Here is a list of journals, print and online, that publish unsolicited reviews of poetry books. I hope it will encourage you to write and submit reviews. I will periodically update this. If you spot errors, please let me know. You are welcome to suggest possible additions to the list, but keep in mind that I do not post scroll-down or pdf sites.
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Print Journals that accept unsolicited reviews
Adanna
American Poetry Journal
query J.P. Laughing Bear editor@americanpoetryjournal.com
Arts & Letters
query first al@gcsu.edu
Asheville Poetry Review
query editor Keith Flynn editor@ashevillereview.com
Bateau (500 word max)
may query info@bateaupress.org
Currently on Hiatus
Bone Bouquet
books published within the last 4 years
Borderlands
query borderlands_tpr@hotmail.com
Boston Review (microreviews—also appear online)
must query editors@bostonreview.net
Caesura
query caesura@pcsj.org
Carolina Quarterly
query cquarter@unc.edu
The Chatahoochee Review
must query in writing first
Chicago Review
Cold Mountain Review (1000-2000 words)
query coldmountain@appstate.edu
Colorado Review
Must query first creview@colostate.edu
Cream City Review
query the book review editor Cara Ogburn ceogburn@uwm.edu
Denver Quarterly
query kkelsey@du.edu
Florida Review (500 to 1000 words)
query flreview@mail.ucf.edu
The Georgia Review
must query first in writing
Gigantic Sequins
Green Mountains Review
query editor Neil Shepard gmr@jsc.vsc.edu
Hartskill Review
e-mail query to jhjalmerlind@gmail.com
Hiram Poetry Review
please query first poetryreview@hiram.edu
The Hudson Review
will not respond to e-mail queries; send the review Jan 1-March 31
Indian River Review—1000 words
Indiana Review
query inreview@indiana.edu
Iowa Review
publishes reviews in the print journal and online journal
Kestrel
Query kestrel@fairmontstate.edu
Keyhole Magazine—more than 200 words, no max
query editor Peter Cole peter@keyholemagazine.com
Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion
The Literary Review
query tlr@fdu.edu
The Los Angeles Review
lareview.bookreviews@gmail.com
query lareview.bookreviews@gmail.com
Louisiana Literature
query first lalit@selu.edu
Main Street Rag (600 word reviews)
e-mail the review to editor@mainstreetrag.com
do not query first
Mantis
Query: mantisreviews@gmail.com
Mid-American Review (400 word reviews)
query book review editor Mark Baumgartner mbaumga@bgnet.bgsu.edu
The Minnesota Review
may query Janelle Watson editors@theminnesotareview.org
Missouri Review
accepts online submissions for a fee of $3. Also accepts by snail mail, no fee.
New Delta Review
New Letters (300-800 words if single book review—samples online)
query by letter or try newletters@umkc.edu
New Orleans Review
query Book Review Editor Mary McCay mccay@loyno.edu
North American Review
must query first nar@uni.edu
Parnassus Poetry Review
Pleiades
must query Wayne Miller waynemiller5@yahoo.com
Poetry Flash
1450 Fourth Street, #4
Berkeley, CA 94710
query Attention: Joyce Jenkins, Editor/Publisher
Prairie Schooner
Puerto del Sol
query puerto@nmsu.edu
Redactions: Poetry & Poetics
Red Rock Review
query richard_logsdon@ccsn.nevada.edu
The Saint Ann's Review
query sareview@saintanns.k12.ny.us
Saint Katherine Review
query Editor: Kathleen Norris knorris@stkath.org
The South Carolina Review
The Southeast Review (800-1000 words)
query book review editor Azita Osanloo serbookreview@gmail.com
Southern Humanities Review (max 1200 words)
Query shrengl@mail.auburn.edu
The Southampton Review
Sou’wester
So To Speak (brief review, maximum of 300 words)
query sts@gmu.edu
Sugar House Review
may query review editor Michael McLane editors@sugarhousereview.com
Sycamore Review
query first: sycamore(@)purdue.edu
Tarpaulin Sky (query not required)
reviews@tarpaulinsky.com
Texas Review
query eng_pdr@shsu.edu
Third Coast (500-2000 words)
Prefers reviews of first or second books, small presses
Do not query
Weave Magazine (500-800 words)
Willow Springs
query willow.springs@mail.ewu.edu
Yemassee
query first editor@yemasseejournal.org
Online Journals that accept unsolicited reviews
The Adirondack Review
Adroit (500-1500 words)
reviews published on their blog
Avatar Review (up to 1500 words)
Query contact.us@avatarreview.net
Big City Lit
Query first editors@nycBigCityLit.com
Black Heart Magazine (max 600 words)
Query
Blue Fifth Review (750-2000 words)
query editor bluefifth@gmail.com
Blue Lyra Review
query: bluelyrareview@gmail.com
