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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: Apr 20 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
With stunning, colorful artwork as well as audio and video clips, the Tadpole Press Literary Magazine is a visual feast of microfiction and poetry. Curated from the top entries in the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest, they...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Tahoma Literary Review is based in the Pacific Northwest but is international in scope. TLR offers both professional payment and exposure to its contributors by using a substantial portion of its total income to support its...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 31, Aug 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Taj Mahal Review publishes poets and writers in English from all over the world. The critical articles, essays, and poems it publishes should exhibit postmodern trends, without obscurity, artificiality, and violation of laws of criticism...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Talking River Review, Lewis-Clark State College’s literary journal, seeks examples of literary excellence and originality. Send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction manuscripts.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Prose Poetry -
Talon Review is a journal where honest writing and emerging voices find their way. Founded in Jacksonville, Florida as a literary journal for the University of North Florida, Talon Review has grown as a home where tales of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 5 to Mar 8, Aug 16 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Tampa Review is a literary magazine published dedicated to the blending of contemporary literature and visual arts. Each issue features contemporary writing and art from Florida and the world.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
SPECIAL EDITION: Because the editor lives near Asheville, NC, she is dedicating the upsoming edition to those affected by Hurricane Helene. She remains open to any themes and genres but is especially interested in work that shows the resilency...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Sep 1, Oct 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Place. Climate. Justice. Terrain.org is an award-winning literary journal publishing online on a rolling basis: editorials, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, interviews, artwork, videos, and case studies.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Translation -
THEMA is a theme-generated journal of short stories, poetry, art and photography. Each issue is a standalone anthology based on a unique theme.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Digital literary quarterly for new, emerging and established writers and artists. The editors seek good writing above anything else: inspired, unbound, and diverse. Original work only.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Thimble Literary Magazine is a quarterly online and print journal based on the belief that poetry is like armor.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Based at 7,000 feet, Thin Air Magazine has no choice but to invite work that takes us to dizzying heights with its innovation and insight. The editors aspire to foster diversity, authenticity, surprise, and excitement while making the...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Poetry attentive to form; short fiction with a lasting impact; criticism of poetry and prose; nonfiction with a focus on the natural world.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres. Third Coast consistently publishes often award-winning...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Nov 15, Nov 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Located on the Pacific Ocean in the artists’ colony of Laguna Beach, California, Third Street Review lives on the edge, both literally and figuratively. California has always been synonymous with exploration and innovation and, in...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Nov 30, Feb 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Thirteen Bridges Review is the literary arts journal produced by the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. The journal’s mission is to present original and groundbreaking literary works by new and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 2, Jan 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Threepenny Review is an arts magazine that combines literature, the visual and performing arts, memoir, and essay, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been published since 1980. Every issue contains essays, stories, poems, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The editors focus on short fiction in the thriller, mystery, and suspense genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Mystery, Short Fiction -
The Tiger Moth Review publishes poetry, prose, art and photography that engage with the themes of nature, culture, the environment and ecology. Send them work that is eco-conscious and critical, work that celebrates the beauty/bounty of...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30, Aug 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Share poetry that resists the "regime of common sense." (Anthony Reed)
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jun 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Timada’s Diary is the magazine of ekphrastic literature. They publish prose, poetry, and images of visual art that have been inspired by the arts.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Jul 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Timberline Review is an all-volunteer literary journal published by Willamette Writers. The editors’ focus is on showcasing emerging talent.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
TOS is published by Wind & Water Press, and its purpose is to provide a market for literary Christian poetry, with “Christian” defined in the widest sense. Free verse and all forms are welcome. TOS encourages poets to take...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Formal Poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
TINGE Magazine, Temple University’s online literary journal, is published one to two times a year.
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
