Poetry magazines

Finished Creatures is a biannual magazine for emerging and experienced poets: an independent, no profit printed magazine, carefully produced with an eye for detail and originality. Managing editor: Jan Heritage with co-editors and guest editors.

The devoted journal of the Francis Brett Young Society Editor: Robert Field.

Established in 2006, Homeless Diamonds Arts Magazine is a compilation of writing and art by people associated with St Mungo's, a charity providing housing and support to over 3,000 vulnerable people in England each year.

HQ is an international poetry magazine that publishes a broad range of work - about one third of the magazine's space is given over to haiku and haikuesque poetry; the rest to mainstream poetry and reviews and articles. Editor: Kevin Bailey.

Founded in 2020, Interpret showcases contemporary Scottish writers alongside poetry, prose and interviews from around the world. In the case of the latter, the magazine always features work in the original language as well as an English translation. Editor: James Appleby.

Irish Pages is a biannual journal, edited in Belfast and publishing, in equal measure, writing from Ireland and overseas. Editor: Chris Agee.

Lighthouse is a literary journal dedicated to publishing new writing and championing new writers. Editor: Julia Webb.

Literary Review covers all the latest books each month, ranging from history and biography to memoir and fiction. Each issue contains sixty-four pages of reviews from some of the leading authors, journalists, academics and thinkers in Britain in a variety of fields. Editor: Nancy Sladek.

The London Magazine is England’s oldest literary periodical, with a history stretching back to 1732. Today, the Magazine’s essence remains unchanged: it is a home for the best writing, and an indispensable feature on the British literary landscape. Editor: Steven O’Brien.

The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of the world’s best writers to explore a wide variety of subjects in exhilarating detail.

Founded in 2008, Long Poem Magazine is published bi-annually, and aims to represent a diverse range of poets and poetic styles. Editors: Linda Black and Claire Crowther.

Every issue of Magma has a different editor, either members of their board or a prominent poet acting as a guest editor. Magma aim to promote the very best in contemporary poetry which may come from previously unpublished or emerging poets or the more established.