As I mentioned in this post, I planned to put up a list of journals, presses, and contests listed as "out of business" in the general index of the upcoming 2008 edition of Poet's Market.

 

As I gathered the information from the book's database, I discovered some other examples of  listings coded in the index as "discontinued," "removal requested," "on hiatus," "no longer publishing poetry," and "overstocked." Consequently, I've broken the list below under those headings and added comments from editors and publishers wherever I'd received them.

 

This list reflects information we received during the most recent production cycle for Poet's Market--which began in November, 2006. Consequently, some of this information is old news for some readers, but I'm including everything for the sake of being complete. I've also included recent closings that I've posted on Poetic Asides. As additional news comes in, I'll post that information and link to this list in updated form.

 

OUT OF BUSINESS / DISCONTINUED

 

Arable: A Literary Journal

Blue Mouse, The

Chelsea

Crying Sky: Poetry & Conversation

Dana Literary Society Online Journal - due to personal time constraints

Dead End: City Limits

Entropy Magazine

Flesh and Blood: Quiet Tales of Dark Fantasy & Horror

Fresh Ground - has suspended publication "for now"

Gin Bender Poetry Review

Hard Row to Hoe - ceasing publication

McGinnis Award, The Tim

Nisqually Delta Review

P.D.Q. (Poetry Depth Quarterly)

Palanquin Press - "don't plan to be doing anything with the press

                                   in the foreseeable future"

Pen & Inc Press

Poetry for Pets Contest - "cancelled"

Poets at Work

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Reactions

Red Owl Magazine

Speakeasy - print edition ceased with summer 2006 edition

Spire Magazine

True Poet Magazine

Zillah: A Poetry Journal & Newsletter

 

EDITOR/PUBLISHER REQUESTED REMOVAL

 

Bank Street Writers Competition

Borderlines - for 2008 edition

Fox Cry Review - publishing mostly regional writers and students

Generator / Generator Press

Loonfeather

Myeloma Awareness Open Poetry Competition

Naked Knuckle

One Trick Pony

Poet's Art, The - for 2008 edition

 

ON HIATUS

 

Cellar Door Magazine - length of hiatus undetermined

88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry - length of hiatus undetermined

Rhapsoidia - possibly permanent hiatus

RUNES, A Review of Poetry - temporary hiatus

 

NO LONGER PUBLISHING POETRY

 

Cezanne's Carrot

Over the Back Fence Magazine

 

OVERSTOCKED

 

Sakana - not printing any new issues "at the moment," doesn't need submissions

Weird Tales: The Unique Magazine - overstocked with poetry until January 2008

 

CLOSING POST 2008 EDITION (updated 9/19/07)

 

Diner

Pikeville Review, The

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--Nancy