Literary Magazines

Paper Darts is committed to presenting high-quality content that captivates, but doesn't overwhelm, and culminates in a finished product that is, itself, a piece of art. The great aim of Paper Darts is to do away with the overwhelming text block that is most lit mags, and provide avid art lovers and literature buffs with a product that is artistic as the content it offers.

Paperbag is interested in presenting larger bodies of visual art, poetry, sound, experiment, and collaboration from established and emerging writers and artists throughout the world.

The Paris-American's mission is to unite talented emerging poets and established poets on the same stage, while also serving as a weekly e-zine for original poetry and literary criticism.

Passager Magazine publishes two issues per year featuring poetry, fiction and memoir by writers over 50. Its mission is to bring attention to older writers with a publication that is beautifully designed and professionally edited. Our motto: The older the better. Annual poetry contest in April for writers over fifty, requires reading fee. We publish books by select Passager authors.

We are looking for new and exciting poems about life, landscape, travel and pilgrimage, though all contributions will be considered. Quality, not subject, is our ultimate benchmark. Poems should be original and well-crafted, and have something resonant to say. Whether the poem is rhymed or unrhymed, direct or oblique, it's the quality of the writing that counts, and the mysterious, visceral frisson you get from reading it.

Paul Revere’s Horse is a print journal that publishes exploratory prose and poetic texts, translations, poetic reclamation projects, interviews, and other literary investigations.

Providing a forum for a wide variety of contemporary voices, viewpoints, and experiences, PEARL focuses on accessible, humanistic poetry and short fiction that speaks to real people about real life in direct, living language, profane or sublime.

As editors of The Pedestal Magazine, we intend to support both established and burgeoning writers. We are committed to promoting diversity and celebrating the voice of the individual.

Pennsylvania Literary Journal (ISSN#: 2151-3066) is a printed peer-reviewed journal that publishes critical essays, book-reviews, short stories, interviews, photographs, art, and poetry. PLJ is a member of CELJ.

Penny Ante Feud seeks to explore the "dying words" of the poet by asking them to send in ONE poem for consideration. Of course, you can be published more than once, but each submission of a single poem is a penny ante, a statement about what you would say if it was the last poem you ever wrote. Because, after all, you never know. Writing is not a given.

Permafrost, the farthest north literary journal for writing and the arts, publishes original work in all genres, including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Our journal, which is published annually, also includes interviews of prominent authors, original artwork, and publication of our various contest winners. Affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Permafrost reads for innovative and imaginative work from September through March.

Phantom Drift is one of the few literary journals in the United States focused on fabulist writing. We aim to nurture the literature of fabulism, the fantastic, and the surreal by publishing an appealing, top-quality perfectbound literary journal featuring only the best of fiction and poetry from the U.S. and abroad. Our support for writers takes the form of not only providing a showcase for their works, but offering payment, a practice that both assures us the best of writers' work and supports literature as a whole.

Phantom Limb is an independent online poetry journal. We do not adhere to any particular aesthetic but seek quality writing that is not afraid to take risks. We publish work from emerging and established poets, and also publish reviews of poetry collections (query first). See website for full guidelines.

phati'tude Literary Magazine offers a wide collection of works that consist of poetry, prose, short stories, articles, interview and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews and biographical profiles by established and emerging artists, poets and writers with an emphasis on writers of Native American, African, Hispanic/Latino and Asian descent. Published quarterly on POD and Amazon Kindle. phati'tude is on hiatus and will return Fall 2013 as a biannual publication.

phren-Z is a quarterly online magazine celebrating the community of Santa Cruz writers. We are interested in seeing your best work: surprise us, delight us, make us shed a tear. We accept and read submissions year-round from all adult (18 and over) writers from Santa Cruz County, both published and emerging. phren-Z accepts previously published work, as long as you hold the copyright. Simultaneous submissions are accepted: just let us know as soon as possible if a piece we are considering has been accepted elsewhere.

The Pinch is a nationally recognized literary journal published by the University of Memphis. Our name is derived from the historic Pinch District in Memphis. By referencing one of Memphis’ first communities, we aim to reflect the heart of our city’s history and the soul of our creative approach as we publish diverse voices that speak from the periphery, as well as the center, of contemporary written and artistic expression. We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art, and receive submissions from both established and emerging writers from all over the world.

Pismire is an audio poetry journal. Pismire publishes poems that reach their telos when read aloud, poems that demand to be read aloud, poems that require their poets. Pismire wants to fill a niche in contemporary poetry: it wants to exhibit poems that--without the auditory experience--other journals might overlook.

Plath Profiles is an international, interdisciplinary journal of studies on Sylvia Plath.  Peer-reviewed.  International Board of Directors, Plath scholars.  We accept essays, book reviews, notes, teacher-reactions, poetry, memoirs, student essays, responses, art and photography.

Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing (& Reviews) publishes the best poetry, fiction, and essays that come across our desk. In addition, the Pleiades Book Review, which comprises 100-150 pages of the magazine, prints detailed book reviews of recent small-press poetry and fiction.

A provisional indication of our tastes – “what we are looking for” — may be inferred from the quoted passages (which will change often):  a sense of the uncanny, foremost, and of the fineness of language, the huge absences to which it points and partakes of, and the urgency and permanence of its state of departure — the coattails forever –just now—disappearing around the corner.

Each issue focuses on a specific kind of poetry. Check the guidelines to view our current call for submisions.

Poesy is based in Santa Cruz with a Boston editor, Doug Holder, covering the Boston area. We publish inspirational poetry, reviews, interviews, articles, readings, and whatever fits best. Poesy is published seasonally... with the change of climate comes earthquakes of emotion outlet into poetry.

Contemporary Jewish Writing and Art

Poetry for the Masses is a public art project started in 2005 to bring poetry out of academia and back to the mainstream. After a three year hiatus, PFTM has resumed publishing online quarterly issues. Every issue features five to six poems from new and established poets. The broadside format is also available to readers so they may print them and placed in public areas where poetry is not usually found in an effort to reach out to those who would normally not read, or even think deeply about, poetry.