Subgenres: Literary Fiction

The Common

The Common is a print and digital literary journal published biannually, in the fall and spring. Inspired by the role of the town common, a public gathering place for the display and exchange of ideas, The Common seeks to deepen... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Mar 1 to Jun 1
Sep 1 to Dec 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

West Trade Review

West Trade Review strives to put forth the best contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (memoir/personal essays) and publishes a mix of established and up-and-coming writers. It is committed to the principles of diversity,... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Apr 1 to Aug 1
Aug 15 to Dec 15
Jan 15 to Mar 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Gravity of the Thing

The Gravity of the Thing is an independent publisher of defamiliarized creative writing. Its ongoing goal is to publish work that defamiliarizes, writing that stranges in pursuit of a renewed sense of discovery.

Reading Periods: 
Mar 1 to Apr 30
Oct 1 to Nov 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

Hunger Mountain

Hunger Mountain is created by the faculty and students in the Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The editors share VCFA’s belief that the arts are central to the human experience and have the ability not only to reflect... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Sep 1 to Nov 30
Feb 1 to Apr 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Frances Coady

Aragi Inc.
143 West 27th Street
#4F
New York, NY 10001

Duvall Osteen

United Talent Agency
888 Seventh Avenue
Seventh Floor
New York, NY 10106

After Happy Hour

After Happy Hour’s tastes are broad and lean toward the weird. They consider fiction in any and all genres and blurs/blends thereof, and prefer poetry with strong emotion and/or a sense of narrative over straight plays with language. For... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Nov 1 to Jan 31
Mar 1 to Apr 30
Jul 1 to Aug 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Betsy Amster

Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises
607 Foothill Boulevard #1061
La Canada Flintridge, CA 91012

Stillhouse Press

Stillhouse Press publishes surprising, gutsy fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that can’t or doesn’t want to find a home in big publishing. The editors are drawn to the strange, the unconventional, the transcendent, the risky. They’re looking for... Read more

Reading Period: 
Nov 1 to Feb 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

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