LIT is a biannual literary magazine published by The New School Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program, which promotes innovative writing and art via print and digital publishing.
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.
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Reading Period: Sep 1 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Caffeinating minds for twenty one years. Stimulating careers for writers; great literature for readers. First ten years gave away 30,000 copies free in New York coffeehouses. Now free online to all.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Literary Heist wants to democratize the literary and art world. Literary Heist isn’t centered around making a profit. Instead it is looking to showcase good work that comes from new and existing writers and artists. It exchanges exposure for...
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Literary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job. We celebrate the physical, psychological, intellectual, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Feminist, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry -
The Literary Nest is an independent nonprofit literary magazine. It is a platform for the poets and writers from all across the world. We envision this to be a warm and beloved quilt of the physical and emotional landscape woven by of...
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The Literary Review publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as works in translation.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Animal rights; a changing climate; social attitudes, cultural differences, or food/eating; animal and environmentally-friendly writing.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
We are a high-quality, innovative, literary magazine specializing in short fiction. We publish stories that excite us from new and established writers with strong voices and something to say.
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Little Patuxent Review is a biannual print journal and online blog featuring writers and artists from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31
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Long Day Press intends to create a connection between writers and their favorite fermented drinks. These hand bound issues feature regionally based writers and covers from breweries based in those same regions.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Regional -
We love short shorts. Flash is fantastic. But as the great short story is shrinking to 3000 words or less in many literary journals, we've begun to wonder Where have all the long short stories gone? The Long Story, Short Journal is the home of...
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The Los Angeles Review, established in 2003, is the voice of Los Angeles, and the voice of the nation. Perhaps from this place something can emerge that speaks to the writer or singer or dancer or wild person in all of us, something disturbing...
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Lotus-eater is an online literary magazine based in Rome.
Our aesthetic is dark, eclectic, often experimental. We are interested in daring, unusual writing and striking images.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Loud Coffee Press is a quarterly unpretentious and unapologetic literary journal that focuses on three things we love: flash fiction, coffee, and music. We look for writing that hovers in that perfect brew spot of 195 to 205 degrees...
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The goal of the magazine continues to be to import the best writing to local readers, to juxtapose the work of established writers with new writers, and to export the best local writers to a national readership. Each poem and story submitted to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre -
Founded in 2009, Lowestoft Chronicle is an online literary magazine, published quarterly, accepting flash fiction, short stories, poetry, interviews, and creative non-fiction. Preference is given to humorous submissions with an emphasis on travel...
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Readers can expect literature that highlights refreshing contemporary perspectives and promotes cultural diversity while fostering inclusive creativity.
Lucky Jefferson isn't your typical literary journal—we generate...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Micro-poetry, Poetry -
Lullwater Review is Emory University’s nationally recognized student-run literary review founded in 1990. We publish fresh, striking, and emotionally moving work by authors both unrecognized and distinguished. We print two issues per year-- one...
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LUMINA Journal is the annual print publication of the Sarah Lawrence College graduate writing program. We seek new, exciting, and rule-breaking work from writers both established and emerging. This year, our theme is Resistance.
Reading Period: Jun 26 to Nov 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Lummox is published each year and averages 170 poems. We aim to publish the best poetry in the small and underground press.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Jun 1 -
We are the quiet conversations, the confession, the uncomfortable, the indulgent and the beautiful. We publish diverse voices, we are invested in intersectional feminism, and we are are confident in our ability to make conversation happen. We...
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Literary magazine of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Antioch University Los Angeles
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
