THE RIALTO is the UK’s leading independent poetry magazine. Published three times a year since 1984, it is a magazine where you can find the best new poems from well known and international names, alongside work from emerging poets.

For anyone interested in contemporary poetry, THE RIALTO has a ‘must have, must read’ status. It is a magazine that takes risks, providing a showcase for all kinds of poetry, aiming to juxtapose writers of different technical abilities. With its distinctive appearance and innovative front covers, this is a magazine that pays attention not only to the poems but to the presentation too. THE RIALTO is the magazine poets or poetry lovers can’t afford to be without!

Since 2000, THE RIALTO ’s First Editions has helped poets make that important first step from magazine to book publication, offering the same high production and standard of content that characterise the magazine. Three of the six first collections have won prizes including most recently, Julia Casterton’s debut, The Doves of Finisterre, winner of the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2004.

“Simply the best”
Carol Ann Duffy

“The Rialto, Good Luck To It!”
Les Murray

“The always interesting Rialto.”
Kenneth Koch

“The only poetry magazine I can think of
that truly gives poetry the time and space it deserves.”
Simon Armitage