Did you make a 2006 New Years” Resolution to actually submit your poetry, but haven”t kept it yet? Don”t end the year with a failed resolution! There are magazines and web sites that are still accepting and reading poetry! Here”s a handful of poetry markets that are accepting poetry right now. Don”t let another year go by without taking that big submission step!

American Tanka welcomes submissions from anyone who has been writing tanka: experienced tanka poets, experienced poets in other forms, and novices. We strongly suggest that all newcomers to the form read and practice tanka for a while before submitting. American Tanka encourages everyone to try their hand at tanka and submit their best work to the journal. Though volume prevents us from responding individually, every submission is carefully considered. Please allow at least three months for a response. Email Submisisons accepted. Full details on their submissions page.

Bear Parade electronically publishes short collections of fiction and poetry. The site is minimalist and visually arresting, and the typical poetry collection is eight-ten poems by one author. The formal submission guidelines read “Open for suggestions”. Full details at their about page.

The Cafe Review
Submissions to The Cafe Review should not exceed three poems (any length) and should arrive with a self addressed stamped envelope. All submissions should be accompanied by one dollar ($1.00), our reading fee, which we put directly back into the production of our publication.

Send submissions to:
The Cafe Review
c/o Yes Books
589 Congress St
Portland, ME 04101

Full Details at the submissions page.

The Eleventh Muse accepts submissions throughout the year for their annual collection. Email submissions accepted. Please submit up to five original, unpublished poems (100 lines or less per poem) attached as a single RTF or Word Doc file, and a brief biography (50 words or less) appropriate for contributors notes, to poetrywest(at)yahoo(dot)com. We are interested in everything from traditional metrical/narrative work through free verse lyrics and into cutting-edge work that pushes on the boundaries between poetry and prose, visual art, etc. Whatever the style, the language must be extraordinary. We also consider essays, criticism, reviews, and short prose works on poetry. Please query first. We accept translations if you can provide us with the original untranslated text as well. Details at their submissions page.

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