Print Journals That Accept Online Submissions

It's been more than a year since I last updated the list of print journals that accept online submissions. This list includes 7 additions. I expect that before too long all print journals will be accepting online submissions; most do already. I've deleted information about fees as a submission fee seems to be the norm these day. Many submitters feel that a small fee is worth it as it saves paper, stamps, and a trip to the post office.

Journals new to the list (not necessarily new journals) are indicated with a double asterisk. 

The number of issues per year appears after the journal's name.

The reading period for each journal appears at the end of each entry.

Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

As always, please let me know if you find any errors here. And good luck.


Adanna: a journal about women, for women—1x

Jan 31 - April 30

Agni—2x

Sept 1 - May 31

The American Poetry Journal—1x

February 1 - May 31

American Poetry Review—6x

all year

Another Chicago Magazine—2x

Apogee—2x
two submission periods—check website

**Arcadia Magazine—4x
Sept 1 - April 30

**Atlanta Review—2x
all year

Barrelhouse—2x

check website to see if open for poetry submissions

Bat City Review—1x

June 1 - November 15

Bateau—2x

all year

Bayou—2x
Sept 1-June 1

Bellevue Literary Review—2x

all year

Bellingham Review—1x

Sept 15-Dec 15

Beloit Poetry Journal—4x

all year

no sim

Black Warrior Review—2x

all year

Boston Review—6x

Sept 15 - May 15

Boulevard—3x

November 1-April 30 

Breakwater Review—2x
November 15 for the January issue;
April 15 for the June issue

Burnside Review—every 9 months

Caesura—2x

August 5 - Oct. 5

Caketrain—1x

all year

Carbon Copy Magazine—2x
May 1st through September 1st, November 1st through March

The Carolina Quarterly—3x       

all year

Cimarron Review—4x
all year

The Cincinnati Review—2x
Sept 1 - May 31

Columbia—2x

September 1 - May 1

The Conium Review—2x
Jan 1-April 1

Copper Nickel—2x

August 15-October 15 

January 31-March 31

The Cossack Review—3x
All year

Crab Creek Review—2x
Sept 15 - March 31

Crazyhorse—2x

all year

Cream City Review—2x

August 1 to November 1

December 1 to April 1

CutBank—1-2x

October 1 thru February 15

Ecotone—2x

August 15–April 15

Edison Literary Review—1x 

all year

Fence—2x

check website to see if open for submissions

FIELD—2x

all year

no sim

Fifth Wednesday—2x

no Jan, Feb, June, or July

The Florida Review—2x

August thru May

Fourteen Hills—2x
September 1 to January 1
March 1 to July 1

The Fourth River—1x
July 1-Sept 1

The Frank Martin Review—1x
all year

Gargoyle—1x

reads month of June

**The Georgia Review
August 16 - May 14
 
The Greensboro Review—2x   

September 15 deadline for the Spring issue

February 15 deadline for the Fall issue

Grist—1x

August 15 - April 15

Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review—1x 

All year

Harpur Palate—2x

deadlines: Winter issue: November 15

Summer issue: April 15

Hartskill Review—3x
all year

Harvard Review—2x

Sept 1 - May 31

Hawk and Handsaw—2x

Aug 1 - Oct 1

Hayden's Ferry—2x

All year

pays

The Hollins Critic—5x

Sept 1 - Dec. 15

Hunger Mountain—1x

all year

The Idaho Review—1x
Sept. 1 to April 15

Iron Horse Literary Review—6x

rolling for 3-4 weeks at a time

check website for dates

Jubilat—2x

September 1 - May 1

Kenyon Review—4x

September 15 - January 15

no sim

Knockout Literary Magazine—1x

check website for submission dates

The Laurel Review—1x
Sept 1-May 1

The Lindenwood Review—1x
Jul 15-Dec 15

The Literary Review—4x
Sept 30-May 31

Little Patuxent Review—2x
submission period varies—check website

The Los Angeles Review—1x

Submit to Poetry Editor: lareview.poetry@gmail.com

Sept 1 - Dec 1

The Louisville Review—2x

all year

Lumina—1x

August 1 - Nov 15

The MacGuffin—3x

all year

Mantis—1x
currently open for submissions
Send all poems to: mantispoetry@gmail.com

