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Paying Markets:*

Aberrant Dreams: http://www.hd-image.com
            Pays $1 per line up to $50 per poem. Poems of any length.

Abyss & Apex: http://www.abyssandapex.com
            Pays $5. Poems of any length.

AMAZE: The Cinquain Journal: http://www.amaze-cinquain.com
            Pays $1. Cinquains, cinquain cycles, etc.

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: http://www.andromedaspaceways.com
            Pays $10 (Australian). Poems up to two pages.

Aoife's Kiss: http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/AKguidelines.htm
            Pays $5 for new poems, $3 for reprints. Poems up to 100 lines.

Asimov's Science Fiction: http://www.asimovs.com
            Pays $1 per line. Poems up to 40 lines.

Astropoetica: http://astropoetica.com
            Pays $5. Poems of any length.

Atomjack: http://atomjackmagazine.com
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Beyond Centauri: http://samsdotpublishing.com/beyondguide.htm
            Pays $2 for new poems, $1 for reprints. Poems up to 50 lines ("loose maximum").

Big Pulp: http://www.bigpulp.com
            Pays $5 per poem. Submit up to 3 poems, 50 lines total.

Book of Dark Wisdom: http://www.darkwisdom.com/guidelines.htm
            Pays five cents per word, $5 minimum. Poems up to 150 words.

Champagne Shivers: http://samsdotpublishing.com/vineyard/CSguidelines8.html
            Pays 10 cents per line for new poems, 5 cents per line for reprints. Poems 30 to 40 lines.

Chimaera Serials: http://www.chimaeraserials.com/
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

Chizine: http://www.chizine.com
            Pays $8. Poems up to 50 lines "are infinitely preferred."

Coyote Wild: http://coyotewildmag.com/CoyoteWildGuidelines.html
            Pays $10. No length limit specified.

Doorways: http://www.doorwayspublications.com/
           Pays $0.50 per line plus contributor's copy. Any length poem, prefers under 30 lines.           

Dreams and Nightmares: http://dreamsandnightmares.interstellardustmites.com
            Pays $10. Poems up to two single-spaced pages.

Electric Velocipede: http://www.electricvelocipede.com
            Pays $15 for one poem, $20 for two poems, and $25 for three poems. Poems up to 100 lines.

Farrago's Wainscott: http://www.farragoswainscot .com/submissions.html
            Pays $5.00.  Willing to consider well-crafted and ambitious long poems and series.

The Fifth Di... : http://samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/guidelines.htm
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Focus - a magazine for writers: http://www.bsfa.co.uk
            Pays ¬£3 per poem for poems under 50 lines.
            Wants up to six poems per issue; likes to feature a single poet in each issue.

From the Asylum Books and Press: http://www.fromtheasylum.com
            Pays $10. Poems of any length.

Goblin Fruit: http://www.goblinfruit.net
            Pays $5 for new poems, $2.50 for solicited reprints. No length limit specified.

GUD: http://www.gudmagazine.com/subs/submit.php
            Pays $5 for new poems, $2 for reprints as advance against royalties. No length limit specified.

The Harrow: http://theharrow.com/
            Pays $3. Poems up to 40 lines.

Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/
            Pays $25. Editor David Farney says, "We prefer the longer stuff."

Hungur Magazine: http://samsdotpublishing.com/HungurGL.htm
            Pays $4. Poems up to 100 lines.

Ideomancer: http://www.ideomancer.com
            Pays $6. "Open to anything other than epic."

Illumen: http://samsdotpublishing.com/IllumenGL.htm
            Pays 2 cents per word for new poems,1 cent per word for reprints. Poems up to 100 lines.

Kaleidotrope: http://www.unreality.net/kaleidotrope/guidelines.html
            Typically pays $5 per piece on publication plus comps. See guidelines for payment on shorter pieces.

Leading Edge: http://www.leadingedgemagazine.com/
            $10 for first 1 to 4 pages, $1.50 for each subsequent page of published poetry. No length limit specified.

Lone Star Stories: http://literary.erictmarin.com
            Pays $10. Poems of any length.

Lorelei Signal: http://www.loreleisignal.com/Guidelines.html
            Pays $2 as an advance on donations. No length limit specified.

The Magazine of Speculative Poetry: http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#msp
            Pays 3 cents per word, $5 minimum, $25 maximum. Poems up to three pages.

