Market Round-Up March 2008© Jodi
M. Webb –
All Rights Reserved
I am not a poet. OK, I do have a folder
with a few poems in it but I’ve never done anything with them. Mainly,
because I’m not good at poetry but also because I write to pay the bills and
nobody pays poets, right? Wrong! Once again, I’ve proven myself totally
ignorant. For everyone out there who actually is a talented poet I’ve
uncovered quite a few paying markets—everything from $3 a poem to $200 a
poem.
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If your poems bring to
life the idyllic world of Norman Rockwell or Currier and
Ives then my first market is for you. It’s a general
magazine that includes a poetry department—family
appropriate subjects only. They lean toward shorter poems(4
to 16 lines) and only accept 5-6 poems in a submission.
Capper’s Magazine
http://www.cappers.com/contributors-guidelines
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Do you want to vent about
your writer’s block—in verse? Do you have something to say
about Frost, Poe, or Sandburg—in verse? Byline Magazine is a
writer’s "how-to" magazine and, although their poetry
department accepts any subject, they lean toward poems
slanted toward the art of writing or famous writers/poets.
They allow for longer poems of up to 30 lines.
Bylines Magazine
http://www.bylinemag.com/guidelines.asp
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For me haiku is a form of poetry I
vaguely remember from Mrs. B’s seventh grade English class. But for
those of you who have mastered the spare beauty of the haiku there is an
entire magazine dedicated just to you.
Modern Haiku
http://modernhaiku.org/submissions.html
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Would Stephen King enjoy
your poetry? Michael Crichton? J.K. Rowlings? If your poetry
has a tinge of science fiction, horror, fantasy, or myth you
might want to try these two outlets for speculative poetry.
But, as the editor of Illumen points out, don’t confuse dark
and spooky with gross. They’re interested in the former not
the latter.
Illumen Magazine
http://samsdotpublishing.com/IllumenGL.htm
Magazine for Speculative Poetry
http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#mspgdln
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Jodi’s Tip: Every month, with the help
of websites, writer’s magazines, even the stack of magazines at my dentist’s
office, I’d come across dozens of great markets that I didn’t have a
specific idea for—right now. Then, months later an article idea would come
to me and I’d spend time trying to remember or searching the Internet for
that magazine. What a waste of time! That was before I started a folder with
info about great markets I discover. This is where I’ll be holding the info
about all these poetry markets until the kernel of a poem pops into my
brain. Don’t waste your time or lose a market forever. Keep a file of great
markets just like you keep a file of possible article/story/poem ideas.
About the author:
Jodi M.
Webb spent years writing articles for dozens of magazines such as
Pennsylvania Magazine, American Profile, and Christian Science Monthly. But
recently she’s been discovering a wonderful new market: business writing.
Her new specialty includes catalog copy, customer newsletters, and press
releases. You can also find her blog Readin', Writin' and Unravelin' at As
We Are Magazine (www.aswearemagazine.com
). Like every writer Jodi feels she has a book (or two…or three) in her but
she hasn’t managed to get an agent or publisher to agree with yet. Stay
tuned for updates!/
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