The Massachusetts Review—4x

October 1 - April 30

Measure—2x

no sim

all year

The Mom Egg—1x

July 15 - Sept. 30

Meridian—2x ($2 fee)

all year

Mid-American Review—2x

all year

The Minnesota Review—2x

August 1–November 1 

January 1–April 1

The Missouri Review–4x

all year

The Mom Egg—1x
June 1- Sept. 1

National Poetry Review—1x  

December, January, and February only or all year if a subscriber

Natural Bridge—2x

August 1-May 1

Naugatuck River Review—2x

for the Summer issue January 1 through March 1

for the Winter issue July 1 through September 1 (contest only)

New England Review—4x

no sim

Sept 1-May 31

New Madrid—2x

August 15 - November 1

New Ohio Review—2x

Sept-May (summer okay for subscribers)

New Orleans Review—2x

Aug 15 - May 1

New South—2x

all year

The New Yorker

weekly magazine

all year

Ninth Letter—2x

September 1 - April 30

The Normal School—2x

September 1-December 1 

January 15-April 15

**Off the Coast—4x
all year

Parcel—2x
all year

Parthenon West Review—1x

Jan 1- May 1 (but on hiatus for 2012)

Phoebe—1 print issue, 1 online
March 9 - Oct 31

Pleiades—2x

August 15-May 15

Ploughshares—3x

June 1 - Jan. 15

PMS—1x
Jan 1 thru March 31
(women only)

**Poet Lore—2x
all year

Poetry—11x

year round

no sim

Poetry Northwest—2x

September 15 - April 15

Post Road Magazine—2x

February 1 to April 1 for the winter issue
June 1 to August 1 for the spring issue

Potomac Review—2x

Sept 1-May 1

Prairie Schooner—4x
Sept 1 - May 1
no sim

Puerto del Sol—2x

September 15 - March 31

Quiddity—2x
all year

The Raintown Review—2x

all year

considers previously published

The Raleigh Review—1x

All year

Rattle—2x

year round

Redactions—1x

year round

Redivider—2x

all year

Red Rock Review—2x

No June, July, August, or December

no sim

Rhino—1x

April 1 - Oct 1

Rockhurst Review—1x

Sept. 15 through Jan. 15

Rosebud—3x

All year

Sakura Review—2x

year round

Salmagundi—4x
February 1—April 15

Salt Hill—2x

August 1 - April 1

San Pedro River Review—2x

Jan 1 - Feb 1 / July 1-Aug 1

Saw Palm—1x

July 1- October 1

**Sierra Nevada Review—1x
Sept - mid-Feb

Slice Magazine—2x

Feb. 1 - April 1
January 1 - March 1

Smartish Pace—2x

All year

Sonora Review—2x

All year

So to Speak—2x

August 15-October 15 for the Spring issue

January 1-March 15 for the Fall issue

South Dakota Review—4x

All year

The Southeast Review—2x

All year

**Southern Poetry Review—2x
all year

The Southampton Review—2x
September 1 to December 1 and from March 1 to June 1

Southern Humanities Review—4x

All year

Southern Indiana Review—2x
Sept 1-April 30

Southwest Review—4x

No June, July, August

Sou’wester—2x

August 15 - May 15

Spinning Jenny—1x

Sept 15 - May 15

No Sim

Spoon River Poetry Review—2x
September 15 to February 15

The Stillwater Review—1x

Sept 1-Dec 15

Subtropics—3x

September 1 - April 15
No Sim       

Sugar House Review—2x

All year

Tampa Review—2x

Sept 1 - Dec. 31

no sim

Tar River Poetry—2x

Sept 15 - Nov. 1

no sim

Third Coast Review—2x

Sept 15 - April 30

32 poems—2x

via email

all year

The Threepenny Review—4x       

Jan 1 - June 30

Tiferet—1x

Sept  - December

Tinhouse Magazine—2x

September 1 - May 31

Upstreet—1x

Sept 1 - March 1

Versal—1x

Sept 15 - Jan 15

Verse Wisconsin—4x

All year

Washington Square Review—2x

August 1 - Oct 15

Dec 15 – Feb 1

Weave Magazine—2x

April 15 - July 31

West Branch—2x

Aug 15 - April 15

Willow Springs—2x

all year

Women Arts Quarterly Journal—4x

all year  

Yemassee—2x        

All year

Summer Journals G-P 2015

Here's the second installment of the list of print journals that read during the summer months. If you find any errors or have others to add to the list, please let me know. Good luck with your submissions.

