Submitting Poetry for Publication 

Are you interested in getting your poems published, but don’t know where to start? This guide offers some helpful rules for submitting your work and a list of magazines that publish unsolicited poetry.

For information on how to publish your novel, short stories, or non-fiction, see the Pratt Library’s How to Get Published guide.   

In this guide: 

1. Submitting Poetry for Publication 
2. General Submission Guidelines for Poetry Magazines 
3. List of Poetry Magazines in the Pratt Library

Ask Us 

If you have any questions about submitting poetry for publication, please e-mail, call (410) 396-5451, or visit us:

Periodicals Department
Enoch Pratt Free Library
State Library Resource Center
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201