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Poetry Markets

Paying Markets:*

Aberrant Dreams: http://www.hd-image.com
            Pays $1 per line up to $50 per poem. Poems of any length.

Abyss & Apex: http://www.abyssandapex.com
            Pays $5. Poems of any length.

Aeon Speculative Fiction: http://www.aeonmagazine.com
            Pays $1 per line, may be negotiable on longer poems.

AMAZE: The Cinquain Journal: http://www.amaze-cinquain.com
            Pays $1. Cinquains, cinquain cycles, etc.

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: http://www.andromedaspaceways.com
            Pays $10 (Australian). Poems up to two pages.

Aoife's Kiss: http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/AKguidelines.htm
            Pays $5 for new poems, $3 for reprints. Poems up to 100 lines.

Asimov's Science Fiction: http://www.asimovs.com
            Pays $1 per line. Poems up to 40 lines.

Astropoetica: http://astropoetica.com
            Pays $5. Poems of any length.

Atomjack: http://atomjackmagazine.com
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Between Kisses: http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/BKguidelines.htm
            Pays $2 for new poems, $1 for reprints. Poems up to 25 lines.

Beyond Centauri: http://samsdotpublishing.com/beyondguide.htm
            Pays $2 for new poems, $1 for reprints. Poems up to 50 lines ("loose maximum").

Big Pulp: http://www.bigpulp.com
            Pays $5 per poem. Submit up to 3 poems, 50 lines total.

Black October: http://www.blackoctobermagazine.com
            Pays $15 and up. "Only length requirement is that it not be of epic proportion."

Book of Dark Wisdom: http://www.darkwisdom.com/guidelines.htm
            Pays five cents per word, $5 minimum. Poems up to 150 words.

Champagne Shivers: http://samsdotpublishing.com/vineyard/CSguidelines8.html
            Pays 10 cents per line for new poems, 5 cents per line for reprints. Poems 30 to 40 lines.

Chimaera Serials: http://www.chimaeraserials.com/Submission%20Guidelines.html
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

Chizine: http://www.chizine.com
            Pays $8. Poems up to 50 lines "are infinitely preferred."

Coyote Wild: http://coyotewildmag.com/CoyoteWildGuidelines.html
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

The Dark Krypt: http://www.darkkrypt.com/darkkryptguide.htm
            Pays $5. Poems up to 100 lines. (Query for longer.)

Doorways: http://www.DoorwaysMagazine .com
           Pays $0.50 per line plus contributor's copy. Any length poem, prefers under 30 lines.           

Dreams and Nightmares: http://dreamsandnightmares.interstellardustmites.com
            Pays $10. Poems up to two single-spaced pages.

Electric Velocipede: http://www.electricvelocipede.com
            Pays $15 for one poem, $20 for two poems, and $25 for three poems. Poems up to 100 lines.

Farrago's Wainscott: http://www.farragoswainscot .com/submissions.html
            Pays $5.00.  Willing to consider well-crafted and ambitious long poems and series.

The Fifth Di... : http://samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/guidelines.htm
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Flytrap: http://www.sff.net/people/timpratt/flytrap.html
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

From the Asylum Books and Press: http://www.fromtheasylum.com
            Pays $10. Poems of any length.

Full Unit Hook-Up: http://members.aol.com/fullunithookup/index.html
            Pays $5. Poems up to 200 lines preferred.

Goblin Fruit: http://www.goblinfruit.net
            Pays $5 for new poems, $2.50 for solicited reprints. No length limit specified.

GrendelSong: http://grendelsong.kapo.ws/guidelines.php
            Pays $10. All lengths through epic.

GUD: http://www.gudmagazine.com/subs/submit.php
            Pays $5 for new poems, $2 for reprints as advance against royalties. No length limit specified.

The Harrow: http://www.theharrow.com/journal/submissions.php#guidelines
            Pays $3. Poems up to 40 lines.

Hungur Magazine: http://samsdotpublishing.com/HungurGL.htm
            Pays $4. Poems up to 100 lines.

Ideomancer: http://www.ideomancer.com
            Pays $6. "Open to anything other than epic."

Illumen: http://samsdotpublishing.com/IllumenGL.htm
            Pays 2 cents per word for new poems,1 cent per word for reprints. Poems up to 100 lines.

Kaleidotrope: http://www.unreality.net/kaleidotrope/guidelines.html
            Typically pays $5 per piece on publication plus comps. See guidelines for payment on shorter pieces.

