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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 |
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 The DestroyerWe believe in an infinite universe, not in limited real estate. We recognize all editors are biased, including ourselves. We created this publication to add our bias to the mix. We believe in the power of the Internet, and that the digital isn't inferior to the printed. |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
Web Audio Video |
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No payment Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBT, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Translation |
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 Devil's LakeAn online literary journal of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, interviews, and reviews at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
Web |
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No payment |
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 DIAGRAMDIAGRAM is an electronic journal of text and art. As our name indicates, we're interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labelling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories; in stories that disguise themselves as indices or obituaries. |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
Web Print |
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No payment Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Translation |
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 Diode Poetry Journaldiode is looking for electropositive poetry! What is electropositive poetry? It’s poetry that excites and energizes. It’s poetry that uses language that crackles and sparks. We’re looking for poetry from all points on the arc, from formal to experimental (no light verse or erotic poetry, please). Simultaneous submissions are welcomed, but please notify us if they're accepted elsewhere. diode does not accept previously published work. |
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
Web |
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No payment Cross-genre, Experimental, Formal, Graphic/Illustrated, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Translation |
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 dirtcakesdirtcakes offers space for international writers to illuminate shared global humanity by exploring diverse concepts suggested by the UN Millennium Goals to eradicate extreme poverty. |
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
E-publication Print |
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Cash Autobiography/Memoir, Graphic/Illustrated, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Narrative Nonfiction, Political, Prose Poetry |
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 dislocatedislocate is a Minnesota journal rooted in the local literary scene & attached to the University of Minnesota’s MFA program (ranked in the top 10 by P&W). dislocate benefits from contact with and access to nationally-acclaimed writers who visit the U of M, but we generally solicit & prioritize the innovative work of excellent local writers & artists, both well-known and lesser-known. |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Sep 1 - Nov 1 |
Web Print |
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Contributor copies only Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Translation |
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