Subgenres: Micro-poetry

Pan Haiku Review

The Pan Haiku Review focuses on Japanese short-form poetry, including haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga and haibun/tanka prose. Typically each issue has a theme. For example, issue six is only accepting submissions of haiku. The editor, Alan... Read more

Reading Period: 
Oct 1 to Oct 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry

Humphrey Magazine

Humphrey Magazine, “a magazine of decadent whimsy” is a biannual theme-focused magazine founded by Humphrey Higgins The Cat. For upcoming themes, check the website. Strong adherence to theme will determine publication. All styles of... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry

Twelve House Books

Twelve House Books is an independent publisher that releases a variety of fiction and poetry every year. The Acquisitions Editor looks for Ghost Stories, Speculative Fiction, Narrative Poems and Collections,... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Historical, Humor, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Young Adult

IHRAM Quarterly Magazine: Q4 (2025) Voices of the Unhoused

We're dedicated to publishing firsthand experiences of those who have been unhoused or experienced housing insecurities. Read more

Please review submission guidelines and Q4 Voices of the Unhoused themes carefully.... Read more

Reading Period: 
Oct 1 to Dec 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

Moonday Mag

Moonday Mag is a quarterly, speculative art, and literary magazine dedicated to celebrating all things fantastic and fantastically strange. Born in the place that rests between here and the uncanny valley, Moonday Mag wonders... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry

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

Choeofpleirn Press

The press publishes two books a year. A modest reading fee pays for the publication of the book. It also publishes winners in four additional no-cost contests: Romance Reigns (submit in January; eight winners announced in February); Summer... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Apr 30
Sep 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction
Subgenres: 
Micro-poetry

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
Nov 15 to Jan 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

Zhagaram Literary Magazine

Zhagaram Literary Magazine, founded in Bengaluru, is a publication aimed at publishing culturally rooted literature and art. Zhagaram seeks mythologies, unwritten histories, and generational curses whispered in between the lines... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jul 3 to Sep 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Subgenres: 
BIPOC Voices, Feminist, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, Love, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War

confluence

confluence is a venue for emerging and innovative Japanese short-form poets to showcase a representative sample of their work and receive readership and recognition. The editors feature between one to two poet fellows per issue and... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jul 15 to Aug 20
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry

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