We publish short poetry (under 16 lines), flash fiction (under 500 words), and art. "Short work for smart people with short attention spans."
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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
RipRap offers a humble invitation to talented and aspiring writers of all genres (short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art). RipRap 41 will highlight multitude and diversity in all forms, celebrating the uniqueness of culture...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 12 to Dec 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
We publish imaginative contemporary poetry, short fiction, essays, memoir by well established writers as well as writers with great potential. Visit our website for type of work published. We also publish art & photography.
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As a multicultural magazine of poetry, prose and art, River Styx publishes works of both new and established artists significant for their originality, energy and deft of craft. The high quality of its form and content have made it a leader among...
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RiverSedge is published annually by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. While our name reflects the specific geographical and cultural nuances of the Rio Grande Valley, we believe RiverSedge...
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Rivet publishes writing that breaks from the mainstream to surprise, challenge, and delight. Each issue brings together poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that test the boundaries of form and content--a surrealist sestina followed by a lyric essay...
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We publish 3-6 featured pieces every two weeks--focusing primarily on poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction.
Our digital gallery publishes photo essays, visual poetry, and artists from southwestern Virginia.
On occasion, we...
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The editors of Rock & Sling want to be surprised, more than anything. Surprised at the solidity of your work, the beauty of it, the tension in it, the argument of it, the freshness of it, the experiment of it. We live in a mysterious,...
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Room [est. 1975] showcases fiction, poetry, reviews, art work, interviews and profiles about the female experience. The magazine was originally called Room of One's Own, in honour of Virginia Woolf's assertion that, “[for a woman] it is necessary...
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To supply an eclectic, quality, national venue for new and underappreciated writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
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Rougarou, a Journal of Arts and Literature, aims to publish an eclectic, resonant selection of creative writing by emerging and established writers. Founded in 2007 by the faculty and graduate students of the University of Louisiana at...
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We accept original work that instills a sense of wonder and beauty.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
You’re a writer. We like writers. Writers like being read, and we like to read. Ergo (ergo!), if you send us writing, we’re going to see eye-to-eye pretty easily. Send us your coolest, deepest, most fun, most emotionally power-packed prose,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Ruminate is a reader-supported, contemplative literary arts magazine.
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We invite slowing down and paying attention. We love laughter. And we
delight in deep reading, telling stories, staying astonished, and doing “small things with great...Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Rumpus strives to be a platform for marginalized voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We want to shine a light on stories that build bridges, tear down walls, and speak truth to power.
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Rune Bear is a digital literary magazine devoted to the Strange, Surreal, Supernatural, and Speculative. This includes all horror, science-fiction, slipstream, all-the-punks, fantasy, myth, and strange thoughts, as long as the content is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Speculative Fiction -
The Rupture published its first issue (as the Collagist) in August 2009 under the editorship of founding editor Matt Bell. New issues of the Rupture are published on the 15th of: February, April, June, August, October,...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
