New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing or inclination. All forms of writing are invited: autobiography and memoirs; creative responses to events and experiences; drama; graphic artwork (...
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Reading Period: Aug 20 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Our work explores how place shapes identity, imagination, and understanding. The journal is published bi-annually online and features fiction, poetry, nonfiction, visual arts, reviews, and more. We also publish poetry chapbooks through our Gloria...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Night Picnic is a bilingual journal of literature and art which publishes work in both English and Russian. We translate our authors' work into Russian. We accept novels, novellas, plays, short and flash stories, fairytales for adults,...
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Nightingale & Sparrow is a literary magazine and small press featuring poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography.
Nightingale and Sparrow aims to soar through written and visual arts. We want to...
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For over fifty years, Nimrod's mission has been the discovery and support of new writing. The journal seeks new, unheralded writers, as well as established authors with new work that has not found a home within the establishment.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ninth Letter is a collaborative arts and literary project produced by the Creative Writing Program and School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Edited and designed by faculty and students as part of the...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
No Tokens is a journal celebrating work that is felt in the spine. We are run entirely by women, queer, trans, and non-binary individuals, dedicated to featuring the words and artwork of all voices of the past, present, and future. We are here to...
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No, Dear features poems by New York City writers. The small selection of poems creates a dialogue around a different theme (Debris / Violence / Water) for each issue.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Noctua Review is the literary publication of Southern Connecticut State University's (SCSU) English department. We encourage well-crafted poetry and fiction submissions of any style from emerging and established writers.
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Nōd Magazine is the sole creative writing publication at the University of Calgary. The journal is a creative publication emerging out of an academic environment. The magazine is run by wayward undergraduates who cannot be subdued by...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Each issue is themed, and NonBinary Review explores the edges of those themes. We're looking for works that approach our themes in unexpected but completely fitting ways.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Nonconformist is a literary magazine dedicated to publishing fiction, poetry, experimental fiction and poetry, book reviews, literary criticism, and various culture-related articles. We believe in reconfiguring the world using pens,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
We are particularly interested in essays that challenge established norms for the genre or that don’t seem to fit in easy categories of classification. Genre fiction is very unlikely to suit us, but if you think you can sell us on it, well, then...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in Boston in 1815, the North American Review is the oldest literary magazines in the United States. Contributors include important nineteenth-century American writers and thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher...
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A cross between a scholarly journal and a literary magazine, NCLR publishes creative writing by and interviews with North Carolina writers and essays about NC writers, literature, and literary history and culture.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Regional -
North of Oxford is an international journal of poetry, book reviews, commentary and essays.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Northern New England Review is published as a creative voice for the Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine region. If you live here, were once from here, lost or found your heart here, or are currently searching for it among the green hills...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The literary journal Nostos, containing poetry, short fiction, and art usually focused on a theme, is published by Longship Press.
Reading Period: Dec 15 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry -
Novel Noctule is a horror magazine that seeks to blur the lines between speculative and literary fiction. We use the horror genre as a vehicle for reflection and sociopolitical examination.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
We are dedicated solely to novel excerpts. These pieces should feel like they come from novels we want to read—they may pop us into the action and leave us hanging at the end. Each issue includes 6 winning excerpts from our two annual...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 17 to Feb 28Genre: Fiction -
Founder and editor Porter Fox has worked as a travel journalist for 17 years. He created Nowhere with a group of like-minded writers, editors, producers, and designers to create a new kind of travel magazine—something more engaging, authentic,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Nude Bruce Review strives to publish compelling, high-quality work to allow emerging and existing writers from all over the globe the opportunity to showcase their talents.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Narrative Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Nurture: A Literary Journal is a home for writing that values economy of language, precision of detail, a tender heart, and humor. We have a soft spot for work that explores the complexities of care.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
