Plant-Human Quarterly explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world—from heavily researched pieces, to keen observation, to less systematic, intuitive ways of knowing and interacting—that attempt to...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionGenres: Nature/Environmental
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Platform Review developed from ARTS by the People’s popular open-mic nights. First-time readers who attend our literary open mic, The Platform, receive a second round of applause for having the courage to present their work to an audience. We...
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Please See Me is an online literary journal that features health-related stories. The mission of the publication is to elevate the voices and stories of vulnerable and underserved populations and those who care for them. At the heart of...
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Pleiades: Literature in Context is a literary biannual featuring poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and reviews by authors from around the world. Past contributors include winners of the Nobel, Ruth Lilly, Pulitzer, Bollingen, Prix...
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The Plentitudes is a quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating short stories, personal essays, and poetry from diverse voices. We believe in the power of writing—in its plentitudes of forms, styles, and modes of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Ploughshares is a journal of new writing, and two out of three issues per year are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with each year's Winter issue staff-edited. 50...
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Plume is a magazine dedicated to publishing the very best of contemporary poetry. To that end, the editors are highly selective, offering twelve poems per monthly issue.
Reading Period: Oct 15 to Oct 29, May 15 to May 28Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Pocket Samovar is an international literary magazine dedicated to underrepresented post-Soviet writing, art & diaspora. It originated in 2019 as a group of Jack Kerouac School students influenced—but not determined—by Soviet cultural...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Lyric Essay, Poetry, Political, Regional, Translation -
Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry is a sporadically published online literary journal devoted to all kinds of poetry. Its founding principle is change. Each issue focuses on a different kind or aspect of poetry,...
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We enjoy poetry from accomplished as well as emerging poets. We like all forms of poetry, but tend to shy away from sing-songy forced rhyme. We love inventive verbs, language used in new ways, and concrete imagery. Starting with our 12th issue (...
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Poet Lore is a biannual print journal of poetry, featuring the finest in contemporary writing. Our print issues deliver poems that make concerns of our moment both urgent and intimate. Published with the conviction that poetry provides a...
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Editors are interested in works that have the courage to acknowledge, challenge, and celebrate modern Jewish life beyond distinctions of secular and sacred.
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We like accessible works that find fresh meaning in old traditions that recognize ...Reading Period: Mar 1 to Jul 1Genre: PoetryGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
Poetry embraces the “open-door policy” set forth by founding editor, Harriet Monroe. Poetry desires to print, as Monroe put it, “the best English verse which is being written today, regardless of where, by whom, or under what...
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POETRY INTERNATIONAL is one of the oldest and most respected literary journals dedicated to publishing poetry from around the globe. Each issue of the print journal brings together original poems, portfolios, and translated work in...
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After more than 60 years, Poetry Northwest remains committed to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, especially work willing to take risks and push readers to the emotional and intellectual edge of what poetry makes possible. Edited and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Sep 30, Feb 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Nonfiction, Poetry -
Established in Vancouver, Canada, on the Remembrance Day of 2012, Poetry Pacific is a literary publication committed to promoting cultural exchange by featuring the very 'best' contemporary poetry in English it can find.
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The Poetry Porch is a magazine on the Internet for poets, teachers, and their students. First appearing online in 1997, it is only published online. It is interested in original unpublished poems, essays, reviews, memoirs, and fiction,...
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The Poetry Project Newsletter is the Project’s quarterly publication for reviews, essays, interviews, poems, remembrances, and arts criticism. Published continuously since 1972 and freely available online, in bookstores around the US and...
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Poetry South is an international journal that considers all kinds of poetry. Though we pay particular attention to writers from the American South (born, raised, or living here), the magazine has a tradition of including poets from other...
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The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people's poetry as possible. There are no content or style restrictions. We publish a wide variety of styles, form and otherwise. Read past issues for...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Points in Case is a daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy from seasoned writers and fresh voices.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Experimental, Humor -
Polaris publishes in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. The editors want to see the best that undergraduate students have to offer and showcase the unique voice of developing and emerging writers.
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The mission of Polyphony Lit is to create a high-quality literary magazine written, edited, and published by high school students.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Jan 31, Mar 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ponder Review seeks stories that challenge, stories that shift our view, ignite our imaginations, spark conversations, and linger with us long after our eyes leave the page. We invite you to explore, expound, and inspire through short...
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Poor Yorick Literary Journal is a free, online literary journal of the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction