‘23 MAY AND JUNE SEQUESTRUM themes are 1) “Fantasy” and 2) “Memory!” Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Themes close June 15! Payment + publication. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: June 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org.
ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (quarterly online, selected annual print) now accepting submissions for our second year. We are seeking poems people will be inspired to re-read and share with family and friends. Please visit www.abandonedmine.org for examples, past issues, and complete submission guidelines.
AJN, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, seeks poems, “flash” fiction, and visual art related to health or healthcare for its Art of Nursing department. Authors need not be healthcare professionals. Original perspectives and clear, unsentimental writing are preferred. $150 honorarium paid upon publication. Query Art of Nursing coordinator before submitting (use “Art of Nursing” in subject line): diane.szulecki@wolterskluwer.com.
THE BLUEBIRD WORD, an online literary journal for poetry and flash, seeks new writing from all experience levels. We publish frequently throughout the month and are open for submissions year-round. Send us your crisp flash (nonfiction and fiction) and poignant poetry. Full guidelines at www.thebluebirdword.com/submit.
THE BMP LITERARY QUARTERLY wants your best unpublished poetry, short stories, and art. Website: www.thehalcyone.submittable.com. Publication awards for winning entries. HerWords literary magazine for women and JanusWords for LGBT+.
CALLING ALL BABY BOOMER WRITERS! BoomSpeak ezine is looking for fresh baby boomer voices. Essays, fiction, travel, arts—we publish writing that is about the possibilities and energizing things you can do with the rest of your life. 400-word limit, must be age 50 or over. Click “About Us” for details. Website: www.boomspeak.com.
CALLIOPE IS A PUBLISHING APP dedicated to genre fiction—interactive, illustrated fiction. We’re looking for short stories and flash fiction in any type of genre (fantasy, crime, romance, sci-fi, you name it)! We take rolling submissions with rates of $0.05/word. For submission guidelines, or if you’re interested in downloading our app, please visit www.calliopeinteractive.com.
CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS seeks submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, and photography for our 3 annual literary journals: Coneflower Café, Glacial Hills Review, and Rushing Thru the Dark. See www.choeofpleirnpress.com for our submission guidelines.
CUTBANK IS MONTANA’S OLDEST literary magazine, celebrating 50 years in 2023. Run by the students of the University of Montana Creative Writing MFA program, we publish 2 annual print issues of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Submission fee: $5. Payment for writers featured in print. Guidelines are at www.cutbankonline.org/submit.
DARK ONUS LIT is an experimental literary magazine that puts out micro-issues of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, audio, and artwork. We are open year-round, read blindly, and do not charge reading fees. We’re intrigued by dark, experimental work. Website: www.darkonuslit.com/submit.
THE DERONDA REVIEW seeks poems reflecting on the existence and nature of the soul. Other themes also considered. Please read our submissions page, www.derondareview.org/submit.htm. Deadline: June 30. Send to derondareview@gmail.com, maber4kids@yahoo.com, or P.O. Box 6709, Efrat, Israel.
HAWAII PACIFIC REVIEW seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Based at Hawaii Pacific University, HPR charges no fees and reads submissions from late summer to early spring. Our work has been featured in the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthologies. Details can be found at www.hawaiipacificreview.org.
JOIN THE 156-YEAR LEGACY of Reed Magazine, Pushcart Prize winner ranked among “Best Writing Contests” for literary journals, annually awarding winners $1,000 or more. We welcome fiction and poetry and especially encourage submissions of visual art and nonfiction. Submissions open June 1–November 1. Visit: www.reedmag.org/submit.
THE MEDICAL LITERARY MESSENGER seeks thought-provoking poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art related to medicine, illness, and the body. Online submissions are free and accepted on a rolling basis. Visit us at www.med-lit.vcu.edu for more information or contact us at medlit@vcuhealth.org.
NOMINEE: RANKED SIXTH among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022 (Feedspot). The RavensPerch Literary Magazine seeks submissions of well-groomed poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. For submission guidelines, visit us at www.theravensperch.com.
PEDESTAL MAGAZINE will accept submissions of poetry for Issue 92 in late May–early June. No restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre. Please visit the website for details and to view current/archived work: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.
PENSIVE: A GLOBAL JOURNAL of Spirituality & the Arts, innovative online publication from Northeastern University, welcomes unpublished poetry, prose, visual art, translations. Visit www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable February 1–May 15 or August 1–November 15. No fee. Historically underrepresented and international voices encouraged. Recent contributors include Baca, Bruchac, M. Collins, Chess, Cording, Espada, Glancy, Hoffman, Lea, Marchant, D.S. Martin, MEH, Metres, Piercy, Samaras, Sholl, and more.
SPECIAL ISSUE: DELTA POETRY REVIEW requests previously unpublished poems by new and emerging poets with a connection to the American South who have not yet published more than 1 full-length book of poetry. Poems related to the South preferred, not required. Submit 3–6 poems at www.deltapoetryreview.com/submissions.html. Deadline: September 20.
STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2024 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of Upstate New York. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org.
TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW offers detailed critiques of your short stories or essays. Get experienced, professional, and useful commentary on your prose up to 6,000 words. Details and pricing: www.tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit.
TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. See our homepage for our open calls and our guidelines, and submit via www.tintjournal.com/submit (no fee). #showyourtint.
TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is a digital journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’ BA Program in Creative Writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, art, and quality experimental work. Submissions accepted October 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com.
VISIONS-INTERNATIONAL is looking for accessible poetry and modern translations to celebrate 44 publishing years! Send 3–6 unpublished poems as Word/Doc attachment (no simultaneous submissions) to: vias.poetry@gmail.com. (See website: www.visionsi.com.) Read sample first: $5 (latest: $6.50) from Visions, 309 Lakeside Dr., Garner, NC 27529.
WE’MOON—the best-selling astrological datebook and moon phase calendar filled with art and writing by women from around the world, is accepting submissions of art and writing for We’Moon 2025. Due date: August 1. No jury fees! Learn more about how to submit on our website: www.wemoon.ws/pages/submissions.