The following index offers key information on all forty venues featured in our guides to indie markets. While we’ve recommended notable outlets by genre, keep in mind that most of these venues publish a variety of poetry and prose. If the energy of a press or journal speaks to you, check its website for the scoop on all genres of work the outlet accepts. Also visit our comprehensive, vetted Literary Magazines and Small Presses databases for more information on many of these and other indie magazines and publishers, including upcoming submission windows, pay rates, and full genre details. Finally, remember that the best way to get to know a literary magazine is to read it for yourself. Pick up a copy at a bookstore or library. Scan its table of contents. See who’s on the masthead. Perhaps read a piece by a writer whose name you recognize, and one whose name you don’t. And when you find a journal you love, show your support by subscribing.
32 Poems
32poems.com
$3 reading fee, free postal submissions, free for subscribers
The Adroit Journal
theadroitjournal.org
No reading fee
Agni
agnionline.bu.edu
$3 reading fee, free postal submissions
The Arkansas International
arkint.org
$4 reading fee, waivers available
Astrolabe
astrolabe.ooo
No reading fee
Bennington Review
benningtonreview.org
$3 reading fee
Black Lawrence Press
blacklawrencepress.com
Submitters select one Black Lawrence title to purchase at discounted price of $14
Brick
brickmag.com
No reading fee
Bull City Press
bullcitypress.com
“Pay what you want” reading fee
The Common
thecommononline.org
$3 reading fee, free for subscribers, some free reading periods for historically underrepresented writers
Complete Sentence
completesentencelit.com
No reading fee
Cooper Dillon Books
store.cooperdillon.com
$10 or “buy a book” reading fee
The Drift
thedriftmag.com
No reading fee
Ebony Tomatoes Collective
ebonytomatoescollective.com
No reading fee
Ecotone
ecotonemagazine.org
$3 reading fee, free postal submissions, free for subscribers, some free reading periods
Emergence
emergencemagazine.org
No reading fee
The Evergreen Review
evergreenreview.com
$5 reading fee
Foglifter
foglifterjournal.com
No reading fee
The Georgia Review
thegeorgiareview.com
$3 reading fee for online submissions, free postal submissions, free for subscribers
Get Fresh Books
gfbpublishing.org
Submitters encouraged to buy a Get Fresh title or contribute to the “tip jar”
Gulf Coast
gulfcoastmag.org
$3 reading fee
Harbor Review
harbor-review.com
No reading fee
Hobart
hobartpulp.com
No reading fee
Hunger Mountain
hngrmtn.org
$3 reading fee
Mizna
mizna.org
No reading fee
Monkey
monkeymagazine.org
No reading fee
Ninth Letter
ninthletter.com
$3 reading fee, waivers available
The Normal School
thenormalschool.com
$2 reading fee
One Story
one-story.com
No reading fee
Orion
orionmagazine.org
No reading fee
Puerto del Sol
puertodelsol.org
No reading fee
Short Reads
short-reads.org
No reading fee
Southeast Review
southeastreview.org
$3 reading fee, free submissions for BIPOC writers in spring and fall, free submissions for
incarcerated or formerly incarcerated writers
Southern Humanities Review
southernhumanitiesreview.com
$3 reading fee, limited number of waivers for historically underrepresented writers
Split Lip Magazine
splitlipthemag.com
No reading fee in January, March, May, September, November; “tip jar” submissions in February, April, June, August, October, and the first half of December
Split/Lip Press
splitlippress.com
$10 reading fee, waivers available
The Sun
thesunmagazine.org
$2.50 reading fee, free postal submissions
Terrain.org
Terrain.org
No reading fee
Villain Era
villaineralit.com
No reading fee
Zyzzyva
zyzzyva.org
No reading fee