KidVisions: http://samsdotpublishing.com/kids/KKguidelines.htm
            Pays $2 for new poems, $1 for reprints. Poems up to 25 lines

Leading Edge: http://www.leadingedgemagazine.com/guidelines_writer.php
            $10 for first 1 to 4 pages, $1.50 for each subsequent page of published poetry. No length limit specified.

Lone Star Stories: http://literary.erictmarin.com
            Pays $10. Poems of any length.

Lorelei Signal: http://www.loreleisignal.com/Guidelines.html
            Pays $2 as an advance on donations. No length limit specified.

The Magazine of Speculative Poetry: http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#msp
            Pays 3 cents per word, $5 minimum, $25 maximum. Poems up to three pages.

The Martian Wave: http://samsdotpublishing.com/tmw/guidelines.htm
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

MindFlights: http://www.mindflights.com
           Pays 1/2 cent per word up to $25.00 ($5.00 minimum). No length limit specified.

Mythic Delirium: http://www.mythicdelirium.com
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine: http://www.neo-opsis.ca
            Pays 2.5 cents (Canadian ) per word to a maximum of $125. No length limit specified.

New Myths: http://www.newmyths.com
            Pays $10 per poem. No length specified

Niteblade, http://niteblade.com/submission s.htm
           Pays $1 per poem plus ad-free PDF of issue

Noneuclidean Cafe: http://www.noneuclideancafe.com/guidelines.htm
            Pays $5 per set of original poems. No length limit specified.

Not One of Us: http://not-one-of-us.com/guidelines.php
            Pays $2. Poems of "any length within reason."

Oddlands:   http://www.oddlandsmagazine.com
            Pays $10.00 flat rate for poetry, no length specified.

OG's Speculative Fiction: http://theopinionguy.com/page4.html
            Pays $5. Poems under 60 lines.

On Spec: http://www.onspec.ca/guidelines.php
            Pays $20. Poems of 4-100 lines.

Paradox: http://www.paradoxmag.com
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

The Pedestal Magazine: http://thepedestalmagazine.com
            Pays $30. Poems of any length.

Poe Little Thing: http://www.nakedsnakepress.com/Poe%20Guidelines.htm
            Pays $5. Poems up to 50 lines.

Raven Electrick: http://ravenelectrick.com
            Pays $10. Poems up to 40 lines.

Raygun Revival: http://www.raygunrevival.com/guidelines.html
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Rogue Worlds: http://www.specficworld.com/RGW2/guidelines.html
            Pays $2. Poems of any length.

ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com: http://www.sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com/guidelines.mgi2
            Pays one cent per word for poems up to 1500 words, plus half-cent over 1500 words, $5 minimum.
            (Check their site to see if they are currently open to new queries/submissions.)

Scifaikuest: http://samsdotpublishing.com/scifaikuestguide.htm
            Pays $1-2, $10 for featured poet. Scifaiku, haibun, senryu, and tanka only.

The Shantytown Anomaly: http://www.geocities.com/theshantytownanomaly/Submissions.html
            Pays $1. Poems under 100 lines.

Son and Foe: http://sonandfoe.com
            Pays $10 for new poems, under $4 for reprints. Poems of any length.

Sorcerous Signals: http://www.sorceroussignals.com/Guidelines.html
            Pays $2 as an advance on donations. No length limit specified.

Sounds of the Night: http://samsdotpublishing.com/soundsGL.htm
            Pays $4 for new poems, $2 for reprints. Prefers poems under 100 lines.

Star*Line: http://www.sfpoetry.com
            Pays $3 for poems up to 10 lines, $5 for poems 11 to 50 lines, ten cents per line for poems over 50 lines.

Strange Horizons: http://www.strangehorizons.com
            Pays $20. Prefers poems under 100 lines.

Strong Verse: http://www.strongverse.org
            Pays $10. Poems of any length.

Surreal Magazine: http://surrealmag.com
            Pays 3-5 cents per word. No length limit specified.

Sybil's Garage: http://www.sensesfive.com/guidelines.php
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Talebones: http://www.talebones.com
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

Tales of the Talisman: http://www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/gl.html
            Pays $4 (or equivalent). Poems up to 50 lines.

Tales of the Unanticipated: http://www.totu-ink.com/guidelines.phtml
            Pays $7. Poems up to two typewritten pages.



