We prefer writing grounded in fresh language, imagery, and metaphor. We prefer free-verse with sound and rhythm of language. We seek individual voice with good lyric or a strong narrative. For fiction, we like shot pieces that surprise. We reject...
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Reading Period: Jul 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction -
Iceview Magazine is a nonprofit, bilingual literary and art publication based in Iceland. We publish biannual collections of creative writing, critical inquiry, and visual art concerning travel, tourism, geographies, and movement.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
We are open to a wide range of literary work. No genre fiction please.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
IHRAF Publishes is a growing platform for writers to submit poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, essays or any other format that focuses on activism. We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability and engagement...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Two themed issues a year--check the website to see current themes.This international journal publishes experimental as well as traditional work in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid literature, interviews, and graphic literature/art. We...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Translation -
Image is a unique forum for the best writing and artwork that are informed by -- or grapple with -- religious faith.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Religious/Spiritual -
We are looking for fun and upbeat short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry and artwork. Send up to 5 poems or 15 pages of prose. We are an online only publication.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Another New Calligraphy's online journal publishes short works connected in its exploration of conflict, a term open to interpretation though ever present in these increasingly challenging times.
As in ANC's other endeavors, Impossible...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War -
Our endeavor is to bring to you the best writings of writers from across India and the world over. We have a good online presence the past few years and look to make
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Indiana Review is a nonprofit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the talents of emerging and established writers. Our mission is to offer the highest quality writing within a wide aesthetic.
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Indiana Voice Journal exists to promote the unheard voices of new writers alongside the more familiar voices of experienced authors. As a monthly online journal,IVJ publishes an eclectic mix of quality fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry,...
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Indicia seeks to showcase a dynamic collage of passionate and profound voices hungry to produce art and write primarily in the English language. indicia enjoys feeling out the lengths to which language can be stretched, whether to convey a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ, Micro-poetry, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry -
Infection House is an online journal of COVID-19 and its real-time effects on the world around us. It’s a platform for artists and writers, trained or untrained, to share their experiences of this world-historical event.
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A magazine of poised prose, precarious poetry, and photography to pilot our own realms again.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Inklette is a not-for-profit, online literary magazine helmed by high-school and college students from all over. Inklette believes in the ability of art and literature to strike our consciousness in inexplicable ways. We believe that a good work...
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Short fiction and poetry of up to 800 words. Our favorite works embody the Storyteller’s sense of wonder and whimsy, and we are smitten with wildly creative pieces.
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Inkwell Journal, a yearly anthology published through the MFA program at Manhattanville College, seeks submissions in English of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction/memoir, graphic novel/memoir excerpts, visual art, and genre-blurring...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry -
Inlandia: A Literary Journey is currently seeking fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and images by writers and artists whose work is in some way grounded in Inland Southern California; works that will give readers around the globe a sense of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Regional -
We are a platform for QTIBIPoC youth (queer, trans & intersex Black, Indigenous & persons of color), therefore we only publish work by youth and people in the QTIBIPoC community. When we say youth, we mean ages 14–28...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 4 to Jan 8Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: LGBTQ -
inscape is the literary journal published annually at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. The publication, which premiered in 1972, features poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art from the region and beyond. We like creative...
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Into the Void is an award-winning literary magazine that publishes world-class fiction, flash, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from people of all kinds all over the world. Into the Void strives to be a home where diversity is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Invisible City publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry.
Reading Period: Mar 5 to May 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Inwood Indiana is interested in all things peculiar. Poetry, Fiction, and Creative-Nonfiction are acceptable. Themes include coming of age, small Midwest locations, legends and lore. All forms of literature under 5000 words are considered. Themed...
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We select most of our content from the several thousand unsolicited manuscripts that arrive each year from throughout the country and abroad. We take our mission to be nudging along American literature, to be local but not provincial, to be...
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Irish Pages is a biannual journal, edited in Belfast and publishing, in equal measure, writing from Ireland and overseas. Its policy is to publish poetry, short fiction, essays, creative nonfiction, memoir, essay...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry
