Free the Verse

Open now for poetry.

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Free the Verse is a poetry magazine accepting poems for themed quarterly issues and annotated first-and-final drafts for its Marginalia series.

Read the full guidelines at free-the-verse.com↗

Submission calls

poetryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 25Pays: USD $10 per poem, paid via PayPal after accepting an offer of publication.

Open to: Poets aged 18 and over from anywhere in the world.

Poetry for the next quarterly issue around a specific theme; the current deadline is November 25, 2026. Free-verse poetry is especially welcome, though the magazine is open to anything. Pays USD $10 per accepted issue poem.

poetryEligibility requirementsPays: USD $20 per piece, paid via PayPal after accepting an offer of publication.

Open to: Poets aged 18 and over from anywhere in the world.

Marginalia seeks a first and final draft of a poem with annotations explaining the edits; the responses are shaped into an article about the editing process. Always open. Pays USD $20 per accepted piece.

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