The Martian Wave: http://samsdotpublishing.com/tmw/guidelines.htm
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

MindFlights: http://www.mindflights.com
           Pays 1/2 cent per word up to $25.00 ($5.00 minimum). No length limit specified.

Mythic Delirium: http://www.mythicdelirium.com
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine: http://www.neo-opsis.ca
            Pays 2.5 cents (Canadian ) per word to a maximum of $125. No length limit specified.

New Myths: http://www.newmyths.com
            Pays $10 per poem. No length specified

Niteblade, http://niteblade.com/submission s.htm
           Pays $1 per poem plus ad-free PDF of issue

Noneuclidean Cafe: http://www.noneuclideancafe.com/guidelines.htm
            Pays $5 per set of original poems. No length limit specified.

Not One of Us: http://not-one-of-us.com/guidelines.php
            Pays $2. Poems of "any length within reason."

Oddlands:   http://www.oddlandsmagazine.com
            Pays $10.00 flat rate for poetry, no length specified.

OG's Speculative Fiction: http://theopinionguy.com/page4.html
            Pays $5. Poems under 60 lines.

On Spec: http://www.onspec.ca/submissions.htm
            Pays $20. Poems of 4-100 lines.

The Pedestal Magazine: http://thepedestalmagazine.com
            Pays $30. Poems of any length.

Poe Little Thing: http://blackriverpublishing.homestead.com/
            Pays $5. Poems up to 50 lines.

Raven Electrick: http://ravenelectrick.com
            Pays $10. Poems up to 40 lines.

Raygun Revival: http://www.raygunrevival.com/guidelines.html
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com: http://www.sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com/guidelines.mgi2
            Pays one cent per word for poems up to 1500 words, plus half-cent over 1500 words, $5 minimum.
            (Check their site to see if they are currently open to new queries/submissions.)

Scifaikuest: http://samsdotpublishing.com/scifaikuestguide.htm
            Pays $1-2, $10 for featured poet. Scifaiku, haibun, senryu, and tanka only.

The Shantytown Anomaly: http://theshantytownanomaly.blogspot.com/
            Pays $1. Poems under 100 lines.

Sorcerous Signals: http://www.sorceroussignals.com/Guidelines.html
            Pays $2 as an advance on donations. No length limit specified.

Sounds of the Night: http://samsdotpublishing.com/soundsGL.htm
            Pays $4 for new poems, $2 for reprints. Prefers poems under 100 lines.

Spaceports and Spidersilks: http://samsdotpublishing.com/SpacespidersGL.htm
            Pays $2.00 for each accepted original submission, $1.00 for reprints, and 10.00 for the door art.

Star*Line: http://www.sfpoetry.com
            Pays $3 for poems up to 10 lines, $5 for poems 11 to 50 lines, ten cents per line for poems over 50 lines.

Strange Horizons: http://www.strangehorizons.com
            Pays $20. Prefers poems under 100 lines.

Strong Verse: http://www.strongverse.org
            Pays $10. Poems of any length.

Sybil's Garage: http://www.sensesfive.com/guidelines.php
            Pays $5. No length limit specified.

Tales of the Talisman: http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/
            Pays $4 (or equivalent). Poems up to 50 lines.

Tales of the Unanticipated: http://www.totu-ink.com/guidelines.phtml
            Pays $7. Poems up to two typewritten pages.

Valent Range: http://www.valentrange.wordpress.com
            Pays US$2 for poems under 50 lines, US$4 for poems over 50 lines, and US$5 for articles.



Non-paying Markets:

Prism Quarterly: http://www.pitchblackbooks.com/prism.htm
           
Static Movement: http://www.staticmovementonline.com
           
Tales from the Moonlit Path: http://www.moonlit-path.com
           

*Market information compiled by Web staff on behalf of SFPA. Send updates and additions to sfpaweb@sfpoetry.com. Please refer to each market's complete guidelines for changes in payment information, current needs, reading periods, submission formats, etc.



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Writer Resources


SFPANet:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfpanet
           The Science Fiction Poetry Association on Yahoo Groups. Join our discussion!
           
SFPA Newsgroup on SFF.net:
http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=xover&group=sff.science-fiction.sfpa&from=-10
           Come visit us on SFF. Join the discussion.

Journal of Mythic Arts:
http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA.html
           Contains mythic and folkloric articles, stories, and poetry.

Locus Online:
http://www.locusmag.com
           Science fiction news, reviews, resources, and perspectives.

Odyssey Writing Workshop:
http://www.sff.net/odyssey
           Workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

Ralan's Webstravaganza:
http://www.ralan.com
           A detailed and frequently updated list of poetry (and other) markets.

The SciFaiku Manifesto:
http://www.scifaiku.com/what
           Written in 1995, but still a great place to start learning about scifaiku.

The SF Site:
http://www.sfsite.com
           Science fiction and fantasy reviews, news, and columns.



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Author and Artist Websites


Danny Adams:
http://dda.wwco.com

Mike Allen:
http://www.descentintolight.com

Chris Ambrose:
http://www.chrisambrose.com

Elizabeth Bennefeld:
http://www.lizbennefeld.net

F.J. Bergmann:
http://fibitz.com/

John Borneman:
http://brassman.xtra-rant.com

Bruce Boston:
http://www.bruceboston.com/

Sue Burke: http://www.sue.burke.name

G.O. Clark:
http://my.att.net/p/PWP-goclark

Gary Crawford:
http://www.gothicpress.com

Erin Donahoe:
http://www.sff.net/people/erin

Denise Dumars:
http://www.geocities.com/eerieaerie/aerie.htm

Suzette Haden Elgin:
http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin

Timons Esaias:
http://www.timonsesaias.com

Angel Favazza:
Angel Favazza: An American Poet

M. Frost:
http://www.mfrostwords.com

Neil Gaiman:
http://www.neilgaiman.com

Lyn C. A. Gardner: http://www.gardnercastle.com

Neile Graham:
http://www.sff.net/people/neile

Scott Green:
http://www.scottegreen.com

Joe Haldeman:
http://www.sff.net/people/joe.haldeman

Ilona Hegedus:
http://www.ilonahegedus.com

Samantha Henderson:
http://www.samanthahenderson.com

Tracina Jackson-Adams:
http://www.tracinashotfantasy.net

Sandra Kasturi:
http://kelpqueenpress.com

Geoffrey Landis:
http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis

Ursula K. Le Guin:
http://www.ursulakleguin.com

Sandra Lindow:
http://www.wfop.org/poets/lindowsa.html

C.S. MacCath: http://www.csmaccath.com

Elissa Malcohn:
http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn

Robin Mayhall:
http://www.hieran.com

John Nichols:
http://dm.net/~bejay

Rhonda Parrish:
http://www.rhondaparrish.com

Lon Prater: http://www.LonPrater.com

Tim Pratt:
http://www.sff.net/people/timpratt

Dee Rimbaud:
http://www.thunderburst.co.uk

Peter Roberts:
http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/personal.html

Karen A. Romanko:
http://romanko.org/karen

Ann K Schwader:
http://home.earthlink.net/~schwader/

Marge Simon:
http://www.margesimon.com

David Lee Summers:
http://www.zianet.com/dsummers

Bryan Thao Worra: http://thaoworra.blogspot.com

Mary Turzillo:
http://www.dm.net/~turzillo

Ian Watson:
http://www.ianwatson.info

Alex Wilson:
http://www.alexwilson.com

Jane Yolen:
http://www.janeyolen.com/index.html



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Online Journals / Blogs:

Danny Adams - Irrationally Exuberant: http://madwriter.livejournal.com

Michael Arnzen - The Goreletter:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Arnzenews

Elizabeth Barrette - The Wordsmith's Forge:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com

Elizabeth Bennefeld - Quiet Spaces:
http://quietspaces.livejournal.com

F.J. Bergmann - Fibitz:
http://fibitz.livejournal.com/

John Borneman - The Brassman Speaks:
http://jborneman.livejournal.com

Shelly Bryant: http://web.mac.com/shellybryant/Site/Blog/Blog.html

Sue Burke - Mount Oregano:
http://mount-oregano.livejournal.com

Cleveland Speculative Poets:
http://csspeculations.blogspot.com

Jennifer Crow - A Long, Strange Trip:
http://jennifer-crow.livejournal.com

Alan DeNiro - Ptarmigan:
http://ptarmigan.blogspot.com

Erin Donahoe - Escapism:
http://www.journalscape.com/erin

Suzette Haden Elgin - ozarque's journal:
http://ozarque.livejournal.com

Neil Gaiman - Journal:
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp

Neile Graham - Les Semaines:
http://www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines

