Subgenres: Literary Fiction

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

Pens and Poison Magazine

Pens and Poison is a new type of literary magazine that does not constrain your writing by theme, group, or identity. We’re just interested in good writing that captures a genuine facet of the human experience. We don’t care who you are. Just... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry

JLRB Press

JLRB Press is a small-run imprint that specializes in poetry, with a strong emphasis on queer, transgender, women’s, neurodivergent, and emerging voices.

Reading Period: 
Aug 1 to Sep 30
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Narrative Nonfiction, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry

Ubwali Literary Magazine

Mainly work by Zambian writers, except for January, when work by African writers living in Africa is also considered.

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Jan 31
May 1 to May 31
Jul 1 to Jul 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry

Cosmorama

The editors like stories with singular visions and points-of-view. They want the journal to be the home of fiction that challenges the reader even just a little bit, at least to the point of thinking about something in a new or different way.... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Fiction
Subgenres: 
Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

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