Nightingale & Sparrow is a literary magazine and small press featuring poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography. The magazine aims to soar through written and visual arts. The editors want to publish work that...
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Reading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 21Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry’s mission is the discovery, development, and promotion of new writing. Its spring issue is thematic and dedicated to work by writers from one region of the world or a particular subject. It...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Ninth Letter is a collaborative arts and literary project produced by the Creative Writing Program and School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Edited and designed by faculty and students as part of the...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
No Tokens is a journal celebrating work that is felt in the spine. It is run entirely by women, queer, trans, and non-binary individuals, dedicated to featuring the words and artwork of all voices of the past, present, and future.
Reading Period: May 31 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
No, Dear features poems by New York City writers. The small selection of poems creates a dialogue around a different theme (Debris / Violence / Water) for each issue.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 15, Jul 1 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry -
Noctua Review is the literary publication of Southern Connecticut State University's (SCSU) English department. We encourage well-crafted poetry and fiction submissions of any style from emerging and established writers.
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Each issue is themed, and NonBinary Review explores the edges of those themes. We're looking for works that approach our themes in unexpected but completely fitting ways.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Nonconformist is a literary magazine dedicated to publishing fiction, poetry, experimental fiction and poetry, book reviews, literary criticism, and various culture-related articles. We believe in reconfiguring the world using pens,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Normal School is now an online journal featuring nonfiction, fiction, poetry, criticism, journalism, author interviews, and multi-media texts. The bi-annual print magazine finished in spring 2019, ending its 11-year run.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in Boston in 1815, the North American Review is the oldest literary magazines in the United States. Contributors include important nineteenth-century American writers and thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
A cross between a scholarly journal and a literary magazine, NCLR publishes creative writing by and interviews with North Carolina writers and essays about NC writers, literature, and literary history and culture.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 1, Mar 15 to Apr 30, Sep 15 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Regional -
North of Oxford is an international journal of poetry, book reviews, commentary and essays.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Northern New England Review is published as a creative voice for the Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine region.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Northwest Review's editors are eager to read works that are formally inventive, experimental in voice or form; the editors want to read work from writers of marginalized communities and voices, especially writers who have never before...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The literary journal Nostos, containing poetry, short fiction, and art usually focused on a theme, is published by Longship Press.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Novel Slices is dedicated solely to novel excerpts. These excerpts should feel like they come from novels that want to be read—they may pop readers into the action and leave them hanging at the end. They do not have to feel '...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 26 to Apr 30, Aug 24 to Oct 31Genre: Fiction -
Founder and editor Porter Fox has worked as a travel journalist for 17 years. He created Nowhere with a group of like-minded writers, editors, producers, and designers to create a new kind of travel magazine—something more engaging, authentic,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Nude Bruce Review strives to publish compelling, high-quality work to support emerging and existing writers of all identities from across the globe in showcasing their voices.
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Nurture: A Literary Journal is a home for writing that values economy of language, precision of detail, a tender heart, and humor. We have a soft spot for work that explores the complexities of care.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1975, Oakwood is South Dakota State University's literary annual; we publish a handsome print edition in the spring followed by web publication. In recent years, Oakwood has embraced a regional identity and begun...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Oberon Poetry magazine is a literary journal published by the Oberon Foundation,
a nonprofit arts organization on Long Island.Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 10Genre: Poetry -
Obsidian cultivates, through publication and critical inquiry, Black imagination, innovation, and excellence—supporting Black, African, and African Diaspora creatives globally.
Reading Period: May 15 to Oct 15, Oct 15 to Jan 1Genres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Kallisto Gaia Press is a nonprofit literary organization that publishes The Ocotillo Review. Although the editors welcome experimental or unusual approaches to literature, their goal is to promote finely crafted work with an expressive...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 31, Aug 15 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
October Hill Magazine believes strongly in the need for a digital platform from which new and aspiring writers can express their creativity. The editors believe in honoring new talent and publishing the very best of new literary and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 15Genres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Oddball Magazine is an eclectic online lit magazine with comic strips, music reviews, theater criticism, pop culture poetry, flash fiction, breaking news, tribute pieces, and more.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry
