Calling All Poets. 16 Magazines and Sites That Pay Well for Poetry
Earn $50 — $300 per poem
A lot of poets lament there’s no money in poetry. Pennies, pennies, they often sigh. Artists starve, right?
Maybe. But maybe not. Could it be that you’re not submitting your beloved poetry to the places that appreciate poetry the way you do?
So I did the leg work for you and came up with a list of places that pay decently well for poetry.
Important to know — submitting to literary publications is not a speedy process. Most of them have open and closed periods. They’ll open for submissions for a while — and then close to review the submissions.
Rinse. Repeat. It can take a while for poetry submissions to be reviewed, and accepted or rejected. It’s not uncommon to have to wait weeks or even months to hear back regarding your poetry submissions.
But the good news? If you get accepted, you don’t just get paid well, you also get to call yourself a published poet.
16 Magazines and Sites That Pay Well for Poetry
Some have both print and online publications. Do pay attention to when they are accepting submissions. Generally, if you submit during their “closed” periods, they’ll just discard…
