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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
Do Not Look at the Sun Do Not Look at the Sun is an offbeat literary magazine based in London. It is published twice a year in print (spring & autumn), as well as weekly online. The idea behind Do Not Look at the Sun is 'Found Poetry/ Free Prose', an ethos made possible by a global network of volunteers. Each issue is put out in a different form that is in keeping with this ideal, from street walls to paper planes.	Poetry, Fiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only Subgenre: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry
The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is a literary and arts journal housed at The Johns Hopkins University, M.A. in Writing Program. Our aesthetic is eclectic, literary mainstream to experimental. We appreciate fusion aesthetics including magical realist, surrealist, metarealist and realist works with an offbeat spin. We value character-focused storytelling and language and welcome both edge and mainstream with punch aesthetics. We like humor that explores the gritty realities of world and human experiences.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Print Audio Video
	Payment: Cash Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Translation
Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose Now in its eleventh year, Dogwood seeks work that connects directly with readers. Judges for the competition have included former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, NEA Chairman Dana Gioia, and Oprah book club author A. Manette Ansay. Work from Dogwood has been selected for The Pushcart Prize Anthology and has been featured on Verse Daily.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Aug 1 - Oct 15	E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Dossier Journal Dossier is a new independent arts and culture journal out of Brooklyn, New York whose concept is to bring together creative writing, photography, fashion and art.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31

drafthorse literary journal drafthorse is a biannual online publication of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual narrative, and other media art where work, occupation, labor—or lack of the same—is in some way intrinsic to a narrative’s potential for epiphany.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Feb 1 - Apr 30	Web
	Payment: No payment
The Drum Literary Magazine The Drum is a literary magazine with a twist. You don't read The Drum. You listen to it. We publish short fiction, essays, and novel excerpts exclusively in audio form, read aloud by the author. The Drum is looking for work that pays close attention to language while never losing sight of the narrative drive. We want stories that really do tell a story. And essays that engage in the complexity of an idea.	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Audio
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

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