Once again, it”s Tuesday and once again, we have three poetry markets that are accepting submissions and pay for poetry.Searching these out is a delightful journey, wandering through back issues of journals and litmags and web sites that have been collecting contemporary poetry for a year, five years, thirty years. One of the happiest circumstances is stumbling upon a list of markets compiled years earlier and following the links through to discoveries – and sometimes unexpectedly, to old friends that were almost forgotten.

One such journal is the Beloit Poetry Journal, whose submission page is one that is fun to read – and clearly shows the personality of the magazine and the editorial staff. BPJ doesn”t seek out specific types or forms of poetry. Rather they”re looking for poetry that grabs them, and in following the winners of their annual Chad Walsh Poetry Prize, you”ll find a wide variety of styles and forms with one thing in common – excellence. Among the submission guidelines, you”ll find :

6. Use regular business envelopes (4×9). Don”t worry about creases. Wasteful manila envelopes with excess postage just make us sad.

7. No cover note is necessary, unless you have something to say to us—-but many other editors do like them. We use no contributors” notes. The emphasis is on the poem.

For specific details on how to submit poetry to Beloit Poetry Journal (and most poetry markets), see the submission page.

If you frequent the coffee houses in NYC, you”ve probably seen this magazine. Literal Latte has been publishing for over ten years, and publishes several poems in each issue. The editors” guidelines are refreshingly open:

It”s Not Who You Know or Where You”ve Been…It”s What You Write

98% of what we publish comes from the so-called slush pile. We take submissions 365 days a year. We accept work for publication on a continual basis and publish within one year of acceptance. Most issues contain someone who has not been published before.

For complete submission guidelines, visit Literal Latte”s submission page.

The American Poetry Review is a bit more on the staid side, submission wise, but their format is unique. APR publishes six times a year in newspaper tabloid format, and has been doing so for 30 years. They feature the best contemporary poetry, reviews and commentary. In addition to publishing poetry, APR awards the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize of $1000 annually to a poet published in APR during the previous year. Submission guidelines can be found on APR”s submission page.