Where Poets Get Paid

Hey out there! I’ve been promising this for a while, but health, a busted computer, and a busted phone took their toll on time. Here now is the list. Share Submissions My list of zines, Substacks, and other places open to submissions from new writers has five links now. I’ll make it live very soon, but please, if you know of publishers, contests, or any other easy access publications, send me that info!!! Accounts on Substack that release a curated newsletter from submissions. Of their community. These usually pay a small amount of online rights, award a sticker or plaque or similar, Poetry Workshops, Clinics, Open Mics, contests, Awards, group recognition and more. Subscribe now 1. Flash fiction 3/mo https://open.substack.com/pub/bradleyramsey ——— 2. Blank Canvas Post https://inkandribbon.org/submissions ——- 3. Strange Pilgrims Strange Pilgrims We read over 7000 stories & essays. Here are our top 9 submitting tips! Our next reading period is coming up on March 6 (Gabriel García Márquez’s birthday) for 24 hours only, midnight-to-midnight. Submissions are free and we pay $200 for long-form writing, and $50 for short-form. Read the full submission guidelines here and get ready to submit… Read more 7 months ago · 208 likes · 17 comments · Strange Pilgrims, Shannan Mann, and Karan Kapoor ——- 4.Write, Period. https://substack.com/@writeperiod ——— 5. Future Britain’s Speculative Fiction Sol Stories Future Britains - Contributors Announcement Something new is dawning on these British Isles… Read more 7 months ago · 34 likes · 17 comments · Martin Grace ——— 6. Lemon Jelly Press. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Huge variety! Lemon Jelly press Submissions Are Open at Lemon Jelly Press We’re open… Read more 6 months ago · 85 likes · 7 comments · Lemon Jelly Press CIC ——— 7. Only Poems https://onlypoems.submittable.com/submit This kind of publication is not uncommon. The pay this particular site offers is excellent. Reply from Substack account where I inquired: hi, yes! The poems we publish every Saturday come in via submissions. You can find more details here: onlypoems.submittable.coM ——— Only Poems Holds major poetry publishing and contests. Poet of the week: $77 Poem of the month: $33 Only Poems daily: $22 Post of the year: $5k,plus $500 each finalist Bob Hicok Fellowship (yearly): lots of amazing rewards Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize: $1/$250 to 4 fin. https://onlypoems.submittable.com/submit——— The link I’m sharing below might be the single best way to kick your career in poetry into gear! So many publications! Most even pay decently!!! Subfolios This is a treasure trove of ways to get paid. https://subfolios.com/ Leave a comment Hey everybody!! At the 1st of April I promised to publish a list of all the places I could find with open submissions for poetry and fiction. Then we had a loss in the family. And I had to take most of April off. The good news is that I’ll be publishing that list THIS WEEK. First Week of May, 2026. IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF A PUBLICATION YOU‘D LIKE LISTED, REPLY TO THIS POST. IF YOU KNOW OF A PUBLICATION WITH SUBMISSIONS OPEN, TELL ME IN THE REPLIES! Thanks everyone! That good news be coming soon! 😉 Jack Lhasa Building Realities. May 03, 2026 (FINALLY published May 20, 2026. ) Subscribe now BY ALL MEANS, copy this list. Republish it. Restack it. Just get it to everyone who needs it!!