I don't think getting into a literary journal sounds like such a good proposition. Paid in copies? Wow. And poets can always delete their poem after it's been published on Medium if they submit to a magazine that insists on first rights. Chicken Soup for the Soul doesn't care if you've been published on Medium first, and neither do a lot of other publications. this is an arena for a poet to practice their craft and gain some traction. Poets have never made much money anyway, unless they become famous. Maybe a person could write enough poems here to self publish their own book of poetry.