Deep Wild Journal is the home for creative work inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. We seek work that conjures the experiences, observations, and insights of backcountry journeys. By “backcountry,” we mean away from...
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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: Oct 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Defunct is a celebration of what’s over, & what isn’t yet. We’re mourning. We’re functioning. Let’s show the world what we want & need through what we’ve lost. Punk’s not dead, punk’s not dead. We’re punk. We’re funky. We can be...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Delmarva Review publishes literary short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry annually in print and electronic editions. Both are available worldwide via online major booksellers. The editors welcome new literary work in English...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Diagram is an electronic journal of text and art. As our name indicates, we're interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labelling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories; in...
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We encourage risks that redefine narrative. We are not afraid to publish the cruel, harsh, and ugly. We love to laugh and bask in the unexpected joy of reading a well-developed, complex piece of literature. That said, don't try to Wow us. Show us...
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digital vestiges is an online series of fragments and ephemera. Black Sun Lit's longest running publishing platform, digital vestiges seeks poetry, prose, works in translation, hybrid works, interviews with writers and artists,...
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The Dillydoun Review is an online literary magazine that publishes monthly issues of prose and poetry. All varieties are welcome for consideration including but not limited to: short stories, flash fiction, poetry, prose poetry, essay,...
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Diode Poetry Journal is looking for poetry that excites and energizes, that uses language that crackles and sparks. It is looking for poetry from all points on the arc, from formal to experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
Disquiet Arts is a POC-led magazine, focusing on gothic literature and erotica. We seek poetry, flash fiction, photography, and art from authors and artists in all stages of their careers, especially those from the BIPOC and LGBTQ+...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genres: BIPOC Voices, Erotica, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry -
We’re always interested in work that reflects the diversity of contemporary poetry and demonstrates literary excellence in a fresh way which we publish alongside of the work of a featured artist each issue. We also now publish The DMQ Reviews:...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Now in its thirteenth year, Dogwood seeks work that connects directly with readers. Judges for the competition have included former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, NEA Chairman Dana Gioia, and Oprah book club author A. Manette Ansay....
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Doubly Mad takes its title from the poem "Listening" by Robert Bly: "because the world is mad, / the only way through the world is to learn the arts / and double the madness." It is interested not only in emotionally powerful work, but...
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This magazine is looking for the in-depth authenticity of what the artist can create by dishing out their ideas and feelings. The editors are looking for a diverse spectrum of essays, prose, short fiction, art, poetry, and more!
Reading Period: Aug 24 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Dreamers Magazine is published tri-annually and sent to hundreds of subscribers across North America and Europe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Healing/Health, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
John Updike once said, "Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better." At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it...
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Drunk Monkeys is a literary magazine and film blog founded in 2011 featuring short stories, flash fiction, poetry, film articles, movie reviews, and more.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Reading Period: Mar 31 to May 4Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Northern Michigan’s premier independent literary journal, Dunes Review publishes two volumes of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction per year. Work originally published in Dunes Review has appeared in The Pushcart Prize: Best...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 10 to Sep 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Lyric essays. Some hybrid/experimental. Some creative nonfiction.
Prose poetry.
Occasional themed issues, usually in the summer.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Eastern Structures picks up where Contemporary Ghazals left off, publishing English-language examples of the Middle Eastern form, but now also Korean sijo and Japanese forms such as haiku and tanka—rendered exclusively in the 5-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Formal Poetry -
Each issue of Ecotone brings together the literary and scientific, the personal and biological, the urban and rural. Much of the writing we publish addresses the idea of place—overlapping habitats both real and aesthetic. It aims to...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 26 to Sep 2, Jan 20 to Feb 2Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Nature/Environmental -
The Ekphrastic Review is an online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art. Their objective is to promote ekphrastic writing, promote art appreciation, and experience how the two strengthen each other and bring...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Dec 31, Mar 1 to Mar 31, Jun 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Élan international student literary magazine accepts original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screen writing, and plays from students currently enrolled in grades 9 through 12. We seek original,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Young Adult -
Recommended Reading, a magazine by Electric Literature, publishes one story a week: a piece of original fiction, or a story chosen by today’s best authors or editors. Each issue includes a personal foreword by that week’s editor or...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 7 to Mar 13Genre: FictionGenres: Literary Fiction -
Embark is a literary journal designed for novelists and featuring exclusively novel beginnings. In each issue, it features a range of genres, including literary dramas, mysteries, science fiction, and historical fiction.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionGenres: Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction
