“Strong Words for a Polite Nation” subTerrain Magazine was founded in 1988 to publish writers from the other side of the tracks. Each issue features progressive and sometimes controversial writing, alongside timely book reviews and contemporary...
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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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Sugar House Review is an independent poetry mag. published semiannually in Utah. We intend to publish a wide variety of the best poetry we can get our hands on without displaying a bias to a particular style or voice. We hope our content...
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The Summerset Review is a literary journal released quarterly on the 15th of March, June, September, and December on the Internet, and periodically in print form. Founded in 2002, the journal is exclusively devoted to the review and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
The Sun is an independent, ad-free magazine that for more than forty years has used words and photographs to evoke the splendor and heartache of being human. Each monthly issue celebrates life, but not in a way that ignores its...
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Sundog Lit is committed to publishing pieces that engage with tension, introspection, empathy, considered positionality, thoughtful form play, emotional courage, and musicality.
We are equally committed to uplifting voices from...
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We accept all forms of poetry and prose writing. Some issues are themed, so poetry and writing that do not fit the theme will not be accepted. Before submitting, please read the submission guidelines.
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Superstition Review is the online literary magazine produced by creative writing and web design students at Arizona State University. The mission of the journal is to promote contemporary art and literature by providing a free, easy-to-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Aug 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
SurVision is an international biannual online poetry magazine founded in Ireland in March 2017 as a platform for new Irish and international Surrealist and Irrealist poetry in English.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
We’re interested in undergraduate writing with fresh language, complexity, strong character development, emotional resonance, and momentum. We want to read something we haven’t read before. We want your language to linger in us long after we’ve...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Translation -
The Swamp Ape is a legend that reflects Florida—its mythology, its weirdness—as well as the human desire to create a narrative around that which we can’t explain. Submissions to the Swamp should defy form to the extent that the piece’s creator...
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Sweet Tree Review is a quarterly online literary and arts publication obsessed with ineffable connectivity.
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swifts & slows features poetry and poetic collaborations with focus on experimental poetry, prose poetry and visual poetry. It is always on the lookout for work that pushes the gamut of possibilities.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Founded by Catherine Esposito Prescott and Jen Karetnick, SWWIM Every Day publishes one poem every weekday from women and women-identifying/femme-presenting writers of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures, orientations, expressions and...
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Syndic Literary Journal publishes interesting, creative and thoughtful pieces from authors/artists at home and abroad.
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Syndicated celebrates the art of television through people’s unique perspectives, insights, and experiences. We’re more analysis than review, more individual than far-reaching, and more you than the hunk of metal you watch on. If a show...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jul 1Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Pop Culture -
Tab Journal is an international poetry journal of poems, translations, and critical and creative essays about poetry; book reviews are written by staff. The tagline "space before text" announces that design of text and space creates a ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
We produce this literary journal with the aim of contributing to and sustaining a healthy literary ecosystem: We pay for all of the poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in our pages. Every member of our staff is paid. A major goal of Tahoma Literary...
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Taint Taint Taint Magazine is an online literary and cultural arts journal dedicated to decolonizing the art world.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 11Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Our main aim is to publish the poets and writers in English all over the world. The critical articles, essays, and poems should exhibit the post-modern trends, without obscurity, artificiality and violation of laws of criticism. Taj Mahal Review...
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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 -
Talking Writing is a nonprofit digital magazine that publishes four issues a year, featuring stories, poetry, and journalism. Every issue of Talking Writing is devoted to a theme, such as "Distraction" or "Writing and Faith." TW's...
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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: Nov 9 to Dec 7Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: 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, emphasizing our connections to the Tampa Bay region...
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Founded in 2002 as an online literary journal, Tarpaulin Sky published its first paper edition in 2007 and continues to publish new work both online and in print, often curated by guest-editors, focusing on cross-genre/trans-genre/hybrid...
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN TO ALL, although I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning. I believe that writing students (virtually everyone has been a writing student) need to...
Read moreReading Period: May 18 to Nov 19Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
