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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
Buddhist Poetry Review Buddhist Poetry Review is a quarterly online poetry magazine dedicated to publishing fresh and insightful Buddhist poetry.	Poetry	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web
	Payment: No payment
Burner Magazine Burner is that girl. She's witty, pretty, and doesn't dumb herself down. By day, she's a kindergarten teacher and by night, dances gogo. Inspired by fellow revolutionaries from John Lennon to Virginia Woolf, she's a muse and amusing, compelling and never complacent. The Burner girl gets hot and bothered by the Marquis de Lafayette, aspires to redefine the zeitgeist like Nietzsche, and provokes thought like Margaret Atwood.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBT, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry
Burningword Literary Journal Burningword is a quarterly literary journal focussing on emerging writers of poetry and short fiction.	Poetry, Fiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web E-publication Print
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry
Burnside Review We publish poetry, one interview, two pieces of fiction, poetry reviews and artwork.	Poetry	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
	Payment: Cash
Cactus Heart Cactus Heart is a metaphor for how we believe literature and art should be. It should shock and wound and delight us; it should fill us with delight and terror and mystery. It should survive.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only Subgenre: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBT, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Translation
Cadillac Cicatrix Cadillac Cicatrix publishes and promotes innovative emerging and established writers and artists on a semiannual basis with a special focus for each issue. Follow us: on Twitter.com/caddymag + on Facebook/caddymag + on Paper.li/caddymag	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Aug 15	Web
	Payment: No payment
The Cafe Irreal We publish a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined.	Fiction	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31

The Cafe Review	Poetry	No	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
The Cafe Review
Caketrain Our interest is in bringing readers the very best in contemporary creative writing. Please visit our website to learn more about this.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	E-publication Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
Calliope Calliope is the official publication of the Writers' Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, Ltd. It is published four times a year with a circulation that spans six countries and nearly every state in the USA. Calliope is essentially a writer’s workshop by mail, providing a forum where writers can exchange ideas, learn more about their craft, and see their work in print. New writers are always welcome. Membership in Mensa is not required to subscribe or to submit works for publication.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only
CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women CALYX Journal publishes fine art & literature, art, and book reviews by developing and emerging women authors and artists. CALYX is committed to publishing authors from diverse backgrounds. CALYX Journal is known for discovering many now well-known authors first or early in their careers.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Oct 1 - Dec 31

Camera Obscura Journal Showcasing the work of both established and emerging artists, Camera Obscura Journal is a full-color volume of contemporary literature and photography, intended to be read and enjoyed, as well as displayed. The writing and photography is selected on the individual merit of each piece, creating an organic collaboration of art forms.	Fiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Web Print
	Payment: Cash Subgenre: Literary Fiction
Canary Canary is a magazine of poetry, fiction and essays which address the environmental crisis with its heartbreaking loss of habitat and species.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	E-publication
	Payment: No payment Subgenre: Nature/Environmental
Canteen We publish fiction, poetry, and essays that examine the creative processes of writers, artists, chefs, wine critics, and even a CIA agent.	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	Yes	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31

The Cape Rock No restrictions on subjects or forms, but we prefer poems under 75 lines. Our criterion for selection is the quality of the work. No sentimental, didactic, or "cute" poems.	Poetry	No	Yes	Jan 1 - Dec 31	Print
	Payment: Contributor copies only

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