question for the published poets

[firecat]

For folks reading this who have had their poetry published - where do you submit your poetry (and, for extra credit, why there)?

Comments

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I use the Poets' Market or Duotrope (www.duotrope.com) because they've already got mechanisms for figuring out which market might want a particular poem of mine. I also keep an eye out for local publications that might be suitable, like compilations of local poetry, but those are easier to know about if you're hanging out at readings a lot.

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

I use Duotrope (http://www.duotrope.com) to look for a magazine that will be a good fit. I've started limiting my searches to places that pay (feel like I've gotten enough pubs under my belt to risk it) but duotrope is awesome for finding any place that might fit.

Then, I try to read what the magazine has published in the past and see what I have that will fit. Sometimes I'll send a poem that I'm not 100% sure is a good fit, just because I think there's a chance.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

I usually send stuff to Lone Star Stories, because they will publish stuff that's been on my LJ. They pay $10 a poem. Or somebody asks if I have a poem. Or I post something on my LJ and somebody asks if they can have it and if they pay I usually say OK. I don't actively try to sell poetry very much.

NESFA are doing a collection. It'll probably be called Sibyls and Spaceships.

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

I submitted mine to Astropoetica, 'cause I write science-y poetry -- www.astropoetica.com

They took a long time to reply, and then a long time to put the poem up, but they paid (I think it was $10, but it might have been $5) promptly.