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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
Storm Cellar We are looking for original literary work of the highest quality, surprising and affecting work that avoids extremes of melodrama and mundanity, authors who marry form and content, and both fresh and experienced voices. We welcome submissions by authors from all walks of life, including outside the U.S.A. We do place a special emphasis on writers and work connected, one way or another, to the Midwest. We are always on lookout for vibrant visual art.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBT, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation
Storyscape Journal We are actively looking for unique modes of storytelling that fall outside conventional boundaries while still maintaining the core essence of "story." We accept stories in all forms and formats, especially those we haven't thought of yet.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Audio Video
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBT, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Translation
storySouth Focus on writing from and about the American South.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31

Straylight	Poetry, Fiction	Yes	No	Aug 15 - Apr 15
Straylight
Straylight Literary Magazine Straylight Magazine is the literary magazine of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. We look for innovative works of fiction and poetry, and also accept book reviews. Straylight prides itself for being on the edge of literary innovation and we greatly value new and upcoming writers.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Print Audio
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Streetlight Magazine We give special consideration to Virginia writers, but seek great writing from all corners of the world.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication
	Payment: No payment
Structo Structo is a British literary magazine. Twice a year we publish the best new short stories and poetry from all around the world alongside essays, and interviews with some of the most interesting authors working today. We print writing we love. This can often tend towards the slipstream end of things.	Poetry, Fiction	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only Subgenre: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry
Subliminal Interiors Subliminal Interiors is a web-based literary arts magazine dedicated to presenting a variety of sharp, original work by both new and established poets, nonfiction writers, and photographers. We strive to present poems and photography that vary vastly in subject matter and style, rather than a homogeneous collection of poems and photographs. Subliminal Interiors is based in Virginia, but seeks artists and writers from all over the globe.	Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual
Sugar House Review Sugar House Review is an independent (not funded by any college/university) poetry mag. published semiannually in Salt Lake City. We try to feature a few local/regional poets to be a contributing piece of the Utah literary community, but our magazine is by no means exclusive to geography. We intend to publish the best poetry we can get our hands on without displaying a bias to a particular style or voice. We hope our content is not easily lumped into any category other than "good poetry." We publish new and established voices, only a small portion is solicited work.	Poetry	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Sugar Mule "The mule always appears to me a most surprising animal. That a hybrid should possess more reason, memory, obstinacy, social affection, powers of muscular endurance, and length of life, than either of its parents, seems to indicate that art has here outdone nature." - Charles Darwin	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31

Summerset Review	Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Print
Summerset Review	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Literary Fiction
Super Arrow Super Arrow is a biannual online journal for experiments in writing and art. Our publication is designed for community and creative risk. The name of the journal is a partial english-to-english homophonic transliteration of "supererogatory," or, beyond what is required. We mean this, whatever that means to you.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes		Web Audio Video
	Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry
Superstition Review Superstition Review is the online literary magazine produced by creative writing and web design students at Arizona State University. The mission of our journal is to promote contemporary art and literature by providing a free, easy-to-navigate, high quality online publication that features work by established and emerging artists and authors from all over the world. We publish two issues a year with art, fiction, interviews, nonfiction and poetry.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Sep 1 - Feb 28	Web
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry
Susquehanna Review We’re interested in undergraduate writing with fresh language, complexity, strong character development, emotional resonance, and momentum. We want to read something we haven’t read before. We want your language to linger in us long after we’ve finished the piece.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only Subgenre: Translation
Swamp Lily Review: A Journal of Louisiana Literature & Arts We publish photos, artwork, poetry, short stories, reviews, nonfiction, and interviews with a preference for literary work. The work we consider doesn't have to be about or set in the Gulf Coast states. Please view our current issue to see what we have to offer and how to submit.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web

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