Every veteran and every military family member has a story. This site is where those stories get told. Sure, there are other places to hear or read the stories: around the bar, on a road trip, in some other journal. But like the man says, “This...
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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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Our purpose is to publish the best contemporary poetry from around the world from submissions to our contest. Judged anonymously, there is a $1,000 prize offered annually.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry -
Obsidian supports—through publication and critical inquiry—the contemporary poetry, fiction, drama/performance, visual and media art of Africans globally.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Jan 15Subgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
We are a nonprofit literary organization supporting writers at all stages of their careers. Although we welcome experimental or unusual approaches to literature, our goal is to promote finely crafted work with an expressive and meaningful voice....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
October Hill Magazine believes strongly in the need for a digital platform from which new and aspiring writers can express their creativity. We simple believe in honoring new talent and publishing the very best of new literary and visual...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
We are : The someones and the no ones. We are : The magazine for anyone who isn’t anything. We are : For the dreamer in a nightmare. We are : The poem you never meant to finish. We are : The people who wash(ed) your dishes. We are : People with...
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The Oddville Press is actively seeking submissions. We publish both new and established authors, and we are looking for the highest quality in fiction, poetry and art work/photography. Send us your literary, your bizarre, your wickedly...
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The Offbeat, a literary journal specializing in undisputedly unique works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and sequential art, is accepting submissions. Submit writing that is intriguing, eccentric, and, most importantly, “off the beaten...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Humor, Prose Poetry -
The Offending Adam is an online journal publishing the best in new writing, essays on poetics, book reviews, and feature projects. We believe that the journal is a bridge between writer and reader, and we take that responsibility seriously...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 18 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry -
To promote superb work from all over the world as well as translated work from Mexican poets.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We publish the best poetry from the highly celebrated (Pulitzer Prize & Macarthur genius winners, National Book Award finalists) to the unknown. International(Ireland, Scotland, Lebanon, Nigeria, Ghana, India) but English language. Poems we'...
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One Throne is an online literary magazine published biannually. Our goal is to showcase the foremost in writing, spanning genres, and running the gamut from elegant prose to plot-driven stories to speculative fiction. And all this, of course,...
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Open Road Review publishes short fiction (including translations), creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and artwork at the present time. The journal was founded in 2011 and the first issue was published on May 1 2012. Genre fiction...
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The Opiate grew from a dissatisfaction with the current landscape in the world of literary magazines. Why has literature been relegated to the blog? Why are chap-books and zines the extent of what people are willing to publish when their work...
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Oracle Fine Arts Review is published annually by the University of South Alabama. It features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, illustration, glass, printmaking, and ceramics.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
What are we looking for? Poems, short stories, narrative non-fiction and art that causes a thunk in the pulse and a spark in the brain. We want works that combine intellect and emotion without pandering to either. Yeah, we don’t know what that...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
OVS Magazine was started in 2009 by Stephen and Ivy Page to give new and established artists and poets a place to publish their work in a respectable peer-critiqued journal. OVS Magazine is an online literary journal, with a print anthology...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Orion is a bimonthly, ad-free literary magazine focusing on nature, culture, and place. We publish essays, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction that address environmental and societal issues.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We are a non-institutional aggregator of mediocre literature. We aren't as off the wall as we are on the floor. While our editors continue their efforts to undermine each other, we're on a hunt for beavers eager to usurp the traps and give the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
To best understand what Orson’s Review aims to publish, we highly recommend browsing earlier issues. A few words to get you started, however: we won’t shy away from the experimental, nor will we begrudge the traditional. Whether you have...
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The Other Journal welcomes the submission of critical essays, reviews, creative writing, and visual or performance art that encounter life through the lens of theology and culture; we seek pieces that consider the interaction of faith...
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The Other Stories is a podcast that showcases new, emerging, and/or struggling writers. Writing is hard enough. Being heard should be easier.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
Otis Nebula is an innovative micro press that is always looking for new voices. We publish a semi-annual digital magazine, print books, and ebooks, which are available through our website. We are open to receiving all genres and styles of work,...
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Out of Print is an online platform for short fiction with a connection to the South Asian subcontinent.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
Outsider Poetry, a literary review for those who create with mental illness, are self-trained, or create art and poetry that challenges cultural and academic norms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental