--- type: "article" title: "Where Poets Get Paid" summary: "Hey out there!\nI’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.\nShare\nSubmissions\nMy list of zines, Substacks, and other places open to submissions from new writers has five links now.\nI’ll make it live very soon, but please, if you know of publishers, contests, or any other easy access publications, send me that info!!!\nAccounts 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.\n\n\nSubscribe now\n\n1.\nFlash fiction 3/mo\nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/bradleyramsey\n———\n2.\nBlank Canvas Post\nhttps://inkandribbon.org/submissions\n——-\n3.\nStrange Pilgrims\n\nStrange Pilgrims\n\nWe read over 7000 stories & essays. Here are our top 9 submitting tips!\n\nOur 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…\nRead more\n7 months ago · 208 likes · 17 comments · Strange Pilgrims, Shannan Mann, and Karan Kapoor\n\n——-\n4.Write, Period.\nhttps://substack.com/@writeperiod\n———\n5.\nFuture Britain’s Speculative Fiction\n\nSol Stories\n\nFuture Britains - Contributors Announcement\n\nSomething new is dawning on these British Isles…\nRead more\n7 months ago · 34 likes · 17 comments · Martin Grace\n\n———\n6.\nLemon Jelly Press. \nFiction, nonfiction, poetry. Huge variety!\n\nLemon Jelly press\n\nSubmissions Are Open at Lemon Jelly Press\n\nWe’re open…\nRead more\n6 months ago · 85 likes · 7 comments · Lemon Jelly Press CIC\n\n———\n7.\nOnly Poems\nhttps://onlypoems.submittable.com/submit\nThis kind of publication is not uncommon. The pay this particular site offers is excellent.\nReply from Substack account where I inquired:\nhi, yes! The poems we publish every Saturday come in via submissions. You can find more\ndetails here: onlypoems.submittable.coM\n———\nOnly Poems\nHolds major poetry publishing and contests.\nPoet of the week: $77 Poem of the month: $33 Only Poems daily: $22 Post of the year:\n$5k,plus $500 each finalist Bob Hicok Fellowship (yearly): lots of amazing rewards Leonard\nCohen Poetry Prize: $1/$250 to 4 fin.\nhttps://onlypoems.submittable.com/submit———\nThe link I’m sharing below might be the single best way to kick your career in poetry into gear!\nSo many publications! Most even pay decently!!!\nSubfolios\nThis is a treasure trove of ways to get paid. \nhttps://subfolios.com/\n\n\nLeave a comment\n\nHey everybody!!\nAt the 1st of April I promised to publish a list of all the places I could find with open\nsubmissions for poetry and fiction.\nThen we had a loss in the family. And I had to take most of April off.\nThe good news is that I’ll be publishing that list THIS WEEK. First Week of May, 2026.\nIF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF A PUBLICATION YOU‘D LIKE LISTED, REPLY TO THIS POST. IF YOU\nKNOW OF A PUBLICATION WITH SUBMISSIONS OPEN, TELL ME IN THE REPLIES!\nThanks everyone! That good news be coming soon! 😉\nJack Lhasa\nBuilding Realities.\nMay 03, 2026\n(FINALLY published May 20, 2026. )\nSubscribe now\n\nBY ALL MEANS, copy this list. Republish it. Restack it. Just get it to everyone who needs it!!" newsletter: "Building Realities with Jack Lhasa" newsletter_handle: "moonshadow" newsletter_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow" author: "Jack Lhasa (@moonshadow)" published: "2026-05-21T02:30:23.000Z" canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/where-poets-get-paid" markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/where-poets-get-paid.md" chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/where-poets-get-paid/chat" source_url: "https://exoteric1.substack.com/p/where-poets-get-paid" body_source: "imported" likes: 0 replies: 0 body_words: 556 --- # 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](https://exoteric1.substack.com/p/where-poets-get-paid?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=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](https://exoteric1.substack.com/subscribe?) 1\. #### Flash fiction 3/mo [https://open.substack.com/pub/bradleyramsey](https://open.substack.com/pub/bradleyramsey) ——— 2\. #### Blank Canvas Post [https://inkandribbon.org/submissions](https://inkandribbon.org/submissions) ——- 3\. #### Strange Pilgrims [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPVx!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95661306-f3ac-43f9-8d6d-43b6c5c72d58_1000x1000.png)Strange PilgrimsWe 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 $50 for short-form. Read the full submission guidelines here and get ready to submit…Read more7 months ago · 208 likes · 17 comments · Strange Pilgrims, Shannan Mann, and Karan Kapoor](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/10-submission-tips?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) ——- #### 4.Write, Period. [https://substack.com/@writeperiod](https://substack.com/@writeperiod) ——— 5\. #### Future Britain’s Speculative Fiction [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fLZc!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7ea4aaa-acf7-4f53-8b82-8f20d28d276e_640x640.png)Sol StoriesFuture Britains - Contributors AnnouncementSomething new is dawning on these British Isles…Read more7 months ago · 34 likes · 17 comments · Martin Grace](https://solstories.substack.com/p/future-britains-contributors-announcement?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) ——— 6\. #### Lemon Jelly Press. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Huge variety! [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v9Ww!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe17ed4b-169e-49f8-982f-13464d937b49_600x600.png)Lemon Jelly pressSubmissions Are Open at Lemon Jelly PressWe’re open…Read more6 months ago · 85 likes · 7 comments · Lemon Jelly Press CIC](https://lemonjellypress.substack.com/p/submissions-are-open-at-lemon-jelly?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) ——— 7\. #### Only Poems [https://onlypoems.submittable.com/submit](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](http://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](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/](https://subfolios.com/) *** [Leave a comment](https://exoteric1.substack.com/p/where-poets-get-paid/comments) #### 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](https://exoteric1.substack.com/subscribe?) BY ALL MEANS, copy this list. Republish it. Restack it. Just get it to everyone who needs it!! *** ## Discussion No replies yet.