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Literary Magazine

ONLY POEMS

www.onlypoems.net

Nonfiction

Poetry

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Fall in love with poetry. Send us your weird, wild & wonderful poems, essays, interviews, & reviews. As Leonard Cohen said, “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."

Highlights

  • Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
  • Response time:
    90 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    35 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    1%*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    1.61%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

Publication

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    From the editors

    Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

    From the editors

    Best Of The Net, Pushcart

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

  • Runs themed calls

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    We love cover letters and would prefer knowing whose work we are reading. We care about your identity. You are welcome to share your publication history, if any, though that would not influence our decision.

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    - PDF or DOCX - EB Garamond - 13-point font size - 1.15 line space *special formatting welcome *if for technical reasons you cannot follow our preferred formatting, that is totally okay

  • Author's rights

    Our author agreement states the following: “Thank you for permission to publish your work on our website. The site is governed by a Creative Commons license, which states that the works though available online, remain the property of the individual authors and cannot be modified or exploited commercially without your permission. Other than this one-time permission to publish online and archive, you retain all rights to your work. If authors republish their poems after initial publication, we request that they in good faith, give first-publication credit to ONLY POEMS.”

  • Additional info

Tracker statistics

472

Total submissions tracked

35 days

Average response time

1.61%

Average acceptance rate

1 days

Fastest response time

124 days

Slowest response time

Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

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12-month average acceptance rate

37 days

12-month average response time

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About

There are so many ways to delight in poetry. We are a bit obsessive — when we like a poem, we immediately want to see more of the poet’s work. Most literary magazines we love follow a poem-a-day model, focusing on the singular poetic spark. We want to create a space to invite poets to lay before us ...

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Country

US

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    Editor Karan Kapoor avatar

    Karan Kapoor

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Shannan Mann avatar

    Shannan Mann

    Founding Editor

    Editor Justine Payton avatar

    Justine Payton

    Managing Editor