This mailbox is ready to receive good mail.

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok
Unless otherwise indicated, the journal accepts online submissions.

**Gigantic Sequins—2x—opens July 1

**Grist—1x—June 15-Sept 15

Hanging Loose—3x
snail mail

**Hartskill Review—3x

**Hayden’s Ferry—2x—opens for submissions August 1

**Hiram Poetry Review—1x
snail mail

Hudson Review—4x—April 1-June 30 (all year if a subscriber)
snail mail

**Lake Effect—1x
snail mail

Little Star Journal—1x
strong preference for snail mail
strong preference for no sim sub

Louisiana Literature—2x

**Lumina—1x—check in July

**MacGuffin—3x
via email attachment

Manhattan Review—2x
(prefers no sim but will take)

Measure—2x
metrical only

**Michigan Quarterly Review—4x

**Mid-American Review—2x

**Minnesota Review—2x—August 1–November 1

**Missouri Review—4x

**The Mom Egg—1x—June 1-Sept 1

**Naugatuck River Review—2x—July 1-Sept 1
for the winter issue

**Nimrod—2x—Jan 1-Nov 30
snail mail

**Parnassus: Poetry in Review—1x
snail mail

Pinyon—2x
via email

**Pleiades—2x—Aug 15-May 15

**Ploughshares—3x—June 3 to January 15

**Poet Lore—2x
snail mail

**Poetry—11x


Summer Journals A-F

Summer Journals Q-Z

How Much Are You Willing to Pay?

As you know, many print journals now use online submission managers such as Submittable for submissions. Many of these journals are no longer willing to accept snail mail submissions. That’s fine with me. Makes my life easier. In the past few years, several of these journals have begun to charge a submission fee, usually $2 or $3. Although some poets I know are very annoyed about this and some of them refuse to submit to any journal that charges a submission fee, I’m not particularly bothered by it. Seems like a fair trade-off to me. I don’t have to use up my paper supply, two envelopes, postage for the sending and the SASE, or gas going to the post office. At their end, the journals get a little compensation for printing out submissions or reading on screen.

However, the other day I saw the name of a print journal that was new to me, so I checked it out. I’m not going to name it but will say that this journal publishes work by women only. The journal pays $50 for fiction and non-fiction and $35 for poetry. Great. I wouldn’t mind paying a small submission fee to a journal that compensates its authors. So everything looked cool until I got to the submission part. That’s where I saw the $15 reading fee! (Yes, I put an exclamation point there to register the jolt I got at such a fee.) And that’s for just three poems. Now keep in mind that there’s a difference between a submission fee and a reading fee. I’ll pay the former but not the latter, especially when the amount is so absurdly high. It’s tantamount to paying to be published. Another irritant: they read anonymously so all identifying information must be deleted. I know that some people like that. I find it annoying as it causes me the unnecessary step of deleting the information. I think editors ought to be able to be objective with or without names.

So I’ll keep my money and they can keep theirs.

Speaking of money—Many of you, I’m sure, are familiar with Erika Dreifus and her wonderful blog, Practicing Writing, which is always loaded with useful information for writers. It’s primarily geared towards prose writers, but poets will also find it useful. Every Monday, for example, Erika makes her readers aware of no-fee, paying markets. She also sends out a monthly e-newsletter, The Practicing Writer, which is similarly filled with wonderful, up-to-date information. In the current December issue, Erika includes a list of books suggested by authors who previously played some role in her newsletter. As one of those lucky authors, I recommended Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life by Dani Shaprio (Grove Press). Both the blog and the newsletter are terrific resources for writers. You can subscribe to Erika’s newsletter at either of the preceding two links. Just scroll down in the right sidebar.

Speaking of blogs—I have previously recommended Adele Kenny’s The Music in It, and I now reiterate that recommendation. Each Saturday Adele posts a poetry prompt. Each of her prompts contains some instruction and several model poems or links to them. Readers are invited to post their drafts in the Comments section where Adele generously comments on them. Recently Adele began occasionally inviting other poets to contribute a prompt. I’m happy to have been invited twice to do that. My second guest post, The Loveliness of Words, is currently posted at the blog. It’s excerpted from my book, The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop, and includes a wonderful model poem by Rod Jellema and a prompt based on the poem. Check it out and try the prompt.

