The Glacier is an annual online literary journal based at Indiana University South Bend. The journal accepts submissions of poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Glacier is interested...
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Reading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Glassworks is a publication of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing program. In addition to providing opportunities for graduate students to participate as literary citizens, Glassworks publishes literary work from both...
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Gone Lawn likes the magical and shiny things, and unusual and/or innovative works that baffle the fence-setters of our verdant lands and whisk away all of their dreary tools. Gone Lawn is especially partial to odd garden animals...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
The Gotham Guillotine is New York’s sharpest socialist literary magazine. Its editorial board is committed to publishing the socialist creatives of our time and to telling the literary boregeoizzzie to kick rocks.
Reading Period: Jul 16 to Sep 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Grande Dame Literary & Art Journal (Moth & Thistle) is dedicated to supporting women writers and artists. Writers range from emerging voices to self-published novelists to award-winning, traditionally published authors....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry -
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent publisher of defamiliarized creative writing. Its ongoing goal is to publish work that defamiliarizes, writing that stranges in pursuit of a renewed sense of discovery.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
GSR publishes new poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, craft essays, author interviews, and visual art. The editors are also interested in hybrid work or work that resists easy classification. Literary quality is always...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Green Blotter is published annually by the Green Blotter Literary Society of Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, and features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art submitted by undergraduate student writers...
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Produced by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, the Greensboro Review publishes fiction and poetry twice a year, each fall and spring. Works from the journal are consistently...
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Strictly literary writing please; flash and poetry. Emerging and established voices are welcome. Sparrow Poets address global issues that haunt us all. Book manuscripts are published sporadically. Grey Sparrow Journal also offers a “...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts seeks high quality submissions from both emerging and established writers. It publishes craft essays and interviews as well as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Guernica publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The magazine looks for work that feels global and outward-looking; fearless in its willingness to ask tough questions; original in the ways it enters and illuminates the fray; and,...
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Gulf Coast publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and critical art writing, as well as reviews and interviews, by both emerging and established writers. Each issue features two full-color art sections.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
Gulf Stream Magazine, started in 1989, is a national literary magazine published by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. It is a biannual online journal dedicated to publishing great fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 10 to Nov 1, Feb 14 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gutter is an award-winning, high quality, printed journal for fiction, nonfiction, reviews and poetry from writers born, living in, or somehow connected to Scotland, though the writing in Gutter spans the globe. The editors...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Sep 30, Feb 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Haiku Shack Magazine focuses on very short poetry and microfiction that seek to make an emotional impact. Every issue is inspired by a specific theme and photograph. Writers are invited to send their own interpretations of one or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Poetry -
Established in 2015, Half Mystic Journal is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary literary magazine dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
The Hamilton Stone Review is part of a movement of small, independent publishers and publications dedicated to distributing high quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
For nearly 60 years, Hanging Loose Press has championed the work of groundbreaking poets and writers whose work has been marginalized by mainstream publishing—work frequently less visible, whether because of gender, race, age, class or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Harpur Palate seeks submissions of high quality work without restriction on form or content.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Jul 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Harvard Review publishes short fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and book reviews. Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to apply, however, the magazine can only publish a very small fraction of the material received....
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
HAUNTER Review was born as a tribute to the shadowed community of horror and alternative writers, those who craft stories from the edges of the dark. HAUNTER Review welcomes short stories, flash fiction, microfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 1, Mar 1 to Apr 1, Jun 1 to Jul 1, Sep 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
Havik: The Las Positas College Journal of Arts, Literature, & Academic Writing, founded in 1978, has served as a student-led publication for the past four decades. The journal was established by David A. Wright, an English Department...
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Founded in 1986, Hayden’s Ferry Review is a semi-annual, international literary journal edited by the MFA students at Arizona State University under the guidance of a full-time editor in chief. HFR looks for well-crafted work that...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 15 to Jul 15, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Headlight Review features new creative writing that demonstrates the persistent value of imaginative literature. The editors seek submissions that push the boundaries of form, langauge, plot, character, and prosody, especially from...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
