The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program, printed annually. The journal welcomes submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and...
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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: Jul 15 to Sep 15, Nov 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
The Free Flash Fiction website is a space to promote a broad range of flash fiction, publish the work of new and established authors, and provide stories to read for free.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
Free State Review is published four times every three years by Galileo Press / Galileo Books. Their motto is “Totally Limited Omniscience.” More John Waters than Chekhov. Joni Mitchell and James Brown more than anyone. Definitely start...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Free the Verse is a quarterly poetry magazine seeking to publish modern poetry by emerging and established poets alike. We pay USD $10 per published poem.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Fresh Words is a new international literary magazine that aims at being a storehouse of the best contemporary literature. It will publish twelve times a year. It will be available in print as well as e-book format.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Freshwater Review is a student led yearly publication featuring poetry, visual art, and short fiction from contributers all over the world. Submissions are free and are automatically entered in for the Rose Warner Prize consideration...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Feb 15Subgenres: Cross-genre, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Haunted Waters Press is an independent publisher located in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia along the banks of the Shenandoah River. The press accepts works from new, emerging, and established writers. From the Depths...
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Frontier Poetry is looking for poetry that pushes language forward, for poets and poems that strive to place themselves at the edge of what language can do.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Oct 1, Aug 15 to Oct 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Garfield Lake Review prides itself in accepting a wide selection of fiction, poetry, and visual arts from the Olivet community and beyond.
Reading Period: Sep 7 to Sep 27Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Garlic Press is an online lit mag for extra pungent poetry and prose—by which they mean vivid, mean sticky and raw, mean flavorful, biting, sharp-edged. They are looking for work that stings readers awake and leaves them...
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GAS: Poetry, Art, and Music is an online journal that publishes poetry as well as a combination of art, music, and interviews. It’s best to read a few features to get the sense for what is published. They also do occasional interviews,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Feminist, Micro-poetry, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Gavialidae is a print literary periodical published annually seeking poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and plays.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue represents a convergence of fiction,...
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Gemini Magazine celebrates compelling fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. The editors hold three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry, and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize. Work from Gemini has won...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War -
The Georgia Review seeks to create a lasting environment for literature by supporting writers at every stage of their careers. Committed to the art of editorial practice, the Review collaborates with authors of essays, stories,...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Gigantic Sequins is print-based and annual. Its black and white journal is known for its quality writing and its unique design/aesthetic. It accepts work from unpublished writers in addition to those who have an already established voice...
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The Gilded Weathervane, published biannually by FarmGirl Press, aims to promote poets, authors, and artists who explore rural life within their work.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 1, Oct 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ginosko: a Greek word meaning to perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment. The recognition of truth from experience.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Glacier is an annual online literary journal based at Indiana University South Bend. The journal accepts submissions of poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Glacier is interested...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Glassworks is a publication of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing program. In addition to providing opportunities for graduate students to participate as literary citizens, Glassworks publishes literary work from both...
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Gone Lawn likes the magical and shiny things, and unusual and/or innovative works that baffle the fence-setters of our verdant lands and whisk away all of their dreary tools. Gone Lawn is especially partial to odd garden animals...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
The Gotham Guillotine is New York’s sharpest socialist literary magazine. Its editorial board is committed to publishing the socialist creatives of our time and to telling the literary boregeoizzzie to kick rocks.
Reading Period: Jul 16 to Sep 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Grand Little Things caters to formalistic, stylized poetry, but is also welcome to invented/nonce forms as well.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Grande Dame Literary & Art Journal (Moth & Thistle) is dedicated to supporting women writers and artists. Writers range from emerging voices to self-published novelists to award-winning, traditionally published authors....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry
