Bacopa is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. Cash prizes in three genres: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry
Literary Magazines
Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Apr 25 to May 23Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
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The mission of the Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The world of literature holds no boundaries and we at the Bangalore Review are committed to publishing exemplary writing from all over. We publish literary fiction and non-fiction, reviews, poetry, art and photographic essays. If you...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Banyan Review is an online, international journal promoting poetry, art, and the natural world. We publish four issues annually, and our “intervals” section features poets, artists, thinkers, and essayists between published issues....
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Barnstorm is an online literary magazine sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to May 15, Aug 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Barren Magazine is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and photography for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses. We revel in the shadow-spaces that make up the human condition, and aim to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
We want your fiction, poetry, art, criticism—you name it—that pushes against complacent taxonomies and finds itself well off the beaten path. We define ourselves as an “isthmus,” a space of crossings and connectivity, between histories,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 4 to Mar 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Nature/Environmental, Political -
Bayou Magazine publishes short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from established, award-winning authors as well as emerging writers. Bayou is especially interested in discovering and showcasing fresh literary voices. Bayou...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
We’re big readers, so we admire pieces that make the old new. We also dig aesthetic competence and a poet's understanding of how their piece is situated within or outside of genre and literary tradition. That said, we really do admire...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jun 30, Jul 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Founded in 2007, Beatdom is dedicated to the study of the Beat Generation. It publishes one issue annually with a pre-designated topic. All submissions must related this topic to the Beat Generation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Historical, Narrative Nonfiction -
bedfellows is a thematic, philadelphia-based literary magazine that seeks to catalog contemporary discussions of desire & intimacy, with a particular focus on underrepresented & marginalized voices. we publish work that we feel...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Micro-poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Belle Ombre publishes fiction, poetry, art & non-fiction, including essays, memoir, reportage, comedy, science, screenplays, scripts, biography and academic research.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Bellevue Literary Review is a unique literary magazine that examines human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. We invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that touch...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Bellingham Review publishes literature of palpable quality, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography, in one Fall Online Edition and one Spring Print Edition, along with rolling content on our BH Review Blog. Established in...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Belmont Story Review is a national magazine of literary arts, faith and culture.The magazine aims to surprise and delight readers through an eclectic mix of storytelling which includes fiction, personal essay, poetry, and more. We seek to publish...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Beloit Fiction Journal publishes the best in contemporary short fiction. Traditional and experimental narratives find a home in its pages. It publishes new writers alongside established writers. As one of the few fiction-only...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 16Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction -
Since 1950, the BPJ has been publishing poetry that matters. We are open to a wide range of forms and styles in contemporary poetry. We are always watching for new poets, quickened language, and poems with a fresh purchase on the political or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry -
Beltway Poetry Quarterly is an award-winning online literary journal and resource bank that now showcases poetry from all over the world. It also features translations and reviews. During the first 20 years of its...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Regional -
Bennington Review aims to contribute distinctive style and substance to the national literary conversation through publishing sharp, unexpected, original poetry and prose from a geographically broad and culturally rich spectrum of...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 9Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We look for innovative short fiction that plays with form and content, as well as traditionally constructed stories with fresh voices and original ideas. We invite submissions of previously unpublished short stories year-round and publish...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 19 to Aug 17Genre: Fiction -
The Berkeley Poetry Review has been published at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1974.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry -
Outstanding poetry and fiction in many genres and many voices. Poetry includes free verse, haiku, formal poetry, prose poetry, form poetry, experimental poetry, sentimental poetry, and international poetry. Fiction from flash or micro to full...
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The BeZine is an online quarterly magazine that publishes poetry, creative non-fiction, photo essays, fiction, and art related to social issues and spirituality (broadly defined). It focuses on the themes of peace, environmental...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 15, May 15 to Jun 15, Jul 15 to Aug 15, Oct 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Bi Women Quarterly is a grassroots publication produced by the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network. They have been in continuous publication since 1983, and are the oldest bisexual+ women’s publication in the world, with an international...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Although we encourage topics related to the Mississippi River Valley, no direct relationship is required. We are also dedicated to reviewing books from independent, university, and small presses, but not self-published titles.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction