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.
The Poetry Review
Founded in 1912, the Poetry Review is the quarterly magazine of the Poetry Society, publishing work by both internationally renowned and emerging poets, newcomers and Nobel Prize winners. Editor: Wayne Holloway Smith.
The Rialto
Established in 1984, The Rialto is published three times a year and each issue, with its spacious A4 pages, has fifty or so poems, an editorial and occasional, commissioned, prose pieces. Editor: Michael Mackmin.
The Seventh Quarry
The Seventh Quarry is a poetry magazine published since 2005 in Swansea, Wales, with an international perspective, which appears twice a year, in winter and summer. Editor: Peter Thabit Jones.
The Stinging Fly
The Stinging Fly magazine was established in 1997 to seek out, publish and promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Editor: Lisa McInerney.
Time Haiku
The Time Haiku journal is published twice a year in February and August. Potential contributors can send haiku, tanka, haibun and renku for consideration. There is no limit on the number of submissions. Editor: Diana Webb.
Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
For over a century, the TLS has been one of the world’s leading international literary journal. Readers of the TLS will find new poems, essays, extracts from new publications - including fiction - and regular columns plus detailed reviews of new books in a wide range of subjects.
Under the Radar
Under the Radar is a place for readers and writers alike to make new discoveries. The flagship magazine of Nine Arches Press is a lively mix of up-and-coming and established poets and writers, as well as reviews and articles. Editors: Jane Commane, Matt Merritt and Maria Taylor.
Urthona: Journal of Buddhism and the Arts
Urthona Buddhist arts magazine covers all aspects of contemporary and traditional arts from a Western Buddhist perspective. It is published annually in a high quality, 68 page, glossy magazine format. Editor: Dharmavadana.
Ver Poets Poetry World
This is the regular newsletter of Ver Poets, a group of poets who meet regularly in St Albans, United Kingdom, to discuss poetry and to share their poems.
Wasafiri
Since launching in 1984, Wasafiri has become the UK’s leading magazine for international contemporary writing, and is now renowned for publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers. Editor: Sana Soyal.
Wet Grain
Wet Grain is a print magazine for new poetry in English. Editor: Patrick Romero McCafferty, and guests.
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