Submissions for Issue #2 should relate to the theme Union. The
theme can be interpreted literally or metaphorically and might
concern relationships, sex, marriage, romance, connection, bonding, forging disparate elements into a whole, bringing together different political/religious/social groups, and anything else that relates to the theme.

http://www.westminstercollege.edu/ellipsis/index.html

http://www.cincinnatireview.com/submissions

http://www.hollins.edu/who-we-are/news-media/hollins-critic/

Current backlog (3/16)... check back in Summer 2016

The Cresset, a journal of commentary on literature, the arts, and
public affairs, explores ideas and trends in contemporary culture from a
perspective grounded in the Lutheran tradition of scholarship, freedom,
and faith while informed by the wisdom of the broader Christian
community.

December-January, March-April, June-July, September-October

http://www.munsterlit.ie/Southword%20Journal.html

https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions

NewMyths.com publishes speculative fiction of every stripe except graphic horror. We like each issue to have an eclectic variety of stories:  funny, frightening, hard and soft sci-fi, adventure, thoughtful, etc. (Also takes prose.)

http://www.slicemagazine.org/magazine/subscribe/

Themed issues. Pays Australian writers. Reads work from around the world. Also accepts fiction, reviews, essays and translations. Fiction: AUD$100, Reviews: AUD$100, Translations: AUD$100, two poems or prose. Note: APPEARS TO NO LONGER BE PAYING FOR POETRY

Sometimes they take a long time to respond, but are always kind.

http://www.newletters.org/magazine/current-issue

Speculative poetry; website currently says they're not accepting poetry (7/16/2020)

http://review.antiochcollege.org/spring-2015

Spring edition:  December 1 - February 28
Summer edition:  April 15 - June 15
Fall edition:  July 1 - August 31
Winter edition:  September 1 - November 30

http://www.editorialmanager.com/ajn/default.aspx

twice yearly, spring and autumn (check website for updates)

http://www.youfoundpenny.com/#!submit/cmc20

Prose Poetry only; respond to an illustration

50-line limit. Please submit only 3-5 poems.

writing by female-identified and non-binary writers

Lyrical poetry inspired by the wood and what lies in its shadows.

On indefinite hiatus as of 10/2019, due to passing of Managing Editor Jon Tribble :( (still as of 5/2020)

http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html

Fantastical poetry; on hiatus until January 9, 2016.

"Micro fiction, flash fiction, prose poetry, compressed poetry & visual arts, and whatever other forms compression might take"

http://pantheonmag.com/submission-guidelines/

Rhubarb is an independent, secular, not-for-profit magazine for
the general reading public, published three times a year featuring the
writing and visual images of diversely defined Mennonites; genetic,
 practicing, lapsed, declined, and resistant.

Riddled with Arrows seeks (short) metafiction and metapoems, and writing that celebrates the process and product of writing as art. No restrictions on genre or form, so long as the work is about writing, or comments on itself (consciously or not) in interesting and meaningful ways

http://themaliterarysociety.com/submissions.html

Themes
"What we don't like: sexually explicit wording. Subtlety is more creative."

http://www.wolfwillowjournal.com/submission-guidelines.html

Please read the expanded poetry guidelines before submitting -- many poetic styles do not fit

We print four times a year : May, August, November, February.

We accept submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, review and writing in general; website expired (7/16/2020)

"The magazine has always sought to provide a Western Australian-based
voice, although its contributors and subject matter have never been
geographically exclusive.  It covers literature and culture throughout
the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly
Western Australia, and the Asian region."

Speculative and science fiction/fantasy. Please read our submission guidelines.

https://friggmagazine.submittable.com/submit

https://www.guernicamag.com/information/submit/

ONLY pays for contributions to their four SPECIAL ISSUES per year

http://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/

Speculative poetry journal, also accepts excellent literary work. Please read the existing issues before submitting--they are free.

Themed poetry & prose based on favorite works of literature. PayPal.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine

6 wks (standard rejection) 12 wks (tiered rejection)

No previously published or accepted for publication poems

COMEDIC writing (currently marked as DEFUNCT on duotrope)

All free submissions considered for $1,000 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor. Annual Rattle Poetry Prize gives $10,000 to a poem (with entry fee).

Showcases the work of both established and emerging writers who explore social issues.

http://www.strongverse.org/submitform.html

online magazine, welcomes formal poetry and free verse

Grants from Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa enable us to make a small payment to local contributors for work published. Overseas contributors may opt for payment via PayPal, or put their fee towards a subscription. All contributors receive one free copy of the issue in which their work appears.

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1333110.ece

Submissions manager is currently offline. (3/16/2015)

http://www.readvitality.com/submissions/what-were-looking-for/

Final issue was published April 2016 "Awesome literature featuring queer protagonists"

Fairly brand new - offshoot of Spark & Ember (Empire & Great Jones Creative Arts Foundation)

http://www.farragoswainscot.com/submissions.html

Well crafted and ambitious long poems and series are welcome and will be considered.

https://www.foundryjournal.com/submit.html

"We pay $10 per poem via Venmo or Paypal shortly after publication."

garden themed; accepts only a few poems per year

http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/

Check for themed issues. Also some issues aren't themed.

http://www.raleighreview.org/Submission_Guidelines.html

Also accepts fiction and creative nonfiction
in addition to poetry. Published quarterly,
with paying contests

http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/

4-6 poems per submission (suggested); Simultaneous submissions are accepted

http://www.phantomdrift.org/#!/sitepage_4

We prefer poetry composed in the new fabulist tradition. Phantom Drift exists because its editors wish to found a journal devoted to work that shatters or valuably distorts reality, whether this means surrealism, magical realism, fantastique, or bizarrerie.

Website no longer active. Duotrope says, ""This project is permanently closed to submissions."