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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, Creative Nonfiction -
FICTION has traditionally attempted to make accessible the inaccessible, to bring the experimental to a broader audience, but it represents no particular school of fiction, except the innovative. As a result of its willingness to publish...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Oct 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Fiction -
The Fiction Desk publishes a range of short stories from new and emerging authors, with a focus on strong plots and characters. It is based in the United Kingdom but accepts submissions from authors around the world.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Sep 30, Oct 31 to Jan 31Genre: Fiction, Translation -
Fiction Week Literary Review seeks innovative fiction, fiction that breaks new ground by finding new ways to tell a story. Any length will be considered. Selections from novels will also be considered.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Fictional Café is a nonprofit literary magazine that publishes short fiction (short stories, novel excerpts), poetry, fine art, audiobooks, and audio dramas.
They also offer a two-year Residency Program for poets and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Fictive Dream is an online magazine dedicated to the short story.
“We chose our name with more than just a backward glance to American writer and teacher John Gardner whose concept of the fictive dream remains a cornerstone of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
The Fiddlehead is open to writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles, including experimental genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Sep 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
The purpose of the First Line is to jump start the imagination—to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing...
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Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine, established 2015. On the fifth of each month, five selected pieces will be published on the website. The pieces will be in the following five categories: horror, general fiction, flash...
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Five Points seeks work that is original, imaginative, and informed by craft. Generally prose pieces usually run no longer than 7,500 words, and they invite poetry in both closed and open forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 30, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Each Monday, the Five-Two website debuts the text and companion spoken-word YouTube video of a poem on the subject of crime, which is open to interpretation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
FLARE Magazine publishes stories, hybrids, essays, art, and poetry about chronic illnesses, disabilities, and mental health, written by those who experience at least one of these. FLARE hopes to spread awareness about these...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 13, Apr 1 to Apr 4, Jun 8 to Jun 12, Sep 14 to Sep 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Flash Phantoms publishes horror fiction of 1,000 words or less and micro horror of 100 words. They feature a Story of the Month and an interview with the winning author.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Floating Acorn Review publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction which traverses the delicate boundary between the natural world and the human spirit. The editors highly encourage diverse voices from all walks of life to offer...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The Florida Review publishes compelling new poetry, fiction, CNF, and graphic narratives from around the world. We welcome established and emerging writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Floriography is a literary publication that showcases essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, and visual art exploring memory and creative healing. The magazine uplifts emerging and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Feminist, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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Based out of Iowa State University, Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art that explores the many complicated facets of the word environment—at once rural,...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 17, Sep 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Foglifter is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent queer writing today. It’s a space where queer writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 1, Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Political -
Folio is a nationally-recognized literary journal sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences at American University in Washington, DC. Since 1984, Folio has published original works by both new and established authors in the...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Fool’s World is for readers who want to be transported to a new yet familiar place. Its aim is to publish legit works of travel and place: nonfiction poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction travel flash, and book reviews.
The...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 31, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nonfiction, Poetry -
Four Tulips publishes poetry and prose from both new and established writers. It lives in the moment where visual art comes alive through the written word.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Four Way Review accepts poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and works in translation from both established and emerging authors. They accept unsolicited submissions year-round through their submissions manager. They look for work that...
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Since its inception, Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its commitment to presenting a diversity of experimental and progressive work...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices -
Fourth Genre is devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in literary (creative) nonfiction, and the editors are especially looking to provide space to voices less seldom heard from in literary publications. The journal pays a $50...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Creative Nonfiction
