Half Mystic Journal, established in 2015, is an independent, internationally-acclaimed literary journal dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
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: Jan 1 to Jun 1, Aug 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
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: Feb 15 to Mar 15, Aug 15 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Poetry, short stories, and personal essays from diverse perspectives. Hawai'i Pacific Review features work from Hawaii and the Pacific region, but we are interested in great writing from anywhere in the world.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional -
We want to read your work. Inspire us. Make us laugh, cry, smile. That’s why we’re here. We want to support writers, engage readers, and create space for great art to be realized.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Prose poetry speaking life and heart into ordinary thoughts, and moments to lines. Annual cash award offered each edition. Visit website for details and featured writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Prose Poetry -
Heart of Flesh is a biannual 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 -
Hidden Peak Review is a magazine of poetry and fiction based in Colorado that showcases gut-punch free verse and eye-opening prose from across the U.S. and abroad. A literary magazine at the confluence of Charles Simic and Ray Bradbury,...
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Hoot is a magazine on postcards. It publishes stand-alone pieces of writing under 150 words, with art to match. The idea is that current, quality literature should be shareable and accessible and that there is no reason why people can't...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
While we are open to style, we’re looking for work that is nuanced, raw, and imagistic with strong elements of the natural world or the human-nature relationship. We tend to favor work that is unexpected, real, evocative, yet subtle, with a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Hunger Mountain is created by the faculty and students in the Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The editors share VCFA’s belief that the arts are central to the human experience and have the ability not only to reflect...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Chelsea Laine Wells says: “As fiction editor what I'm looking for above all else are affecting moments of beauty and/or discomfort, and if I'm not finding those and being struck by them, then I'm not apt to take the piece. If I do find those...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
