Based out of Eastern Canada, Haiku Avenue concentrates on the extremes of the English-language haiku, from the syllabically traditional to the monoku to the “eyeku.” The publishing criterion is first and foremost quality, and the editors...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry
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Haikuniverse publishes a haiku or micro poem every day. Haikuniverse is edited by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry -
Established in 2015, Half Mystic Journal is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary literary magazine dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jun 1, Aug 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Hamilton Stone Review is part of a movement of small, independent publishers and publications dedicated to distributing high quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Reading Period: Mar 15 to Apr 15, Sep 1 to Apr 30, Sep 15 to Oct 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
For more than half a century, Hanging Loose Press has championed and the work of groundbreaking poets and writers whose work has been marginalized by mainstream publishing—work frequently less visible, whether because of gender, race, age, class...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Harpur Palate seeks submissions of high quality work without restriction on form or content.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to Apr 1, Aug 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Harvard Review publishes short fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and book reviews. Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to apply, however, the magazine can only publish a very small fraction of the material received....
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
Havik: The Las Positas College Journal of Arts, Literature, & Academic Writing, founded in 1978, has served as a student-led publication for the past four decades. Their journal was established by David A. Wright, an English...
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Hawai‘i Pacific Review is looking for poetry, short stories, and personal essays from diverse perspectives. They feature work from Hawaii and the Pacific region, but they are interested in great writing from anywhere in the world.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Hayden’s Ferry Review is a semiannual journal of literature and art out of Arizona State University. Their mission is to identify and support emerging writers and visual artists whose work we feel is of significant cultural merit. ...
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The Headlight Review features new creative writing that demonstrates the persistent value of imaginative literature. The editors seek submissions that push the boundaries of form, langauge, plot, character, and prosody, especially from...
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Headmaster, the biannual art magazine for man-lovers, is published twice a year in an edition of 1,000. All work in Headmaster is assigned by the editors. While primarily a visual magazine, each issue of the magazine features...
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The Healing Muse is the annual journal of literary and visual art published by SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Center for Bioethics & Humanities. It welcomes fiction, poetry, narratives, essays, memoirs, and visual art,...
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HEART, a small literary journal from the lowcountry of South Carolina published by Nostalgia Press. Its spirited and struggling editor-publisher has freely given voice to writers from all over the world since 1986. HEART uses...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Prose Poetry -
Heart of Flesh is a semiannual literary journal that seeks quality writing and art with Christian themes.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, Aug 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Hektoen International publishes literary and visual works that explore the intersection of culture and health.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Helix seeks to shed a light on the many different literary avenues of the world. They publish writers who have previously gone unnoticed or unpublished before. They focus on the editorial process and promote professionalism while taking...
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Hellbender Magazine—formerly Cheat River Review—is a home for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art that isn’t afraid to share its unique perspective and tone of resilience with the world. They are a hardworking...
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Hemlock Journal’s focus is on the quality of the submissions regardless of the background of the writers or the poets. The editors believe literature belongs to all and must empower each and everyone.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Nov 1 to Dec 15, Apr 1 to May 15, Jun 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Hermine is an annual, print-only journal of short fiction. The National Magazine Awards recently recognized Mehdi M. Kashani with a nomination in the fiction category for his story “While Tehran Was Silent” in Issue One. Issue Two...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction -
Telling your story is a revolutionary act. Unless she did something very incredible (or very, very bad) most women don’t get named in history. HerStry wants to rewrite the narrative and put women’s stories front and center....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Aug 31, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
Hidden Peak Review is a magazine of poetry, short fiction and flash fiction based in Colorado that showcases gut-punch free verse and eye-opening prose from across the United States and abroad. A literary magazine at the confluence of...
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Hippocampus Magazine is an exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate, and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue (six times a year) features memoir excerpts, essays, flash, reviews, interviews,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30, Mar 1 to May 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction -
The Hole in the Head Review is a vibrant online journal of poetry and art that is attracting an international audience and submissions from new and established poets. One reader described them as such: “I found it terrifically gratifying...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 14 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry -
Home Planet News wants good poems and stories—no stylistic preference. HPN also features thematic groups of visual art as well as recordings of original songs. Although Home Planet is primarily a journal for poetry and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
