Subgenres: LGBTQ Voices

IHRAM Quarterly Magazine: Q2 (2025) Contemporary Slavery and Forced Migration

We're dedicated to publishing experiences of forced migration, factual retellings on contemporary slavery, reflections of the author’s personal experiences with the economic challenges or discrimination, and feelings of hope and perseverance... Read more

Reading Period: 
Mar 19 to Jun 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Regional, War, Young Adult

Recenter Press Poetry Journal

Recenter Press was founded in June 2017 in Philadelphia, PA, and moved home to the Bay Area in May 2023. Works published speak to workers’ rights and experiences, LGBTQ and racial justice, recovery and mysticism, and interdependence with each... Read more

Reading Period: 
May 1 to Jul 31
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Feminist, Healing/Health, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Nature/Environmental, Political, Religious/Spiritual, War

SWING

SWING is devoted to excellent poetry, fiction, essays, and comic art in print, and the editors are committed to a design that speaks to the contents within. The look and feel of their issues will always reflect the natural world and... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jun 6 to Oct 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation

Pearl Press

Pearl Press is an online publication that strives to create a community of diverse voices in writing and photography. They release bimonthly issues revolving around a theme; some past examples include Heirlooms, Cowboys, Notes, Self-... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry

Cutty Sark Magazine

Cutty Sark is a place for new and inventive forms of writing to flourish. We believe that tact, intention, and execution are just as important as emotion in one’s writing. A writer must be mindful of how they are writing, ... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Young Adult

Hemlock Journal

Hemlock Journal’s focus is on the quality of the submissions regardless of the background of the writers or the poets. The editors believe literature belongs to all and must empower each and everyone.

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Mar 15
Nov 1 to Dec 15
Apr 1 to May 15
Jun 1 to Jul 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult

Libre

Brain Pain, the kind that keeps you up at night. The greats diagnosed its dailiness through metaphor, while today we greet it with palmfuls of swallowed pills & advocate’s backbone. We’re... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Regional, Short Fiction, Translation

Big Wing Review

Big Wing Review is an independent literary magazine. “Big Wing” was a World War II fighter plane tactic where individual planes flew in a formation of five. It was an idea before its time; this strategy was much praised but in reality... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jun 3 to Jun 15
Sep 3 to Sep 16
Dec 3 to Dec 15
Mar 3 to Mar 15
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction

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