The Racket Journal is a weekly online literary journal. The editors want to promote the work of up-and-coming, emerging, established, and never-before-seen writers from around the country.
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: Sep 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction -
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, Jun 1 to Aug 1, Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
The Rebis is a print publication dedicated to exploring the intersection of tarot and creativity through original art, essays, fiction, and poetry. Each annual issue focuses on a single tarot card, bringing together an international...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 18 to Feb 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
redrosethorns journal is an online literary publication dedicated to work exploring mental health, self-care, gender, and sexuality, in any genre and style.
We are inspired by the feminist consciousness-raising movement, which...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action embodies a psychoanalytic understanding of how change happens and has become a powerful tool for personal, cultural, and political discourse. ROOM’s submission process parallels the process...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 7 to May 5, Jun 1 to Sep 3, Oct 3 to Jan 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political -
Rundelania is the digital literary journal of the Arts and Literature Division, located within the Central Branch of the Rochester Public Library. The journal is dedicated to the publication of original poetry and prose.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
