Poetry Magazines

[Zeruiah]

Hello,

Could someone suggest poetry magazines from the US and UK that they know to be particularly good? Maybe some tips on picking magazines as well?

Thanks a ton.

[quasimodo1]

Arts and Letters Daily, www.aldaily.com/ This site has a complete menu of almost every poetry magazine published in print or online.

[Virgil]

Poetry. This is the web site, but I get the hard copy magazine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/

[Zeruiah]

Thanks for the suggestions.

To be honest, I didn't like Poetry, but I did find a good poetry subscription through Arts and Letters Daily: an extraction publishing called Poetry Daily. It's very diverse and generally good.

I did a little searching myself and found an open magazine archive under http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/. It appears that most of these magazines are still ongoing, though some are a little obscure and hard to track down. My favorite so far is The 10th Muse.

EDIT: On that note, does anyone know of a writing magazine--as in a magazine on the subject of (creative) writing, either prose or poetry--that I can subscribe to? In case you were wondering (hell, I would), no, I'm not one of those people who clog up their mail box with subscriptions. It's been a long time and I'd like to get magazines on things I enjoy.

[Virgil]

EDIT: On that note, does anyone know of a writing magazine--as in a magazine on the subject of (creative) writing, either prose or poetry--that I can subscribe to? In case you were wondering (hell, I would), no, I'm not one of those people who clog up their mail box with subscriptions. It's been a long time and I'd like to get magazines on things I enjoy.
Try either The Writer or Writer's Digest. I've been somewhat disappointed with them but they present an array of subjects and I guess it's tough to not repeat oneself every couple of years.

[Zeruiah]

Try either The Writer or Writer's Digest. I've been somewhat disappointed with them but they present an array of subjects and I guess it's tough to not repeat oneself every couple of years.

I saw those and Poets & Writers, and I was reluctant to check them out because of both my creeping paranoia against popular magazines and their ubiquity on Google, which shows an active corporate presence...

But you think they might present something worthwhile? I wonder if I could sample a recent issue and judge a bit more fairly. Do you know of a way I could check out at least part of a printed issue online?

[Virgil]

I saw those and Poets & Writers, and I was reluctant to check them out because of both my creeping paranoia against popular magazines and their ubiquity on Google, which shows an active corporate presence...

But you think they might present something worthwhile? I wonder if I could sample a recent issue and judge a bit more fairly. Do you know of a way I could check out at least part of a printed issue online?

If you go to good book store or any store with a large magazine section you will be able to buy single issues.

[Zeruiah]

Sweet. I'll take a trip to B&N tomorrow and check out the magazine section.

Thanks a lot. You were a great help. :)

[Virgil]

Your welcome. Come back and tell me what you think about them.

[Zeruiah]

Your welcome. Come back and tell me what you think about them.

I'm back from the bookstore and I'm ready to tell you what I think of them.

First, The Writer. This magazine was not about writing per se, more on the economic side of being a writer and how to become noticed by publishers. I can't comment on its quality because I didn't look at it after I realized its purpose.

Next, Writer's Digest. This one was at least partially on my desired subject, but didn't quite nail it completely. The part of the magazine that I saw had very basic tips on writing style, some of which wasn't entirely for true for everyone; it made a unrequited attempt to lay down objective writing rules to follow that might have made many great writers a lot less than what they are, had they followed them.

I couldn't find Poets &Writers, though I didn't have high hopes for it either.

On the bright side, they did have a poetry journal called New Orleans Review. It has more than just poetry: some prose, some visual art, and miscellaneous reviews. I thought it was all very well done and diverse. I'm thinking about subscribing, though I'm a little short on dough right now.

Anyhow, thanks for the suggestions and I'm still open for more.

[Virgil]

Thanks Zeruiah. :)

[Wilde woman]

I don't know about poetry magazines, but I've always heard The Paris Review is a renowned writers' magazine.

Here's the website: http://www.theparisreview.com/

Whenever I'm doing research on literature, I always look to this magazine for some fantastic interviews with writers.

Their list of interviewees is quite impressive; check it out: http://www.theparisreview.com/literature.php

[Zeruiah]

To whom it may concern, I've found a writer's magazine (http://www.thenewwriter.com/index.htm), which also has links to other writer's magazines scattered on this page (http://www.thenewwriter.com/links.htm).

Well, I really didn't find it... It took a lot of run-around with several major poetry organizations. Very tiring. :rolleyes:

[Chris Marie]

Arts and Letters Daily, www.aldaily.com/ This site has a complete menu of almost every poetry magazine published in print or online.

I like the MC Escher picture.

[quasimodo1]

I'm relieved someone realizes it's not a self portrait.

[Pecksie]

Check www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. It has a lot of useful info.