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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: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation, Young Adult -
Waxing & Waning is a literary journal that seeks what’s on the fringe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Waxwing is a literary journal promoting the tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary American literature, alongside international voices in translation. The editors believe that American voices are, at their cores, both...
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Since 2012, The Wayfarer has been offering literature, interviews, and art with the intention to inspire its readers, enrich their lives, and highlight the power of agency and change-making that each individual holds.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 31, Feb 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wayne Literary Review is a yearly literary journal published in Detroit, MI, by Wayne State Press. We publish writing that inspires, experiments, and pushes language in new and interesting directions. We are edited by Wayne State...
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West Trade Review strives to put forth the best contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (memoir/personal essays) and publishes a mix of established and up-and-coming writers. It is committed to the principles of diversity,...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Aug 1, Aug 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Whale Road Review will publish poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that “don’t demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed.”
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30, Dec 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wilderness House Literary Review is a publication devoted to excellence in literature and the arts.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since 1977 Willow Springs has published the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews with notable authors including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, Robert Wrigley, Joyce Carol Oates, Yusef...
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Started in 2016, The Wire’s Dream is a semi-annual magazine that values your story, your life perspective, and your worldview. An extension of The Black Lion Journal, The Wire’s Dream features creative...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 2 to Apr 30, Sep 2 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We’re particularly interested in themes of space and place, things that change and things that don’t, the spots we share and the ones we keep to ourselves. Where do you go when you need peace? Where do you go when you need to be loud? What...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 3 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Woven Tale Press is a fine arts and literary magazine that welcomes unsolicited submissions. It focuses on contributors with a web presence (blog or website).
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Established by combat veterans and maintained by a diverse board of veterans, military spouses, and writers compelled by themes of social justice and human resilience, the Wrath-Bearing Tree publishes essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry...
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The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal devoted to literature, art and culture. Its mission is to showcase new and emerging writers—particularly those in writing programs—as well as established writers. It features new...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