Speaking of books—It’s time to order your holiday gift books. I hope you’ll consider The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop for the poets in your life.

Print Journals That Accept Online Submissions 11/14

It's been more than a year since I last updated the list of print journals that accept online submissions. This list includes 14 additions. You'll notice that a number of the journals charge a fee for the online submission. Many submitters feel that a small fee is worth it as it saves paper, stamps, and a trip to the post office.

Journals new to the list (not necessarily new journals) are indicated with a double asterisk. 

The number of issues per year appears after the journal's name.

The reading period for each journal appears at the end of each entry.

Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.

As always, please let me know if you find any errors here. And good luck.


Adanna: a journal about women, for women—1x

Jan 31 - April 30

Agni—2x

Sept 1 - May 31

The American Poetry Journal—1x

February 1 - May 31

American Poetry Review—6x

all year

Another Chicago Magazine—2x

$3 fee

**Apogee—2x
two submission periods—check website

Barn Owl Review—1x

June 1 - November 1

Barrelhouse—2x

check website to see if open for poetry submissions

Bat City Review—1x

June 1 - November 15

Bateau—2x

all year

**Bayou—2x
Sept 1-June 1

Bellevue Literary Review—2x

all year

Bellingham Review—1x

Sept 15-Dec 15

Beloit Poetry Journal—4x

all year

no sim

Black Warrior Review—2x

all year

Boston Review—6x

Sept 15 - May 15

Boulevard—3x

November 1-April 30 

Breakwater Review—2x
November 15 for the January issue;
April 15 for the June issue

Burnside Review—every 9 months
$3 fee / pays contributors

Caesura—2x

August 5 - Oct. 5

Caketrain—1x

all year

Carbon Copy Magazine—2x
May 1st through September 1st, November 1st through March

The CarolinaQuarterly—3x       

all year

Cimarron Review—4x
all year

The Cincinnati Review—2x
Sept 1 - May 31

Columbia—2x

September 1 - May 1

**The Conium Review—2x
Jan 1-April 1

Copper Nickel—2x

August 15-October 15 

January 31-March 31

The Cossack Review—3x
All year

Crab Creek Review—2x
Sept 15 - March 31

Crazyhorse—2x

all year
$2 fee

Cream City Review—2x

August 1 to November 1

December 1 to April 1

CutBank—1-2x

October 1 thru February 15

Ecotone—2x

August 15–April 15 

$3 fee

Edison Literary Review—1x 

all year

Fence—2x

check website to see if open for submissions
(must submit poems one by one)

FIELD—2x

all year

no sim

Fifth Wednesday—2x

no Jan, Feb, June, or July

The Florida Review—2x

August thru May 

$3 fee

Fourteen Hills—2x
September 1 to January 1
March 1 to July 1

**The Fourth River—1x
July 1-Sept 1

**The Frank Martin Review—1x
all year

Gargoyle—1x

reads month of June

The Greensboro Review—2x   

September 15 deadline for the Spring issue

February 15 deadline for the Fall issue

Grist—1x

August 15 - April 15

Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review—1x 

All year

Harpur Palate—2x

deadlines: Winter issue: November 15

Summer issue: April 15

**Hartskill Review—3x
all year

Harvard Review—2x

Sept 1 - May 31

Hawk and Handsaw—2x

Aug 1 - Oct 1

Hayden's Ferry—2x

All year

pays

The Hollins Critic—5x

Sept 1 - Dec. 15

Hunger Mountain—1x

all year

The Idaho Review—1x
Sept. 1 to April 15

Iron Horse Literary Review—6x

rolling for 3-4 weeks at a time

check website for dates

Jubilat—2x

September 1 - May 1

Kenyon Review—4x

September 15 - January 15

no sim

Knockout Literary Magazine—1x

check website for submission dates

The Laurel Review—1x
$2 fee
Sept 1-May 1

**The Lindenwood Review—1x
Jul 15-Dec 15

The Literary Review—4x
Sept 30-May 31

Little Patuxent Review—2x
submission period varies—check website

The Los Angeles Review—1x

Submit to Poetry Editor: lareview.poetry@gmail.com

Sept 1 - Dec 1

The Louisville Review—2x

all year

Lumina—1x

August 1 - Nov 15

The MacGuffin—3x

all year

**Mantis—1x
currently open for submissions
Send all poems to: mantispoetry@gmail.com

The Massachusetts Review—4x

October 1 - April 30

Measure—2x

no sim

all year

The Mom Egg—1x

July 15 - Sept. 30

Meridian—2x ($2 fee)

all year

Mid-American Review—2x

all year

The Minnesota Review—2x

August 1–November 1 

January 1–April 1

The Missouri Review–4x

all year

The Mom Egg—1x
June 1- Sept. 1

National Poetry Review—1x  

December, January, and February only or all year if a subscriber

Natural Bridge—2x

August 1-May 1

$3 fee

Naugatuck River Review—2x

for the Summer issue January 1 through March 1

for the Winter issue July 1 through September 1 (contest only)

New England Review—4x

no sim

Sept 1-May 31

New Madrid—2x

August 15 - November 1

New Ohio Review—2x

Sept-May (summer okay for subscribers)

New Orleans Review—2x

Aug 15 - May 1

New South—2x

all year

The New Yorker

weekly magazine

all year

Ninth Letter—2x

September 1 - April 30

The Normal School—2x

September 1-December 1 

January 15-April 15

$3 fee

**Parcel—2x
all year

Parthenon West Review—1x

Jan 1- May 1 (but on hiatus for 2012)

**Phoebe—1 print issue, i online
March 9 - Oct 31

Pleiades—2x

August 15-May 15

Ploughshares—3x

June 1 - Jan. 15

**PMS—1x
Jan 1 thru March 31
(women only)

Poetry—11x

year round

no sim

Poetry Northwest—2x

September 15 - April 15

Post Road Magazine—2x

February 1 to April 1 for the winter issue
June 1 to August 1 for the spring issue

Potomac Review—2x

Sept 1-May 1

Prairie Schooner—4x
Sept 1 - May 1
no sim

Puerto del Sol—2x

September 15 - March 31

**Quiddity—2x
all year

The Raintown Review—2x

all year

considers previously published

The Raleigh Review—1x

All year

Rattle—2x

year round

Redactions—1x

year round

Redivider—2x

all year

Red Rock Review—2x

No June, July, August, or December

no sim

Rhino—1x

April 1 - Oct 1

Rockhurst Review—1x

Sept. 15 through Jan. 15

Rosebud—3x

All year

Sakura Review—2x

year round

Salmagundi—4x
February 1—April 15

Salt Hill—2x

August 1 - April 1

San Pedro River Review—2x

Jan 1 - Feb 1 / July 1-Aug 1

Saw Palm—1x

July 1- October 1

       

Slice Magazine—2x

Feb. 1 - April 1
January 1 - March 1

Smartish Pace—2x

All year

Sonora Review—2x

All year

So to Speak—2x

August 15-October 15 for the Spring issue

January 1-March 15 for the Fall issue

South Dakota Review—4x

All year

The Southeast Review—2x

All year

**The Southampton Review—2x
September 1 to December 1 and from March 1 to June 1

Southern Humanities Review—4x

All year

**Southern Indiana Review—2x
Sept 1-April 30

Southwest Review—4x

No June, July, August

$2 fee

Sou’wester—2x

August 15 - May 15

Spinning Jenny—1x

Sept 15 - May 15

No Sim

Spoon River Poetry Review—2x
September 15 to February 15

The Stillwater Review—1x

Sept 1-Dec 15

Subtropics—3x

September 1 - April 15
No Sim       

Sugar House Review—2x

All year

Tampa Review—2x

Sept 1 - Dec. 31

no sim

Tar River Poetry—2x

via email

Sept 15 - Nov. 1

no sim

Third Coast Review—2x

Sept 15 - April 30

32 poems—2x

via email

all year

The Threepenny Review—4x       

Jan 1 - June 30

Tiferet—1x

Sept  - December

Tinhouse Magazine—2x

September 1 - May 31

Upstreet—1x

Sept 1 - March 1

Versal—1x

Sept 15 - Jan 15

Verse Wisconsin—4x

All year

Washington Square Review—2x

August 1 - Oct 15

Dec 15 – Feb 1

Weave Magazine—2x

April 15 - July 31

West Branch—2x

Aug 15 - April 15

Willow Springs—2x

all year

Women Arts Quarterly Journal—4x

all year  

Yemassee—2x        

All year