Sorry for the short notice: Strix issue 9 closes to submissions at midnight on 31 January 2023 (UK time). Send up to 3 poems (the editors also take short stories – visit the website for details) of up to 40 lines each, each in a separate file. Read full submission rules here.
print poetry journals
Graffiti poems for The Alchemy Spoon
Print publication The Alchemy Spoon will be open from 1 to 28 February 2023 for poems on the theme of ‘Graffiti’. The editors have quite strict rules for formatting your submissions, so visit the submissions page here for full information.
The Alchemy Spoon
This print publication is currently open to submissions for its 7th edition. Send up to 3 unpublished poems (up to 40 lines each) on the theme of ‘Space’ before 30th June 2022. Full details here.
14-line poems
Editor Richard Skinner has a call out for 14-line poems for the annually published 14 magazine. Send no more than 3 poems by email, by the deadline of 30 June 2021. Full info here.
The Rialto
You have until 31 March 2021 (UK time) to submit to the spring issue of this prestigious print poetry journal. More info here.
The Alchemy Spoon issue 3
This new print poetry journal will be open to submissions from 1 February 2021 until 28 February 2021, on the theme of ‘Spell’. The editors are especially keen to hear from ‘new phase’ poets – those who have come to poetry after doing something else. The magazine also publishes poetry-related essays and reviews. Full info here.
Better Than Starbucks
This fabulously-named quarterly publication accepts a wide range of genres, including: African Poetry, Poetry in Translation, Experimental and Form Poetry, Prose Poetry, Poetry for Children, Free Verse, Haiku, and International (which they define as: “being written by non-Westerners whose cradle tongue is not American or British English, and who have lived somewhere other than the US, Canada, the UK or Australia for most of their lives”). The editors are currently accepting submissions for the next issue, due out 1 February 2021. They stress that all submissions (except manuscripts) should be pasted into the body of an email – if submitting in more than one genre, send in separate emails. Submission details here. It’s worth purchasing a copy and/or checking out some of the work on the website.