Blue Unicorn

Open now for poetry.

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Blue Unicorn is a continuously published poetry magazine seeking formal and non-formal verse, including translations and very short poems, and paying contributors.

Response time info: Within three months, often less

Read the full guidelines at blueunicorn.org↗

Submission calls

poetryPays: Usually $50 per contributor; $25 for short pieces.

Blue Unicorn welcomes formal and non-formal verse, translations, mysterious or challenging poems, and especially pieces of five to ten lines. Submit no more than five poems per submission, with one previously published poem permitted; simultaneous submissions are okay. Submissions are read on a monthly cycle.

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