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Poetry Magazines

Print Magazines

(Online versions of the print magazine may be available.)

A to Z

2 Bridges Review - City Tech

(New York City of Technology, U.S.)

32 Poems Magazine

(U.S.)

805 Lit + Art magazine

(Manatee County Public Library System, U.S.)

(Last new magazine was in 2020)

(U.K.)

Able Muse Review

(U.S.)

(U.K.)

Aesthetica Magazine

(U.K.)

(University of St Andrews)

(Last edition was 2023, but the site is still available)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

American Poetry Review

American Poets Magazine | Academy of American Poets

(Irish language from the Republic of Ireland)

The Antioch Review

(Antioch College, Ohio, U.S.)

(U.S.)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

The Baltimore Review

(Republic of Ireland)

The Believer Magazine (McSweeney's)

(U.S.)

Beltway Poetry Quarterly

(Last edition 2023)

(Washington Region, U.S.)

(On a gap year, but previous editions still available)

(Newcastle, England)

BWR - Black Warrior Review

(The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, U.S.)

Cambridge Literary Review

(Last edition 2021)

(U.K.)

The Cannon's Mouth

(Last edition December 2022)

(Cannon Poets, Birmingham, England)

The Caribbean Writer

(The University of the Virgin Islands)

Carolina Quarterly

(Last edition 2021)

The Caterpillar (The Moth)

(For children aged 7 to 11)

(Online presence but no new magazine since Spring 2023)

(Republic of Ireland)

CERASUS Magazine

(U.K.)

The Cincinnati Review

(The University of Cincinnati, U.S.)

ClairObscur Zine

(Previously Obscure Quarterly)

(U.K.)

The Dark Horse Magazine

(No issues in 2024)

(Scotland and the U.S.)

(Germany, in German)

The Dawntreader (Indigo Dreams)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

Fenland Poetry Journal currently down, see Facebook

(U.K.)

Finished Creatures

(No new issue in 2024)

(U.K.)

(LGBTQ+)(U.K.)

(U.S.)

The Galway Review

(The Republic of Ireland)

(U.K.)

(Scotland and international)

(Harvard University, U.S.)

Iota (Templar Poetry)

(U.K.)

Irish Pages: A Journal of Contemporary Writing

(Northern Ireland)

(U.K.)

The Keats-Shelley Review

(U.K.)

(Kenyon Collage, Ohio)

The Kindling Journal

(U.K.)

Kyoto Journal - Insights From Asia

(English magazine from Japan)

(Otago University Press)

Lighthouse Journal

(U.K.)

Lily Poetry Review

Little Patuxent Review

The London Magazine

(U.K.)

Long Poem Magazine

(U.K.)

Lucent Dreaming

(U.K)

(U.K.)

(No new issue since 2020)

(U.K.)

The Manchester Review

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

Mslexia Magazine

(For women who write)

(U.K.)

Neon – A Literary Magazine

(No new issues since 2022)

(U.K.)

New Walk Magazine

(U.K.)

New Welsh Review

(Wales)

The New York Review

Nimrod – International Journal

(University of Tulsa, U.S.)

The North (Poetry Business)

(U.K.)

Obsessed With Pipework

(U.K.)

Orbis · International Literary Journal

(U.K.)

(No new issue since 2020)

(Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)

(This may be free, it is available in full online)

(U.K.)

(No new issue since 2020)

(U.K.)

The Paris Review

Pennine Platform

(U.K.)

(Originally Poetry Nation)

(U.K.)

Poetry (Poetry Foundation)

Poetry Birmingham

(U.K.)

Poetry Book Society

(U.K.)

(Online version)

The Poetry Bus - PB

(Republic of Ireland)

Poetry Ireland Review

(Republic of Ireland)

(U.K.)

Poetry North West

The Poetry Review

(U.K.)

Poetry Saltzburg Review

(University of Saltzburg)

(English language magazine from Austria)

(U.K.)

(All or much of the magazine is free online)

(U.K.)

Poetry & Writers

(U.S.)

A magazine about writing poetry. Digital copy available.

Prairie Schooner

(No issue in 2024)

(University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S.)

Prole, Poetry and Prose

(Last website update 2022)

(U.K.)

(U.S.)

Reach Poetry (Indigo Dreams)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

(Canada)

(Closed in 2022, but archive still available)

(U.S.)

The Shanghai Literary Review

(English language magazine from China)

Shearsman Magazine

(U.K.)

Shooter Literary Magazine

(U.K.)

(Republic of Ireland)

Solstice Literary Magazine

(U.S.)

Some Roast Poet

(No website updates since 2019)

(Manchester, U.K.)

Southeast Review

(Florida State University, U.S.)

(All or much of the magazine is free online)

Southword Journal

(Munster Literature Centre, Republic of Ireland)

Southern Indiana Review

(University of Southern Indiana, U.S.)

(U.K.)

