We want art that guts us with surgical precision. Make everything useful.
Literary Magazines
Connect your poems, stories, essays, and reviews to the right audiences by researching over twelve hundred literary magazines in our database. Here, you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, contact information—everything you need to direct your work to the publications most amenable to your vision.
-
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We publish the best fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and art we can find. We hold three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War -
Our interests are varied and our tastes eclectic. Our base requirement is that submissions be ambitious, intelligent, and deftly crafted.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ghost Ocean Magazine is an online literary magazine that publishes short prose, fiction under 3,000 words, poetry, interviews, and reviews. With a diverse masthead and diverse tastes, we are committed to publishing writers from marginalized...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Gigantic Sequins is print-based and biannual. Our black & white journal is known for its quality writing and its unique design/aesthetic. We accept work from unpublished writers in addition to those who have an already established voice. We...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We’re here to observe the strange color of the sky and how some of the trees fail to look majestic. There’s beauty in all the weird and wild and we’re ready to wade into the water surrounded by the strange wood and words that you’re willing to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
We want quality fiction & poetry & creative nonfiction with a magical element. We lean toward the literary but are open to anything well written. Please read an issue and guidelines before submitting.
Our visual art is generally...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Literary Fiction -
between literary vision and spiritual realities
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
A magazine of literature, art, and new media published by the Master of Arts in Writing program at Rowan University.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Glint Literary Journal celebrates innovation in style and voice. We welcome submissions in poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid genre, book reviews, and visual art from persons of diverse cultures, nationalities, and religions.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm chose “The Golden Key” to end their collection of fairy tales as a reminder that there is always more to come, an endless reserve of stories still yet untold. In the same spirit, The Golden Key seeks to publish poetry and...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 12 to Jul 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
GWM is a literary magazine in the form of a podcast aimed at giving the written word a voice. We like the immediate connection the listener can have with the art hearing it directly from the artist. Subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher to have issues...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Desired: sincere, well-written, imaginative, unusual and/or innovative works that charm and carry. Gone Lawn is partial to odd animals.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
UAM MFA students solicit intriguing writing, art, book reviews, and photography from emerging and established authors.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Apr 20Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the publication of innovative and defamiliarized writing. We publish work that is aware of its literary form, writing that defamiliarizes in craft or content for an ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Great Lakes Review publishes fiction, nonfiction, drama,
and poetry from Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Buffalo, Hamilton and the rest of the Great Lakes region.Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Prose Poetry, Literary Fiction -
Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts seeks high quality submissions from both emerging and established writers. We publish craft essays and interviews as well as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—and we want to see the best work you have to offer...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 15 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1952, Grub Street is Towson University’s literary journal. Produced annually, we publish works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual art.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
