English 371: Advanced Poetry Writing

Explore the literary magazines listed in the NewPages database to find out where you can submit your short stories and longer fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, literary criticism, and more. The magazine editor’s description for each sponsored literary magazine gives you an overview of editorial styles—what writers they have published and what they are looking for.

"Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life."

"The Submission Grinder (or The Grinder for short) is a donation-based tool for writers to search for publications to submit their work, view anonymized response time statistics based on other writer's submissions, and track their submissions."

Please note that you must pay for access to Duotrope. It "is a subscription-based service for writers and artists that offers an extensive, searchable database of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art publishers and agents, a calendar of upcoming deadlines, a personal submission tracker, and useful statistics compiled from the millions of data points we've gathered on the publishers and agents we list."

Published annually since 2004, The Albion Review showcases the work of emerging undergraduate talents. Features works of short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art.

Published annually, The Allegheny Review is dedicated exclusively to undergraduate works of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and artwork.

ACM, born in 1977 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is now an independent publisher showcasing new fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, and art from all over the world.

Publishes "the best" in contemporary short fiction, featuring both traditional and experimental narratives. They publish new writers alongside established writers.

An online undergraduate literary journal that publishes short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Founded in 2001, Collision publishes undergraduate writing and art from all over the world, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art, with a particular interest in experimental work that challenges style and structure.

Champions the work of authors marginalized by mainstream publishing -- work frequently less visible, whether because of gender, race, age, class or socioeconomic status.

Publishing undergraduate writing since 1963, the magazine accepts poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and photography.

Established in 1963, Red Cedar Review is the longest-running undergraduate-managed publication in the US, featuring the work of writers and artists.

Finding poetry markets and submission strategies.

Reading the guidelines and preparing your manuscript, writing a cover letter, and tracking your submissions.