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Poetry magazines

Find inspiration from contemporary poems, and ideas of where to get your own poetry published in this list of current poetry magazines.

National Poetry Library membership entitles you to remotely access digital copies of current and back issues of Banipal, Magma, Modern Poetry in Translation, PBS Bulletin, PN Review, Poetry London, The Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, and Stand via Exact Editions.

14

14 is an annual poetry magazine devoted to poems of 14 lines only. The window for submissions is 1st April - 30th June each year. Editor: Richard Skinner.

Acumen

Since 1985, Acumen has introduced new poets to the poetry world, introduced well-known poets to new audiences and published many poems which have become favourites with its readers. Editor: Patricia Oxley.

Agenda

Founded in 1959 by Ezra Pound and William Cookson, Agenda is one of the best known and most highly respected poetry journals in the world.

Areopagus

Areopagus was founded in 1990, as a special-interest publication for Christian writers. Editor: Julian Barritt.

Artemis

Artemis poetry aims to be a showcase for the best in women's writing from established and new women poets Editors: Dilys Wood and Anne Stewart.

Blithe Spirit: Journal of the British Haiku Society

Blithe Spirit is the quarterly journal of the British Haiku Society. Each issue usually contains original poems covering the gamut of haikai genres, a diversity of articles about the writing and appreciation of haiku and related forms, book reviews, letters to the editor, and features.

Crannóg

Established in 2002, Crannóg’s mission is to publish the work of Irish writers alongside the best available worldwide and to show how well such writing sits with the best available internationally. Editors: Sandra Bunting, Ger Burke, Jarlath Fahy and Tony O’Dwyer.

Critical Quarterly

Critical Quarterly is internationally renowned for its unique blend of literary criticism, cultural studies, poetry and fiction.

Cyphers

Cyphers was founded in 1975 to publish Irish and international poetry, criticism and, later, fiction. Editor: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.

Dream Catcher

Dream Catcher is an international arts journal, which offers contemporary readers a mix of poetry, prose, artwork and reviews. Editor: Hannah Stone.

Dymock Poets and Friends

Dymock Poets and Friends, aka the Journal of the Friends of the Dymock Poets, was founded in 2002 to publish serious studies and scholarly articles about the Dymock Poets and their friends and acquaintances. Editor: John Monks.

Erbacce

Published bi-annually in Spring and Autumn, each issue of Erbacce highlights the work of two featured poets, plus a wide selection of poetry from other talented poets worldwide. Editors: Dr Alan Corkish and Dr Andrew Taylor.

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