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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
The Sow's Ear Poetry Review Our purposes are to encourage and give voice to fine poets and artists; to move, delight, and humanize our readers; and to support fresh ways of writing, understanding, and using poetry.	Poetry	No	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
specs specs (specifications, speculations . . .) is a journal that aims to produce a charged atmosphere around artistic and critical approaches. Hence, specs is willing to live in a constant state of flux, with the mission of propagating strange and involved sympathies between disparate genres and forms. We want to break down hierarchies between poems, fictions, and critical writing. We hope for seepages, warped conversations, and misappropriations between areas of content.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31

Spectrum An annual journal of art and literature published by UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies. Founded in 1957, it is the longest-standing literary magazine in the UC system. We accept art, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction works including interviews, personal essays, and creative or scholarly essays.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Oct 1 - Feb 11	Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Sphere Literary Magazine The world is full of differences. We at Sphere are interested in the underlying "sameness" that constitutes the soul of humanity. Sphere is seeking those pieces that reach the depths of our souls, lifting us to new heights of inspiration and enlightenment. The student voice should have a chance to carry itself over all landscapes and distances, and our process of online publishing allows for cross-cultural impact. If you believe you have something powerful to share, check out our submission requirements.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Humor, Love, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry
Spine Road Spine Road is a tiny online literary project of poetry, poetics, and narrative.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Print
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry
Spinning Jenny Spinning Jenny is an open forum for poetry. We are pleased to consider experimental writing and work by unpublished authors.	Poetry	Yes	No	Sep 15 - May 15
	Payment: Cash

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