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 -
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 an eclectic online lit magazine with comic strips, music reviews, theater criticism, pop culture poetry, flash fiction, breaking news, tribute pieces, and more. We are an excellent independent 2 man operation with many awesome long time...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
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 -
To promote superb work from all over the world as well as translated work from Mexican poets.
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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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We feature contemporary original poetry, fiction, art, music, photography, and multimedia.
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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.
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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...
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Literary short stories and flash for our February and October issues.
Literary Speculative short stories and flash for our July issue.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
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.
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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 -
We believe writing, reading, and publishing literature does nothing to make you elite, and the writing we publish represents that. Therefore, while we care deeply about quality, we care little about awards, or about publishing award winners....
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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.
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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.
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Overtime, a series of one-story chapbooks, was created to showcase some of the stories we receive that are a little too long for our Workers Write! series, but are worthy of publication.
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The Owen Wister Review is the University of Wyoming’s Arts and Literary Journal produced through the Student Media department. The editorial staff is comprised entirely of undergraduate and graduate students who have nuanced yet supportive tastes...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
