America's oldest poetry magazine, publishing in print since 1889. Poet Lore is a biannual print journal of poetry, featuring the finest in contemporary writing. We love featuring poems that broaden the spectrum of what poetry is – and can be – on the page.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 180 days after submission*/Editor reported data197 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data3.93%*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
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best American, Best Of The Net, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Process
Submittable
Cover letter
Include the titles of all poems in your cover letter (bullet points or numbers are easiest).
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Include all poems in 1 single document and please only submit once per submission period. If a poem is more than one page, please indicate if the second page begins with a new stanza.
Author's rights
Poet Lore requires first serial rights. We request (but does not require) the right to publish accepted poems on our website, social media outlets, monthly newsletter, and via our publisher’s (The Writer’s Center) triennial magazine. All other rights revert to the author upon publication; although, Poet Lore expects to be credited when poems are republished.
Additional info
Pays! $50 per poem Available in print. Contributors also receive one copy of their issue, plus a copy of the following printed issue of Poet Lore. We nominate select published poems for both the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
197 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
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About
Book-length issues deliver news from the interior—poems that make concerns of our moment both urgent and intimate. Published with the conviction that poetry provides a record of human experience as valuable as history, Poet Lore’s intended audience is broadly inclusive. Like that of Poet Lore’s fou...
Read moreFounded
1889
Country
US
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Emily Holland
Editor-in-Chief
Pat Davis
Translations Editor