Non-paying Markets:

Prism Quarterly: http://www.pitchblackbooks.com/prism.htm
           
Static Movement: http://www.staticmovementonline.com
           
Tales from the Moonlit Path: http://www.moonlit-path.com
           
Vacuum Genesis: http://apocryphaink.googlepages.com
           

*Market information compiled by Web staff on behalf of SFPA. Send updates and additions to sfpaweb@sfpoetry.com. Please refer to each market's complete guidelines for changes in payment information, current needs, reading periods, submission formats, etc.



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Writer Resources


SFPANet:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfpanet
           The Science Fiction Poetry Association on Yahoo Groups. Join our discussion!
           
SFPA Newsgroup on SFF.net:
http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=xover&group=sff.science-fiction.sfpa&from=-10
           Come visit us on SFF. Join the discussion.

Journal of Mythic Arts:
http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA.html
           Contains mythic and folkloric articles, stories, and poetry.

Locus Online:
http://www.locusmag.com
           Science fiction news, reviews, resources, and perspectives.

Odyssey Writing Workshop:
http://www.sff.net/odyssey
           Workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

Ralan's Webstravaganza:
http://www.ralan.com
           A detailed and frequently updated list of poetry (and other) markets.

The SciFaiku Manifesto:
http://www.scifaiku.com/what
           Written in 1995, but still a great place to start learning about scifaiku.

The SF Site:
http://www.sfsite.com
           Science fiction and fantasy reviews, news, and columns.

Speculations: The Rumor Mill:
http://www.speculations.com/rumormill
           Online community where you can find and share market news and discuss all aspects of writing.

Writer Online:
http://www.writeronline.us
           Articles and market news for writers.



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People

Author and Artist Websites:


Danny Adams:
http://dda.wwco.com

Mike Allen:
http://www.descentintolight.com

Chris Ambrose:
http://www.chrisambrose.com

Elizabeth Bennefeld:
http://www.lizbennefeld.net

John Borneman:
http://brassman.xtra-rant.com

Bruce Boston:
http://hometown.aol.com/bruboston

Sue Burke:
http://www.sue.burke.name

G.O. Clark:
http://my.att.net/p/PWP-goclark

Gary Crawford:
http://www.gothicpress.com

Erin Donahoe:
http://www.sff.net/people/erin

Denise Dumars:
http://www.geocities.com/eerieaerie/aerie.htm

Suzette Haden Elgin:
http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin

Timons Esaias:
http://www.timonsesaias.com

M. Frost:
http://www.mfrostwords.com

Neil Gaiman:
http://www.neilgaiman.com

Lyn C. A. Gardner: http://www.gardnercastle.com

Neile Graham:
http://www.sff.net/people/neile

Scott Green:
http://www.scottegreen.com

Joe Haldeman:
http://www.sff.net/people/joe.haldeman

Ilona Hegedus:
http://www.ilonahegedus.com

Samantha Henderson:
http://www.samanthahenderson.com

Tracina Jackson-Adams:
http://www.tracinashotfantasy.net

Sandra Kasturi:
http://kelpqueenpress.com

Geoffrey Landis:
http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis

Ursula K. Le Guin:
http://www.ursulakleguin.com

Sandra Lindow:
http://www.wfop.org/poets/lindowsa.html

C.S. MacCath: http://www.csmaccath.com

Elissa Malcohn:
http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn

Robin Mayhall:
http://www.hieran.com

John Nichols:
http://dm.net/~bejay

Rhonda Parrish:
http://www.rhondaparrish.com

Lon Prater: http://www.LonPrater.com

Tim Pratt:
http://www.sff.net/people/timpratt

Dee Rimbaud:
http://www.thunderburst.co.uk

Peter Roberts:
http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/personal.html

Karen A. Romanko:
http://romanko.org/karen

Ann K Schwader:
http://www.geocities.com/HPL4ever

Marge Simon:
http://hometown.aol.com/margsimon/art.html

David Lee Summers:
http://www.zianet.com/dsummers

Bryan Thao Worra: http://thaoworra.blogspot.com

Mary Turzillo:
http://www.dm.net/~turzillo

Ian Watson:
http://www.ianwatson.info

Alex Wilson:
http://www.alexwilson.com

Jane Yolen:
http://www.janeyolen.com/index.html

Online Journals / Blogs:

Danny Adams - Irrationally Exuberant: http://madwriter.livejournal.com

Michael Arnzen - The Goreletter:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Arnzenews

