetry; runs open-book and chapbook contests.

Since 1999

Northern Michigan University journal, publishing annually; free submissions.

No fee · Since 1979

Independent New York house with a long-standing poetry list including the Lexi Rudnitsky prizes.

Since 1975

University of Central Missouri journal; strong in reviews of small-press poetry.

Since 1991

The Poetry Foundation's daily pick, spanning archive classics and new work from Poetry Magazine.

Daily classic poems with sharp editorial introductions.

Since 2024

Paid part-time fellowships hosted by poetry organizations nationwide; $20,000 stipend plus health allowance.

No fee

Pacific Northwest poetry magazine founded in 1959; edited with an eye for lyric intelligence.

Since 1959

George Bilgere's newsletter delivering a plainspoken poem and commentary.

Calls, jobs, and services listings vetted by Poets & Writers.

The long-running vetted database of contests, grants, and awards with legitimate practices; browse by genre and deadline.

One team-selected poem from Rattle in your inbox each day, including timely Poets Respond work.

Independent Chicago-area poetry annual, all-volunteer since 1976.

Since 1976

Suffolk University journal publishing poetry, fiction, and works in translation.

Since 1992

Louisville independent publishing poetry and short prose; runs the Morton and McCarthy prizes.

Since 1994

Washington and Lee journal, now online; pays $100 per poem.

Pays · Since 1950

Online poetry and art journal with a sharp, spare aesthetic. Free to submit.

No fee · Since 2008

University of Arizona's graduate-run journal, publishing since 1980.

Since 1980

Online magazine with a voice-driven, pop-culture-inflected aesthetic. Pays contributors; free monthly windows.

Pays · Since 2012

Bucknell's post-MFA fellowship providing time, mentorship, and arts-administration training for emerging poets.

Residencies for women writers in Homer, Alaska, with meals and cottages provided.

Since 2020

Independent poetry-only journal out of Utah.

Since 2009

College of Charleston journal, formerly Crazyhorse (renamed 2022). Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1960

Fully funded three-year MFA with a famously selective cohort.

University of Cincinnati journal; publishes miCRo flash features online. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 2003

Ohio State University's literary magazine; runs the Wheeler Poetry Prize with OSU Press.

Since 1973

UMass Amherst quarterly of literature, arts, and public affairs.

Since 1959

University of Missouri quarterly; runs the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1978

Online poetry quarterly seeking "cutting, strange, and daring" work. Email submissions, free, with unusually fast responses (1–10 days). Reading periods open the first two months of each quarter.

No fee · Since 2019

LSU quarterly founded by Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1935

Free submission tracker with market listings and response statistics.

Since 2013

Online poetry journal publishing short, high-compression lyric work. Free to submit.

No fee · Since 2011

Northwestern University's journal, now published online with video essays.

Since 1964

Independent literary press in North Adams, MA; open submissions and multiple book prizes.

Since 1999

Online journal of poetry, prose, and cross-genre work from Tupelo Press.

Since 2013

Residencies on a 20,000-acre working ranch in Wyoming; deep quiet, full support.

Since 1981

Brooklyn collective publishing poetry, translation, and artist books in letterpress editions.

Since 1993

Three-year MFA for poets and fiction writers in the Pioneer Valley.

PhD and MFA programs with a strong poetry tradition in a major city.

Home of the Pitt Poetry Series, one of the most widely read university-press poetry lists.

Since 1936

Fully funded two-year MFA admitting a small cohort in poetry and fiction.

Month-long residencies in Johnson, Vermont; fellowships available for poets.

Since 1984

Fully funded two-year program with a distinguished poetry faculty.

Online journal publishing American writers alongside international work in translation.

Since 2014

University press whose poetry series has published Ashbery, Rich, and generations since.

Since 1957

Bucknell University journal publishing poetry, fiction, and essays. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1977

Online journal of short poems and micro-essays; free to submit and warmly edited.

No fee · Since 2015

Eastern Washington University journal publishing since 1977.

Since 1977

Nine-month teaching fellowships in Madison for poets and fiction writers finishing a first book.

San Francisco journal of West Coast writers and artists. Pays contributors.

Pays · Since 1985

Online magazine and community hub famous for its Where to Submit lists; ceased publication in 2021.

Since 2014

The celebrated Portland magazine closed its print quarterly in 2019; the book press and workshops continue.

Since 1999