So, you wrote a poem. Goodie! Time to collect those rejection letters—I mean, find the right home for your work. There is no doubt though—rejection or acceptance—waiting sucks. Well, no fear, no reloading submittable over-and-over, checking and rechecking your spam. These nineteen journals will let you know if they want your poem in a week or less.
Challenge: see how many you can submit to in a day and just binge on those letters.
2) Bending Genres (*note: No simultaneous submissions)
Jan 31
Bending Genres
"We seek thrilling, fanciful, oddball, unusual, stunning fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction pieces. Think Olympics on a case of Red Bull. Think October in April. Think Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey."
Response time
5 days
Payment
No
Twitter followers
4007
3) Bibliopunk (*note: Accepts work previously posted on social media and personal websites)
Open
Bibliopunk
"We are looking for great writing by great writers. Or ambitiously flawed writing by ambitiously flawed writers. Humble writing. Narcissistic writing. Modern writing. Old school writing. Transgressive writing. Moral writing."
Response time
7 days
Payment
No
Twitter followers
26
5) DED Poetry
Open
DED Poetry
"Make it weird, make it ded."
Response time
Within 1 week
Payment
No
Twitter followers
125
6) Filter Coffee Zine
Filter Coffee Zine
"a home for your unspoken words, unheard thoughts and untamed dreams"
Response time
1 week
Payment
No
Twitter followers
2226
7) Ice Queen Magazine (*note: Pays $50)
Ice Queen Magazine
"Ice Queen Magazine is a monthly-ish nomination/solicitation literary rpg journal that has issues focusing on one writer. There is a poem/story, an interview, and a recipe. "
Response time
3 days
Payment
$50
Twitter followers
931
8) Lead & Pulp Poetry (*note: pays $2 per poem)
Lead & Pulp Poetry
"Online poetry"
Response time
?
Payment
$2/poem
Twitter followers
52
9) Neologism Poetry Journal
Open
Neologism Poetry Journal
"Neologism Poetry Journal was founded in search of new horizons of poetic language, or at minimum ways to feel something new from old words and poetic forms."
Response time
1-3 days
Payment
No
Twitter followers
1719
10) ONE ART: a journal of poetry (*note: Accept poems published on your personal blog or social media.)
Open
ONE ART: a journal of poetry
"ONE ART is a home for good poems. We aim to publish poetry that adds value to the life of our readers. We hope to offer, sustain, and nourish a kind, inviting, and thoughtful community."
Response time
1-7 days
Payment
No
Twitter followers
2305
13) Soft Star Magazine (*note: Accept previously published)
Soft Star Magazine
"An online publication featuring stories of science fiction, futurism, and speculative fiction with a healthy dose of optimism. No dystopias here; Soft Star stands for curiosity, openness, and the inherent magic of the unknown."
Response time
1-7 days
Payment
No
Twitter followers
1750
14) Sour Cherry Mag
Sour Cherry Mag
"An online literary diary that aims to give a platform to emerging and unpublished writers."
Response time
1 week
Payment
No
Twitter followers
-
15) Terror House Magazine
Terror House Magazine
"Terror House Magazine is an independent literary magazine focused on nurturing and promoting the best up-and-coming writers of our generation."
Response time
1 week
Payment
No
Twitter followers
5309
17) Typishly (*note: charges a fee but comes with a nugget of feedback.)
Open
Typishly
"Typishly has been called beautiful, stylish, visual, cool, gorgeous, wonderful, eclectic, vivid, stunning, challenging, smart, delightful… and sometimes weird."
Response time
24 hours
Payment
No
Twitter followers
1484
