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Literary Magazines
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 -
Embark is a literary journal designed for novelists, which features the beginnings of not-yet-published novels. It is released twice annually, and each issue features a range of genres, including literary dramas, mysteries, science...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Emerald City Ghosts is a horror and paranormal literary magazine inspired by life in the gloomy Pacific Northwest.
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eMerge Online Literary Magazine seeks avant-garde poetry and short fiction that pushes boundaries. eMerge values works that prompt readers to perceive aspects of humanity in novel and enlightening ways, encouraging a fresh...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Encyclopedia Prismatica publishes littérature engagée, continuing the legacy of twentieth century journals like Les Temps Modernes, while expanding the scope and possibility of engagement. Encyclopedia...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 3 to May 8, Jul 3 to Aug 7, Oct 2 to Nov 6, Jan 1 to Feb 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Poetry, Political, Visual Poetry -
The editors want to highlight voices that are rich with expression / language that is playful and impactful / and imagery that is evocative and unexpected.
Reading Period: Jun 26 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry -
Eoagh is dedicated to the idea of reading as a process, the productive chaos of investigative poetic work. It seeks to foreground the writing of queer, trans, feminist, BIPOC, and antiracist authors. It seeks texts that explore the acts...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 17 to May 17Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation -
Epiphany Magazine is a semiannual print and online literary journal and an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) that supports practicing writers at every stage of their careers. It publishes two print magazines a year and publishes essays,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 15, May 1 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Reading Period: Feb 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry
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Poetic discourse idioms. Eratio has a new look and a new policy: Eratio no longer publishes issues. Rather, as works are accepted, so they will appear. New work appears two or three times a week or as accepted. There are no ads...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
The Esthetic Apostle publishes poetry, prose, essays, visual art, and photography with intention, craft, and a distinct artistic voice. Originally founded in Chicago and now reaching a global audience, the publication favors work with...
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Eucalyptus Lit is a quarterly magazine of poetry, prose, and artwork. They are looking for searing, electric work that plays with language in beautiful ways. Send them your love for words, in whatever form that manifests. They’re a fan...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Eunoia Review is a Singapore-based online literary journal committed to sharing the fruits of “beautiful thinking.” Each day, it publishes four new pieces of writing for your reading pleasure. The editor believes that Eunoia Review...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
For 54 years, EVENT has published the very best in contemporary new poetry and prose. It is one of Western Canada’s longest-running literary magazines and welcomes submissions written in English from around the world. Each issue of ...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Ex-Puritan is an online, quarterly publication based in Toronto, Ontario committed to publishing the best in all forms of literary storytelling. They embrace work wherever it lands on the conceptual spectrum, so long as it is...
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The Exacting Clam is a quarterly magazine of arts and ideas, brought to you by Sagging Meniscus Press.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Poetry -
Exit 13 Magazine is a travelogue in poetry, a reflection and chronicle of the people and places encountered along the way. Since 1988, emphasis has been on geography, travel, cross-pollination and the fertile ground of the imagination...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Oct 29Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Regional -
Expanded Field is an English-language journal for creative writing and image/text experimentation. The journal publishes original works of prose, poetry, visual art, and other experimental works not easily classified within genre...
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Eye to the Telescope, a quarterly online journal, began publishing science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative poetry in 2011. It is run by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. Each issue has a different theme...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre -
Printed triannually and distributed around the world, F(r)iction publishes work from bold, new writers to pioneering leaders in the industry, spotlighting underrepresented voices and celebrating the weird and wonderful.
Each issue...
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The editors of Fabulist Magazine are not at this time accepting submissions, but anticipate opening a new submissions window in 2027. For details on the editors’ interest, rate of pay, and to review their fiction contract, visit their...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 6 to Nov 12, May 7 to May 13Temporarily Closed to Submissions -
Founded in the summer of 2020 by Ranna Kisswani and A.R. Arthur (formerly A.R. Salandy), Fahmidan Journal hopes to bring out diverse voices and their cacophonous words. Now in its fourth year, Fahmidan Journal is now a paying...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
failbetter.com publishes original fiction, poetry, and visual art. They seek that which is at once original and personal. When choosing work to submit, be certain that what you have created could only have come from you.
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Since 2007, the Fairy Tale Magazine has offered fairy tale lovers a space to publish their own tales, read the classics again, and enjoy classic fairy tale art. Please visit their site to learn about their submissions guidelines...
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Since its founding in 2020, Fantastic Other’s mission has been to provide a place to showcase the literary side of all things speculative. The editors welcome poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art submissions that contain elements of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31