Scott Green: GreenGenrePoetry
http://www.greengenrepoetry.blogspot.com

Ilona Hegedus - Ilona's World:
http://ilonasworld.blogspot.com

Deborah P Kolodji - Poetry Scrapbook and Random Musing:
http://dkolodji.livejournal.com

Jen Larsen - jen fu dot net:
http://www.jenfu.net

Robin Mayhall - Here Comes the Flood:
http://hieran.livejournal.com

David Kopaska-Merkel - Dreams and Nightmares: http://dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com

Lon Prater: http://lonfiction.livejournal.com

Tim Pratt - Tropism:
http://www.journalscape.com/tim

Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell - They're Biodegradable:
http://biodegradable.blogspot.com

Karen A. Romanko - Raven's Rumors:
http://ravenelectrick.livejournal.com

Ann K. Schwader - Yaddith Times:
http://ankh-hpl.livejournal.com/

Heather Shaw - CafŽ Rambleflower:
http://www.journalscape.com/heather

Mikal Trimm - Catching Flies With Vinegar:
http://catchingflies.blogspot.com

Alex Wilson - Peers & Peerless
http://www.alexwilson.com/journal.php

Bryan Thao Worra - On the Other Side of the Eye
http://thaoworra.blogspot.com



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Other Links and Resources


The AA Independent Press Guide: Link at http://www.thunderburst.co.uk
           Dee Rimbaud's online resource for poets and writers.

About SF:
http://www.aboutsf.com
           A resource center for speculative literature, science fiction, and education.

Anamnesis Press:
http://www.anamnesispress.com
           Anamnesis Press was a specialty publisher of sf poetry, classic sf and genre non-fiction.

BrambleStory
http://bramblestory.com
           A site where writers can post and critique stories.

Cleveland Speculative Poets:
http://sites.google.com/site/rgombert0/speculators
           

Coffee Connection-Poets:
http://www.coffeeconnectionpoets.com
           Free poetry community where poets can submit poems, read poems, share poems, create poetry communities and communicate with global poets.

DARK REGIONS PRESS:
http://www.darkregions.com/Poetry.html
           

eBooks by Bruce Boston found at
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/BruceBostoneBooks.htm
           

Echolink's Directory of Genre Poetry Sites:
http://www.echolist.com/directory/arts/literature/poetry/genres/directory_genres.html
           

Evidence of a Scam: "The Big Scam" and Poetry.com by Mike Allen:
http://www.descentintolight.com/scam.htm
           

"The Failure of Genre Poetry" by Bruce Boston in the Fortean Bureau:
http://www.forteanbureau.com/sept2005/Sept_FB_Boston.html
           

Lovecraft Slept Here by Denise Dumars:
http://store.yahoo.net/shocklines/loslhebydedu.html
           

MINIATURE SUN PRESS
http://www.miniaturesunpress.com/
           

NPR's Chemical Elements Reduced to Words:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696667
            A reading of selections from the Periodic Table of Haiku. Poetry by lucien, David C Kopaska-Merkel, Stephanie Hall, sc virtes, Pam Smith, stavrogin, jane-a, Deborah P Kolodji, loyd myatt, and Keith Allen Daniels.

Read five stories by Mary Turzillo at
http://www.fictionwise.com
           

Periodic Table of Scifaiku:
http://www.iscifistory.com/scifaku/elements/periodichaiku.asp
           elemental scifaiku collaboration

Poems of the Fantastic and Macabre:
http://people.bu.edu/tgoss/anthology
           An anthology edited by Theodora Goss

Poets Poetry Poems:
http://www.poetspoetrypoems.com
           Poetry Competitions. Poets Poetry Poems online poetry competition website is the place for poets to win poetry prizes, receive constructive comments on poetry, read poems, share poems, rate poems and review poems.

The Scifaiku mailing list at Yahoo! Groups:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scifaiku
           

SCI FI Weekly's "Site of the Week" Review of the SFPA Web Site:
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw17079.html
           

Speculative Literature Foundation:
http://www.speculativeliterature.org
           A database of information useful to writers, scholars, teachers, and readers of speculative literature

THE ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION POETRY GUIDE:
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/sfpo.html
           The page title really isn't that accurate, but it is an interesting website.
           Unfortunately it has not been updated in awhile.

WHISPERING WORLDS: The A/A Productions H/F/SF Poetry Anthology:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/4464
           

Writing Speculative Poetry: An Interview with Bruce Boston:
http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/boston.shtml
           




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