122 magazines
Most Competitive Poetry-Only Literary Magazines of All Time
These poetry mags? Tough as big strong tough guys. Less than 1% of submissions make the cut, but you’re a poet, so you’re used to rejection by now. Still, someone’s got to get in—why not you? If not, well, at least you'll have something sad to write another poem about.
122 magazines
upd ∙ Sep 22, 2026
- 1Berlin Lit0.44% (245 tracked subs)
- 2The American Poetry Review0.48% (341 tracked subs)
- 3Poetry Ireland Review0.79% (154 tracked subs)
- 432 Poems0.79% (783 tracked subs)
- 5Poetry London0.82% (316 tracked subs)
- 6Rattle0.85% (3379 tracked subs)
- 7Sixth Finch0.87% (815 tracked subs)
- 8The Marrow International Poetry1.18% (104 tracked subs)
- 9$ - Poetry Is Currency1.19% (507 tracked subs)
- 10Palette Poetry1.32% (1537 tracked subs)
- 11Josephine Quarterly1.32% (310 tracked subs)
- 12The Cortland Review1.47% (86 tracked subs)
- 13Diode Poetry Journal1.54% (358 tracked subs)
- 14Beloit Poetry Journal1.57% (375 tracked subs)
- 15DMQ Review1.79% (72 tracked subs)
- 16ONLY POEMS1.86% (28241 tracked subs)
- 17Foundry1.89% (75 tracked subs)
- 18Oxford Poetry2.00% (139 tracked subs)
- 19Frontier Poetry2.01% (1447 tracked subs)
- 20Poetry2.14% (766 tracked subs)
- 21American Poetry Journal2.33% (79 tracked subs)
- 22Vallum2.38% (57 tracked subs)
- 23Spoon River Poetry Review (SRPR)2.50% (71 tracked subs)
- 24Muzzle Magazine2.53% (461 tracked subs)
- 25Afternoon Visitor2.94% (227 tracked subs)
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