(This is is outdated. See our list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates or poetry magazines for established poets (much more selective)
If you’re just starting to put your poems out there, poetry journals with high acceptance rates are a good place to start. Getting your footing in approachable poetry journals like these can springboard you into grander opportunities.
Every week, Vita Brevis adds four of such journals to our growing list of approachable poetry magazines. (It’s well worth a bookmark!) Before you send off your submissions, make sure you read over my guide to poetry publication!
Here’s this week’s round-up:
Four Poetry Journals with High Acceptance Rates:
The Montucky Review
Acceptance Rate: 20-30%
+Small and Home-y!
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Right Hand Pointing
Acceptance Rate: 20-30%
+ Well Regarded
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Red Fez
Acceptance Rate: 30-35%
*Need an account to submit
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Danse Macabre
Acceptance Rate: 60-70%
+A lot of character!
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Vita Brevis Press is a bestselling small publisher dedicated to emerging and established poets, circulating their work in an online magazine and in physical anthologies. Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine publishes some of the best emerging poets out there, pairing their work with tonally relevant artwork.
Vita Brevis Press has published two #1 bestselling new-release poetry anthologies. The first anthology, Pain & Renewal, explores the highs and lows of the human experience. The second anthology, Brought to Sight & Swept Away, explores the many faces of time. A third anthology is forthcoming.
Latest Poetry Published on Vita Brevis Press:
- Not Like That – Poetry by Craig Dobson
- Poet’s Dilemma – Poetry by David Eugene Partch
- Our Pine – Poetry by Miriam Manglani
- Visiting Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon at the Art Institute of Chicago – Poetry by Gaby Bedetti
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