May 15th, 2025
Current 2025 members and rankings are shown first. Scroll down for an explanation of Comet and Poetry World points, promotion, and relegation.
The Comet Publications: 2025 Members
Eight publications retained their Comet status from 2024.
Four publications were promoted to Comet from Poetry World.
(View the 2024 rankings).
Retained Comet Status
Africa Poetry Magazine
Axil Poetry and Art
Canada Poetry Magazine
Dublin Poetry Magazine
First Nations Poetry Magazine
India Poetry Magazine
NYC Poetry Magazine
Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Promoted from Poetry World
Australia Poetry Magazine
Nigeria Poetry Magazine
South Africa Poetry Magazine
Texas Poetry Magazine
2025 RESULTS
Comet Rankings
Round 1: Comet #4
Round 2: Comet #5
Round 3: Comet #6 (September 15th, 2025)
1st: Dublin Poetry Magazine (Previous: 2nd)
Round 1: 10
Round 2: 9
Round 3: –
Total: 19
2nd: Vancouver Poetry Magazine (Previous: 1st)
Round 1: 13
Round 2: 0
Round 3: –
Total: 13
3rd: Nigeria Poetry Magazine (Previous: 3rd)
Round 1: 9
Round 2: 3
Round 3: –
Total: 12
3rd: Canada Poetry Magazine (Previous: 4th)
Round 1: 8
Round 2: 4
Round 3: –
Total: 12
3rd: South Africa Poetry Magazine (Previous: 5th)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 5
Round 3: –
Total: 12
6th: Africa Poetry Magazine (Previous: 9th)
Round 1: 3
Round 2: 6
Round 3: –
Total: 9
7th: Australia Poetry Magazine (Previous: 5th)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 1
Round 3: –
Total: 8
7th: India Poetry Magazine (Previous: 12th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 8
Round 3: –
Total: 8
9th: NYC Poetry Magazine (Previous: 8th)
Round 1: 4
Round 2: 2
Round 3: –
Total: 6
10th: Texas Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 5
Round 2: 0
Round 3: –
Total: 5
11th: Axil Poetry and Art (Previous: 10th)
Round 1: 2
Round 2: 0
Round 3: –
Total: 2
12th: First Nations Poetry Magazine (Previous: 11th)
Round 1: 1
Round 2: 0
Round 3: –
Total: 1
Extra Comet Points Awarded:
Round 1:
– Vancouver Poetry Magazine +2 (2 additional poems)
– South Africa Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
Round 2:
– Dublin Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Dublin Poetry Magazine +1 (Second top 3)
Poetry World Rankings
Round 1: Poetry World #11
Round 2: Poetry World #12
Round 3: Poetry World #13 (September 15th, 2025)
1st: Edinburgh Poetry Magazine (Previous: 1st)
Round 1: 8
Round 2: 17
Round 3: –
Total: 25
2nd: Europe Poetry Magazine (Previous: 5th)
Round 1: 4
Round 2: 15
Round 3: –
Total: 19
2nd: Wax International (Previous: 2nd)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 11
Round 3: –
Total: 19
4th: Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine (Previous: 8th)
Round 1: 1
Round 2: 13
Round 3: –
Total: 14
5th: United Kingdom Poetry Magazine (Previous: 6th)
Round 1: 3
Round 2: 10
Round 3: –
Total: 13
6th: Vancouver Island Poetry Magazine (Previous: 6th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 11
Round 3: –
Total: 11
7th: California Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 8
Round 3: –
Total: 8
7th: Angela Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 2
Round 2: 6
Round 3: –
Total: 8
7th: Toronto Poetry Magazine (Previous: 3rd)
Round 1: 6
Round 2: 2
Round 3: –
Total: 8
10th: Protest Poems (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 7
Round 3: –
Total: 7
11th: Chicago Poetry Magazine (Previous: 3rd)
Round 1: 6
Round 2: 0
Round 3: –
Total: 6
11th: Eleventh Transmission (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 5
Round 3: –
Total: 5
12th: Edmonton Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 4
Round 3: –
Total: 4
13th: Calgary Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 3
Round 3: –
Total: 3
14th: Caribbean Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 1
Round 3: –
Total: 1
Extra Poetry World Points Awarded:
Round 1:
– Toronto Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
Round 2:
– Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Edinburgh Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Edinburgh Poetry Magazine +2 (2nd first place)
– Europe Poetry Magazine +2 (2 additional poems)
– Wax International +2 (2 additional poems)
Points, Promotion, Relegation
Regular poetry submissions published on the Wax Poetry and Art Network are sorted into two collections, Comet and Poetry World. To ensure that each collection is imbued with fresh poetic voices on an annual basis, a point-based system determines how publications move from one collection to another.
After three rounds (one year of publication), the four lowest scoring Comet publications will be relegated to Poetry World. The four highest scoring Poetry World publications will be promoted to Comet. Scroll down below the rankings to read how points are accumulated.
Criteria – Points and Tiebreaking
Every year on September 15th, four of the 12 Comet publications will be relegated to Poetry World. At the same time, four Poetry World publications will be promoted to Comet.
Promotion and relegation will be based on points accumulated when both collections are published on January 15th, May 15th, and September 15th. Consider these publication dates as Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3.
For each collection, two aspects will be considered.
– The number of publications that appear in the collection.
– The inverse ranking of the order of publications as they appear in the collection.
How this works: Suppose 10 publications appear in a collection.
– The publication whose poem appears first in the collection will receive 10 points.
– The publication that is the last to make its initial appearance in the collection will receive 1 point.
– Publications that did not appear in the collection will accumulate 0 points.
Additionally:
– Publications will receive 1 additional point if they appear in all three rounds.
– Publications will receive 1 additional point each time they appear in the top three, after placing in the top three once already in a previous round.
There is a special consideration for additional first place appearances, as described next.
– Publications will receive 2 additional points (instead of just 1) each time they appear first in a collection, after placing first once already in a previous round.
– Publications will receive 1 additional point for each additional poem published in a collection.
Tie-Breaking
The four Comet publications with the lowest score will be relegated to Poetry World.
The four Poetry World publication with the highest scores will be promoted to Comet.
In the case that any number of publications are tied in points after three rounds,
the highest scoring round from each publication will be dropped.
If there is still a tie, the highest scoring round will be dropped again.
If there is still a tie at that point, another undetermined measure will be implemented, such as page visits.
Tiebreakers are only applied at the final round, when promotion and relegation are decided.
Relegation and Promotion Changes Publication Status
Persons who make a submission during Submission period 2 (May 15th to September 14th) may be submitting to a
Comet publication that ends up relegated on September 15th, or a Poetry World that is promoted.
These submissions will follow their publication into their assigned collection.
This is to ensure that relegated publications do not lose valuable points earned toward promotion during the following cycle.
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