September 15th, 2025
Current 2025 members are shown first. Scroll down to see the final Standings and Results for 2025 and the new 2026 list. Below that, you'll find an explanation of Comet and Poetry World points, promotion, and relegation.
The Comet Publications: 2025 Members
Having status as one of twelve Comet publications indicates that these magazines have a recent history of consistently excellent submissions.
Eight publications retained their Comet status from 2024.
Four publications were promoted to Comet from Poetry World.
(View the 2024 rankings).
Retained Comet Status (8 publications)
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 (4 publications)
Australia Poetry Magazine
Nigeria Poetry Magazine
South Africa Poetry Magazine
Texas Poetry Magazine
Round 1: Comet #4
Round 2: Comet #5
Round 3: Comet #6
2025 Comet GOLD
1st: Dublin Poetry Magazine (Previous: 1st)
Round 1: 10
Round 2: 9
Round 3: 15
Total: 34
2025 Comet SILVER
2nd: Australia Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 1
Round 3: 12
Total: 20
2025 Comet BRONZE
3rd: South Africa Poetry Magazine (Previous: 3rd)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 5
Round 3: 8
Total: 20
4th: Nigeria Poetry Magazine (Previous: 2nd)
Round 1: 9
Round 2: 3
Round 3: 4
Total: 16
5th: Canada Poetry Magazine (Previous: 3rd)
Round 1: 8
Round 2: 4
Round 3: 4
Total: 16
6th: Texas Poetry Magazine (Previous: 10th)
Round 1: 5
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 11
Total: 16
7th: Vancouver Poetry Magazine (Previous: 2nd)
Round 1: 13
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 2
Total: 15
8th: India Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 8
Round 3: 6
Total: 14
RELEGATED
9th: NYC Poetry Magazine (Previous: 9th)
Round 1: 4
Round 2: 2
Round 3: 8
Total: 14
RELEGATED
10th: Africa Poetry Magazine (Previous: 6th)
Round 1: 3
Round 2: 6
Round 3: 3
Total: 12
RELEGATED
11th: First Nations Poetry Magazine (Previous: 12th)
Round 1: 1
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 7
Total: 8
RELEGATED
12th: Axil Poetry and Art (Previous: 11th)
Round 1: 2
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 0
Total: 2
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)
Round 3:
– Africa Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Australia Poetry Magazine +2 (2 additional poems)
– Australia Poetry Magazine +1 (2nd top three)
– Canada Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Dublin Poetry Magazine +2 (2 additional poems)
– Dublin Poetry Magazine +2 (Second First Place)
– Dublin Poetry Magazine +1 (Top three, all three rounds)
– South Africa Poetry Magazine +3 (3 additional poems)
Round 1: Poetry World #11
Round 2: Poetry World #12
Round 3: Poetry World #13
PROMOTED – 2025 Poetry World GOLD
1st: Edinburgh Poetry Magazine (Previous: 1st)
Round 1: 8
Round 2: 17
Round 3: 18
Total: 43
PROMOTED – 2025 Poetry World SILVER
2nd: Wax International (Previous: 2nd)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 11
Round 3: 14
Total: 32
PROMOTED – 2025 Poetry World BRONZE
3rd: Europe Poetry Magazine (Previous: 2nd)
Round 1: 4
Round 2: 15
Round 3: 4
Total: 23
PROMOTED
4th: Edmonton Poetry Magazine (Previous: 12th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 4
Round 3: 13
Total: 17
5th: Vancouver Island Poetry Magazine (Previous: 6th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 11
Round 3: 6
Total: 17
6th: Chicago Poetry Magazine (Previous: 11th)
Round 1: 6
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 10
Total: 16
7th: Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine (Previous: 4th)
Round 1: 1
Round 2: 13
Round 3: 0
Total: 14
8th: Calgary Poetry Magazine (Previous: 13th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 3
Round 3: 11
Total: 14
9th: United Kingdom Poetry Magazine (Previous: 5th)
Round 1: 3
Round 2: 10
Round 3: 0
Total: 13
10th: Toronto Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 6
Round 2: 2
Round 3: 2
Total: 10
11th: Ottawa Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 9
Total: 9
12th: Angela Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 2
Round 2: 6
Round 3: 1
Total: 9
13th: California Poetry Magazine (Previous: 7th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 8
Round 3: 0
Total: 8
14th: New Zealand Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 8
Total: 8
15th: Protest Poems (Previous: 10th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 7
Round 3: 0
Total: 7
16th: Wales Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 7
Total: 7
17th: China Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 6
Total: 6
18th: Eleventh Transmission (Previous: 11th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 5
Round 3: 0
Total: 5
19th: San Francisco Poetry Magazine (Previous: –)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 3
Total: 3
20th: Caribbean Poetry Magazine (Previous: 14th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 1
Round 3: 0
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)
Round 3:
– Edinburgh Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Edinburgh Poetry Magazine +2 (3rd first place)
– Edinburgh Poetry Magazine +1 (Top three, all three rounds)
– Vancouver Island Poetry Magazine +1 (1 additional poem)
– Wax International +1 (1 additional poem)
– Wax International +1 (2nd top three)
Retained Comet Status (8 publications)
Eight publications retained their Comet status thanks to consistent excellent submissions.
Retained Comet Status (8 publications)
Australia Poetry Magazine
Canada Poetry Magazine
Dublin Poetry Magazine
India Poetry Magazine
Nigeria Poetry Magazine
South Africa Poetry Magazine
Texas Poetry Magazine
Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Promoted from Poetry World (4 publications)
Four publications achieved Comet status thanks to consistent excellent submissions.
Edinburgh Poetry Magazine
Edmonton Poetry Magazine
Europe Poetry Magazine
Wax International
Poetry published in the dozens of Wax Poetry and Art publications 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.
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 for each additional poem published in a collection.
– 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 if they place in the top three spots in all three rounds.
*These points are given out one time only, and may alter the original "top three".
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 lowest scoring round from each publication will be dropped.
If there is still a tie, the lowest 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.
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