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Poetry markets that pay

Magazines that pay per poem or per line, and poetry contests with a cash prize. Fees, where there are any, are listed beside the pay.

19 open, from 18 outlets. 10 charge no fee or state none. 5 read all year. Checked Oct 19, 2026.

  1. Contest

    Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge: a poem on the month's image

    Pays$100 to each of two winners
    FeeNone stated
    Closes
    Guidelines for Rattle, Ekphrastic Challenge: a poem on the month's image
  2. Contest

    Contemporary Verse 2 Foster Poetry Prize 2026 (emerging poets)

    Pays$1,000 and publication
    Fee$35 (includes a subscription); $20 for extra entries
    Closes
    Guidelines for Contemporary Verse 2, Foster Poetry Prize 2026 (emerging poets)
  3. Open call

    Prairie Fire Branching Out: All About Trees

    PaysPrairie Fire rates: 10 cents/word prose, $40 per poem (CAD)
    FeeNone stated
    Closes
    Guidelines for Prairie Fire, Branching Out: All About Trees
  4. Magazine

    PRISM international Fiction, poetry and nonfiction

    Pays$40 CAD/page prose, $45 CAD/page poetry
    Fee$3 CAD reading fee
    Closes
    Guidelines for PRISM international, Fiction, poetry and nonfiction
  5. Magazine

    Riddle Fence Fiction, poetry and nonfiction

    Pays$50 per published page
    FeeFree during this window
    Closes
    Guidelines for Riddle Fence, Fiction, poetry and nonfiction
  6. Magazine

    Booth Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics and lists

    Pays$50 per piece
    Fee$3 per submission
    Closes
    Guidelines for Booth, Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics and lists
  7. Magazine

    Prairie Fire Fiction, poetry and nonfiction

    Pays10 cents/word prose (fiction max $250), $40 per poem (CAD)
    FeeNone stated
    Closes
    Guidelines for Prairie Fire, Fiction, poetry and nonfiction
  8. Magazine

    The Baltimore Review Fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry

    Pays$75
    FeeNo fee
    Closes
    Guidelines for The Baltimore Review, Fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry
  9. Magazine

    Copper Nickel Poetry, fiction, essays and translation

    Pays$30 per printed page ($50 minimum)
    FeeNone stated
    Closes
    Guidelines for Copper Nickel, Poetry, fiction, essays and translation
  10. Magazine

    AGNI Fiction, nonfiction and poetry

    Pays$30/page prose, $50/page poetry
    Fee$3 per online submission
    Closes
    Guidelines for AGNI, Fiction, nonfiction and poetry
  11. Magazine

    Ninth Letter Poetry, fiction and nonfiction for print

    Pays$25 per poem, $100 for prose
    Fee$3 reading fee (waived Dec 1-31)
    Closes
    Guidelines for Ninth Letter, Poetry, fiction and nonfiction for print
  12. Magazine

    Gulf Coast Poetry, fiction and nonfiction for print

    Pays$50 per page in print
    Fee$3 reading fee
    Closes
    Guidelines for Gulf Coast, Poetry, fiction and nonfiction for print
  13. Magazine

    The Georgia Review Prose and poetry for print

    Pays$50 per printed page prose; $4 per line poetry; up to $800
    Fee$3 online; free by mail or for subscribers
    Closes
    Guidelines for The Georgia Review, Prose and poetry for print
  14. Contest

    Bridport Prize Poetry Award

    PaysGBP 5,000 first prize
    FeeGBP 13
    Closes
    Guidelines for Bridport Prize, Poetry Award
  15. Magazine

    Asimov's Science Fiction Science fiction stories and poems

    Pays8-10 cents/word; $1/line for poems
    FeeNo fee
    ClosesRolling
    Guidelines for Asimov's Science Fiction, Science fiction stories and poems
  16. Magazine

    Poetry Magazine Poems and prose about poetry

    Pays$500 per poem; $400 per prose page
    FeeNo fee
    ClosesRolling
    Guidelines for Poetry Magazine, Poems and prose about poetry
  17. Magazine

    Strange Horizons Speculative poetry

    Pays$50 per poem
    FeeNo fee
    ClosesRolling
    Guidelines for Strange Horizons, Speculative poetry
  18. Magazine

    The Christian Science Monitor The Home Forum: essays and short poems

    Pays$750 per essay; $250 per poem
    FeeNo fee
    ClosesRolling
    Guidelines for The Christian Science Monitor, The Home Forum: essays and short poems
  19. Magazine

    The Sun Personal essays, fiction and poetry

    Pays$200 and up, by length
    Fee$2.50 online; free by mail
    ClosesRolling
    Guidelines for The Sun, Personal essays, fiction and poetry

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