Elizabeth Bennefeld - Quiet Spaces:
http://quietspaces.livejournal.com

John Borneman - The Brassman Speaks:
http://jborneman.livejournal.com

Sue Burke - Mount Oregano:
http://mount-oregano.livejournal.com

Jennifer Crow - A Long, Strange Trip:
http://jennifer-crow.livejournal.com

Alan DeNiro - Ptarmigan:
http://ptarmigan.blogspot.com

Erin Donahoe - Escapism:
http://www.journalscape.com/erin

Suzette Haden Elgin - ozarque's journal:
http://ozarque.livejournal.com

Neil Gaiman - Journal:
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp

Neile Graham - Les Semaines:
http://www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines

Ilona Hegedus - Ilona's World:
http://ilonasworld.blogspot.com

Deborah P Kolodji - Poetry Scrapbook and Random Musing:
http://dkolodji.livejournal.com

Jen Larsen - jen fu dot net:
http://www.jenfu.net

Robin Mayhall - Here Comes the Flood:
http://hieran.livejournal.com

David Kopaska-Merkel - Dreams and Nightmares: http://dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com

Lon Prater: http://lonfiction.livejournal.com

Tim Pratt - Tropism:
http://www.journalscape.com/tim

Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell - They're Biodegradable:
http://biodegradable.blogspot.com

Karen A. Romanko - Raven's Rumors:
http://ravenelectrick.livejournal.com

Heather Shaw - Café Rambleflower:
http://www.journalscape.com/heather

Mikal Trimm - Catching Flies With Vinegar:
http://catchingflies.blogspot.com

Alex Wilson - Peers & Peerless
http://www.alexwilson.com/journal.php

Bryan Thao Worra - On the Other Side of the Eye
http://thaoworra.blogspot.com



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Other links


The AA Independent Press Guide: Link at http://www.thunderburst.co.uk
           Dee Rimbaud's online resource for poets and writers.

Anamnesis Press:
http://www.anamnesispress.com
           Anamnesis Press was a specialty publisher of sf poetry, classic sf and genre non-fiction.

BrambleStory
http://bramblestory.com
           A site where writers can post and critique stories.

DARK REGIONS PRESS:
http://www.darkregions.com/Poetry.html
           

eBooks by Bruce Boston found at
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/BruceBostoneBooks.htm
           

Echolink's Directory of Genre Poetry Sites:
http://www.echolist.com/directory/arts/literature/poetry/genres/directory_genres.html
           

Evidence of a Scam: "The Big Scam" and Poetry.com by Mike Allen:
http://www.descentintolight.com/scam.htm
           

"The Failure of Genre Poetry" by Bruce Boston in the Fortean Bureau:
http://www.forteanbureau.com/sept2005/Sept_FB_Boston.html
           

Lovecraft Slept Here by Denise Dumars:
http://store.yahoo.net/shocklines/loslhebydedu.html
           

MINIATURE SUN PRESS
http://www.miniaturesunpress.com/
           

NPR's Chemical Elements Reduced to Words:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696667
            A reading of selections from the Periodic Table of Haiku. Poetry by lucien, David C Kopaska-Merkel, Stephanie Hall, sc virtes, Pam Smith, stavrogin, jane-a, Deborah P Kolodji, loyd myatt, and Keith Allen Daniels.

Read five stories by Mary Turzillo at
http://www.fictionwise.com
           

Periodic Table of Scifaiku:
http://www.iscifistory.com/scifaku/elements/periodichaiku.asp
           elemental scifaiku collaboration

Poems of the Fantastic and Macabre:
http://people.bu.edu/tgoss/anthology
           An anthology edited by Theodora Goss

The Scifaiku mailing list at Yahoo! Groups:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scifaiku
           

SCI FI Weekly's "Site of the Week" Review of the SFPA Web Site:
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw17079.html
           

Speculative Literature Foundation:
http://www.speculativeliterature.org
           A database of information useful to writers, scholars, teachers, and readers of speculative literature

THE ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION POETRY GUIDE:
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/sfpo.html
           The page title really isn't that accurate, but it is an interesting website.
           Unfortunately it has not been updated in awhile.

WHISPERING WORLDS: The A/A Productions H/F/SF Poetry Anthology:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/4464
           

Writing Speculative Poetry: An Interview with Bruce Boston:
http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/boston.shtml
           




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