Founded in 1975, Oakwood is South Dakota State University's literary annual; we publish a handsome print edition in the spring followed by web publication. In recent years, Oakwood has embraced a regional identity and begun...
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Reading Period: Nov 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Oberon Poetry magazine is a literary journal published by the Oberon Foundation,
a nonprofit arts organization on Long Island.Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 10Genre: Poetry -
Obsidian supports—through publication and critical inquiry—the contemporary poetry, fiction, drama/performance, visual and media art of Africans globally.
Reading Period: May 15 to Oct 15Genres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Kallisto Gaia Press is a nonprofit literary organization that publishes The Ocotillo Review. Although the editors welcome experimental or unusual approaches to literature, their goal is to promote finely crafted work with an expressive...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 31, Aug 15 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: 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. The editors believe in honoring new talent and publishing the very best of new literary and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 15Genres: 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 NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
The Offending Adam is an online journal publishing the best in new writing, essays on poetics, book reviews, and feature projects. It believes that the journal is a bridge between writer and reader, and it takes that responsibility...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 18 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry -
The mission of Ofi Press Magazine is 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, Translation -
The Oklahoma Review is an online literary magazine published through the Department of Communication, English and Foreign Languages at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. The goal of our publication is to provide a forum for exceptional...
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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'...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
We feature contemporary original poetry, fiction, art, music, photography, and multimedia.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Open Doors Review is a literary magazine based in Italy that publishes literary fiction, poetry, and thought-provoking essays in English or Italian. Whatever your connection to Italy (whether you live here, have Italian ancestry or...
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Our main focus each month is the issue’s theme. We publish poetry, art, songs, and short stories. Our features promote authors with new works.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Poetry, Short Fiction -
Founded in 2015, The Opiate is a quarterly literary magazine dedicated to publishing envelope-pushing work. It accepts both print and online submissions.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 Oct 15Genre: FictionGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Oregon Humanities is a magazine about the experiences, ideas, and beliefs of Oregonians. In each issue, Oregon writers, artists, and readers explore diverse perspectives and challenging questions relating to the place we live and the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
Orion is a quarterly, 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: Jul 1 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ornery Quarterly is a “non-institutional aggregator of mediocre literature.”
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Experimental, Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Oroboro is a literary journal published bi-annually by Death Rattle, aimed at publishing and promoting poets, authors, and artists. We publish new work from both established and emerging writers. Before you submit, we encourage you to...
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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; it seeks pieces that consider the interaction of faith...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Otis Nebula is an innovative micro press that is always looking for new voices. It publishes a semi-annual digital magazine, print books, and ebooks, which are available through our website.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 Oxford American is dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Oxford Magazine, casually known as Oxmag, is a literary+arts magazine edited and published by creative writing MFA students at Miami University. Since our premiere in 1984, our magazine has received Pushcart Prizes for both fiction and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 18 to Mar 23Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Oyez Review is the literary magazine of the creative writing program at Roosevelt University in Chicago. It is published annually, edited by a staff of MFA candidates under the direction of a faculty member with professional...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