The Stinging Fly

(Republic of Ireland)

(There has been no social media updates since May 2024)

(Leeds, U.K.)

Sugar House Review

(University of Tampa Press , U.S.)

(The site is not fully functioning, so may no longer be operating)

(Belfast, U.K.)

Tears In The Fence

(U.K.)

TLS (Times Literary Supplement)

(U.K.)

Wells Street Journal

(University of Westminster, U.K.)

(All or much of the magazine is free online)

(Bucknell University, U.S.)

(All or much of the magazine is free online)

The White Review

(No update since March 2024)

(U.K.)

The Windsor Review

(Archive available, but no new magazine since 2023)

(University of Windsor, Canada)

Writer's Digest Magazines

(On how to write and be published including poetry)

Online Magazines

(aka webzines, e-magazines, e-journals, e-zines/ezines/eZines etc.).

Free unless stated.

(U.K.)

(Northern Ireland)

A-Minor Magazine

(U.S.)

And Other Poems – Simply a website of poems

(U.K.)

Anthropocene Poetry

(U.K.)

Bad Lilies

(U.K)

The Bangor Literary Journal

(U.K.)

(Closed in 2024, but all 13 issues are available to read online)

Barren Magazine

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

Blackbox Manifold

(U.K.)

blackmail press

(Archive all there, but no update since 2022)

Blue Marble Review - Literary Journal for Young Writers

(U.S.)

(Prague, Czech Republic)

Chestnut Review

(Features some audio, U.S.)

(Physical print annually)

(U.S.)

(U.K.)

(Archive available, but no new posts since 2019)

experiment-o (Angel House Press)

(Archive available, but no new posts since 2023)

(Canada)

Flights – Flight of the dragonfly

(U.K.)

Five Dials - A literary magazine from Hamish Hamilton

(Closed in 2023, but its 66 issues are all available in its free archive)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

The High Window

(U.K.)

(Includes poets reading their poems)

Ink Sweat and Tears

(U.K.)

The Interpreter's House

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

The Journal of Expressive Writing

(U.S.)

(U.K)

Landfall Review Online

(Online site of print magazine, New Zealand)

La Piccioletta Barca

(English magazine based in Greece)

Liminal Transit Review

(U.K.)

Literary Hub (Poem)

(More of a online poem-finding algorithm really, U.S.)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

Mascara Literary Review

(Paid subscription required. Based in Australia)

Moving-Poems.com – A Video Poetry Blog by Shirley B

(U.K.)

(The site highlights a number of poetry films)

A New Ulster - this link has issues, so visit Facebook - A New Ulster

(Northern Ireland)

(Print copies can be ordered)

North of Oxford

One Hand Clapping

(U.K.)

(Print copy also available)

(No new magazine in 2024)

(Australia)

(Print copies also available to purchase)

(U.K.)

Pamenar Press - Online Magazine

(U.K., Canada, Iran)

PEN Transmissions – English PEN's magazine for international writing

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

(U.S.)

Recours au poeme

(A French magazine in French)

Queen Mob's Tea House

(Closed in 2022, but the archive is still available)

(U.K.)

Quince Magazine

(No new issue since 2021)

(U.K.)

(No new updates since 2021)

(U.K.)

(U.K.)

Santa Ana River Review

(No new issue in 2024)

(University of California, U.S.)

The Scores – A Journal of Poetry and Prose

(Last issue is 2021, and some links don't work, but the archive is still there)

(University of St Andrews)

(U.K.)

The Sewanee Review

SHABBY DOLL HOUSE

(U.K.)

Silver Birch Press

(This is a blog, that works very much like an online magazine, U.S.)

(U.K.)

(Purchase required as pdf. There were plans for a print edition in 2024, though these do not appear to have happened yet)

(U.K.)

Streetcake Magazine

(U.K.)

SWWIM Every Day

(Supporting Women Writers in Miami, U.S.)

Tampa Review Online

(Physical print see above, U.S.)

Tenth Muse Literary Magazine

(Clarke University, U.S.)

(I believe this is a free print magazine made fully available in the net.)

(U.K.)

The Waking - (Ruminate Magazine)

(U.S.)

(Cheltenham Poetry Festival, U.K.)

(U.K.)

(Republic of Ireland)

(A magazine about writing, including poetry writing)

Magazine and Journal Lists

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Beltway Poetry Quarterly - Journals

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Every Writers Resource - The Big List of Literary Magazines a U.S. site that aims to list every literary magazine including 356 poetry magazines

National Poetry Library - Comprehensive list of all U.K. magazines

Poets Directory - Magazines

Poetry Magazines - UK poetry magazines (this site is now archived and not maintained)

Poetry Society: Magazines – Young Poets Network

Online Poetry Resources - Poetry Super Highway 1561 magazines listed, wow!

Tears in the Fence - Links

List of literary magazines - Wikipedia

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Last complete page update 8 November 2023. 8-20 January 2025 updating page.

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