Clockwise Cat: The Dada Verse is a seasonal literary webzine that heavily features prose poetry but also features regular (line-break) poetry and visual art. Clockwise Cat prefers to receive poems that are in some way akin to...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
The name for Clover + Bee was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, To Make a Prairie … (“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee ...”) Its mission is to provide a space for emerging and established creators to showcase...
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Club Plum publishes creative nonfiction, flash fiction, prose poetry, and art that often straddles realities without losing clarity or emotion. Powerful, single-reality pieces are loved, too.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Cola Literary Review, the annual print literary journal of the University of South Carolina MFA program, has published fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction since 1993. “Cola” is an affectionate abbreviation for Columbia, South...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Jan 1Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Collateral is an online literary journal run by volunteers who are directly and indirectly impacted by violent conflict and military service. The editors publish literary and visual art exploring those spaces beyond the combat zone,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, War -
Colorado Review’s only commitment is to the publication of serious poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It does not publish genre fiction nor does it subscribe to a particular literary philosophy or school of poetry or fiction. Note that the...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Columbia Journal publishes in print and online, seeking to showcase the best poetry, nonfiction, fiction, translation, and visual art on both platforms. The print edition, published each spring, is a combination of solicited work and the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 4 to Feb 6Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 1, Sep 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Conduit is a biannual literary journal that is at once direct, playful, inventive, irreverent, and darkly beautiful. Despite common sense and the laws of economics, Conduit has been thwarting good taste, progress, and consensus for...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Prose Poetry -
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 moreReading Period: Jul 15 to Aug 20Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Conjunctions serves as a “living notebook” of contemporary literature, publishing fiction, poetry, drama, art, and essays that combine visionary imagination with formally innovative execution. Since 1981, Conjunctions has...
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Consequence addresses the human consequences and realities of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art, offering intellectual and emotional access to the experiences of combatants, victims, and witnesses. They provide the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Apr 15, Jul 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Translation, War -
Digitus Indie Publishers is now accepting submissions for the 2027 edition of Contrapuntos XIII. This issue does not have a specific theme but welcomes a variety of submissions, including prose, poetry, essays, reviews, photography,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Translation -
Cool Beans Lit publishes stimulating fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art that all coalesce into stunning issues. The editorial focus is challenging, thoughtful, experimental, and eclectic work from both new and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Copper Nickel aspires toward diversity and eclecticism, printing work that appeals to the editors regardless of aesthetic affiliation—and they are particularly (though by no means exclusively) interested in work that considers...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Dec 15, Jan 15 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
An archive in progress, Corporeal aims to facilitate healthy and safe exploration of embodiment related to disability, age, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and more. It is open to art in any form we can find a way to host.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Corpus Callosum, published each spring, is a compendium of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, and visual art, arranged to mimic (more or less, and usually less) the intricate architecture of the human brain. Also, sometimes...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 5 to Jan 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The editors like stories with singular visions and points-of-view. They want the journal to be the home of fiction that challenges the reader even just a little bit, at least to the point of thinking about something in a new or different way....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
counterclaim is committed to producing work that counters normative and traditional forms. See their website for more information on each year’s theme.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
County Lines is a literary journal published annually by the Carolina Piedmont Writers Guild showcasing a curated collection of the finest poetry, prose, and artwork by creators of all ages from all over the North Carolina...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Courtship of Winds publishes poetry, fiction, plays, essays, photography, art, and short pieces of music. For more on the editorial philosophy behind the Courtship of Winds, read the “Editor’s Desk” page.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Celebrating 40 years of publishing, Crab Creek Review is dedicated to introducing the best writing from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We publish both national and international writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Oct 15, Feb 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Cream City Review is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to pushing the boundaries of writing. Each issue features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Published biannually, Cream City Review is a...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1, Jan 2 to Mar 2Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Visual Poetry, War -
Established by Richard Hugo and William Kittredge in 1973, CutBank is Montana’s oldest literary magazine. They are run by the students of the University of Montana Creative Writing MFA program, publishing two annual print issues of fiction...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