Boxcar Poetry Review (500-1500 words)
reviews of first books only
query editor Neil Aitken editor@boxcarpoetry.com
Breakwater Review
query breakwaterreview@gmail.com
Cahoodaloodaling
Catch & Release (max 1500 words)
The Centrifugal Eye (500-1500 words)
query editor Eve Anthony Hanninen: centrifugaleye@gmail.com
Cider Press Review (500 words)
The Collagist
Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing
query Suzannah Windsor, at editor@composejournal.com
interviews but no book reviews
Connotation Press
May query but not necessary—see online form
The Country Dog Review (interviews also)
must query first: countrydogreview@gmail.com
The Critical Flame
may query info@criticalflame.org
The Frank Martin Review
reviews appear on the blog
query frankmartinreview@gmail.com
Flycatcher Journal
query Chris Martin chris@flycatcherjournal.org
Free Verse (1000-1500 words)
query Jon Thompson jont@unity.ncsu.edu
Galatea Resurrects (no word limit/ no limit on pub date)
query and submit to editor Eileen Tabios: GalateaTen@aol.com
takes previously published and new
Glint Literary Journal
Gulf Stream Lit Mag (first books only)
query gulfstreamlitmag@gmail.com
Harvard Review
query editor Christina Thompson: cathomps@fas.harvard.edu
Literary Mama
books reviewed must focus on motherhood
send submission to reviews@literarymama.com
The Literateur (700 words)
Melusine
A women’s journal but men are welcome to submit
query first sub2melusine@gmail.com
Menacing Hedge
The Mom Egg (max. roughly 750 words)
Query first: info@themomegg.com
The Museum of Americana
Query first: themuseumofamericana@gmail.com
New England Review (500-1000 words)
digital NER
North of Oxford
publishes new reviews on the 1st of each month
Offcourse (up to 1000 words)
query offcourse@albany.edu
The Pedestal Magazine
must query first pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com
Poemeleon (shorter reviews preferred)
queries are preferable to Cati Porter editor@poemeleon.org
Poets' Quarterly (500-2000 words)
Query: reviews@poetsquarterly.com
Prick of the Spindle
Prime Number Magazine (500 words)
Query for longer reviews Editors@PrimeNumberMagazine.com
The Quivering Pen (1000-2500 words
query: David Abrams thequiveringpen@gmail.com
Rain Taxi (500 words)
Raven Chronicles
Query: editors@ravenchronicles.org
Red Paint Hill Poetry Journal
Rougarou (500-800 words)
query rougaroueditors@gmail.com
The Rumpus
Scapegoat Review (800 words max, new books only)
Serving House Review (up to 5000 words)
Shattercolors (1200-8000 words)
Shenandoah
Query Book Review Editor Sarah Kennedy (skennedy@mbc.edu)
before sending reviews.
Smartish Pace
Stirring
query Letitia Trent at reviews@sundresspublications.com
Swithback (500-2000 words)
Talking Writing (800-2000 words)
use form at the site to query
Terrain: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments
Max 3000 words
32 Poems
1000+ words
Triquarterly
email with "query-review" as the subject line to TriQuarterly@northwestern.edu
Unsplendid
reviews of books of formal poetry
Up the Staircase Quarterly
Valparaiso Poetry Review
Edward Byrne, editor
query VPR@Valpo.Edu
Whale Road Review (500 words or less)
send to whaleroadreview@gmail.com
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
The Writing Disorder
In Addition, if you didn’t find what you need
NewPages also lists and links to publications that specialize in reviews.
NewPages also has an extensive list of online journals, many of which
run reviews. Links are provided.
Poets & Writers online has links to the websites of dozens of journals.
Places that publish pre-publication reviews
The following do not accept unsolicited reviews but assign books for review. Books need to be sent in advance of publication date:
American Book Review
ABR cannot accept reviews after a book is more than six months old, even though it's sometimes much longer before it actually appears in their pages. Send book as early as possible, preferably before the publication date.
American Book Review
School of Arts & Sciences
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
americanbookreview@uhv.edu
Library Journal
wants pre-publication galleys 3 months in advance of publication date
Book Review Editor
Library Journal
160 Varick Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly Poetry Reviews
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
Thank you for this wonderful list!
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