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Literary Magazines

Connect your poems, stories, essays, and reviews to the right audiences by researching over eight hundred literary magazines in our database. Here, you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, contact information—everything you need to direct your work to the publications most amenable to your vision.

Journal	Genres Published	Accepts Electronic Submissions?	Accepts Simultaneous Submissions?	Reading Period	Format
Common Ground Review We look for poems with strong imagery and interesting ideas that unfold or explode or explore new and unexpected places in 61 lines or less. We like publishing new poets or new work from more established poets. Please note: though we don't charge a reading fee for regular submissions, we do have a contest entry fee for the Spring/Summer Poetry contest.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
The Commonline Journal The Commonline Journal publishes accessible literature, critisism and art apropos the common line. Originally titled the "The Commonline Project," The Commonline Journal was developed in 2007 as an exploratory personal journal. Our central project is to approach the problems of the commons through expository writing, describe and produce catastrophe-- a trap set in hope that some reality might stumble into it.	Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web
	Payment: No payment
Concho River Review Begun in 1987 by novelist and short-story writer Dr. Terry Dalrymple, Concho River Review has national reach but regional focus, with most authors hailing from or writing about Texas, the Southwest, and the broader South. CRR prides itself on publishing some of the the region’s finest short fiction, non-fiction and poetry, submitted by both emerging and established authors.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Conclave: A Journal of Character Conclave is an annual print journal that focuses on character-driven writing in short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and prose poems; we also print black and white photographs, and excerpts from plays: monologues, scenes, single acts, or one-act plays.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Apr 1 - Jul 1

Conduit Conduit is a biannual literary journal that is at once direct, playful, inventive, irreverent, and darkly beautiful. Despite common sense and the laws of economics, Conduit has been thwarting good taste, progress, and consensus for over ten years.	Poetry, Fiction	No	No	Sep 1 - May 31	Web Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Confrontation Literary material of high quality in various forms and genres. We are eclectic.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	No	Yes	Aug 16 - May 15	Web Print
	Payment: Cash
The Conium Review The Conium Review prints well-crafted fiction and poetry. We have relatively loose submission guidelines, opening up our pages to everything from minimalist work to novellas. We are firm believers in the importance of print publication, and we provide a platform for new and established authors who want to see their work in a traditional print format. While our journal is print-only, we still keep up with electronic trends through online reviews, podcasts, and social network integration.	Poetry, Fiction	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
	Subgenre: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry
Conjunctions Conjunctions publishes innovative contemporary fiction, poetry, drama, art, and essays by established and emerging writers in America and abroad, providing a forum for the now over 1000 contributors whose work challenges accepted forms and modes of expression and experiments with language and thought.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	No	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Print
	Payment: Cash Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry
Conte Founded in 2005, Conte is an online journal that aims to celebrate, explore, and expand the boundaries of both narrative writing and digital publishing.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Regional
Contrary Contrary is a quarterly literary journal that publishes commentary, fiction, and poetry and especially specimens that defy those categories. Founded at the University of Chicago in 2003, it operates independently on the South Side of Chicago and publishes writers from throughout the world.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web
	Payment: Cash Subgenre: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry
Conversations Across Borders Strong, captivating writing.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes		Web E-publication
Conversations Across Borders Strong, captivating writing.	Payment: Cash
Copper Nickel Copper Nickel is about combination: the emerging writer with the established author, the student with the master, the traditional with the experimental. Copper Nickel is a journal with national interest edited through collaboration between students and professors at the University of Colorado Denver.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Sep 1 - Dec 1	Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
The Corner Club Press Where Poetry and Fiction Converge	Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	E-publication
The Corner Club Press Where Poetry and Fiction Converge	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Flash Fiction
The Cortland Review The Cortland Review is an online magazine publishing both established and emerging writers from the print and online worlds. Using audio paired with text to complete the link between reader and writer, TCR provides regular and feature issues with poems and short fiction selected by staff as well as illustrious guest editors.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31

The Cossack Review We publish outstanding new fiction, poetry, and essays, with an emphasis on writing that is rich and revealing. We especially look for smart pieces that uncover new truths and emotions.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only Subgenre: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Translation

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