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Literary Magazines
Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Rawhead is an online journal of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. Named for a folkloric monster once used to scare children, it reclaims that symbol as an act of defiance. Rawhead stands for the power of art and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, May 1 to Jul 1, Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Red Dirt Forum is an online zine publication that features contemporary voices of the Southern United States. Multicultural voices are encouraged to submit.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction -
Red River Review is a digital literary journal founded in 1999 and relaunched in 2025. Rooted in poetry, it also now publishes short stories, creative essays, and visual art. The journal seeks thoughtful, resonant work and is committed...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Aug 31, Oct 1 to Dec 31, Jan 1 to Mar 31, Apr 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
For over a decade, Relief has helped shape the landscapes of faith and imagination for readers around the world. The journal features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, and reviews by some of today’s finest literary...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Rumpus strives to be a platform for marginalized voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere and to lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers they love. The editors publish original fiction, essays,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
For drama, Rushing Thru the Dark wants to see your most interesting human interactions with strong dialog and scene descriptions for either your one-act play or your short screenplay. As with any story, there needs to be some character...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Historical, LGBTQ Voices
