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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Story is an independent literary journal of narrative fiction and nonfiction aimed to enrich the American literary life through a publication of a diverse and inclusive roster of contemporary voices. Founded in 1931, Story has...
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The Story Shack is a daily online flash fiction publication that celebrates the collaboration between writers and illustrators. We are proud to say that all stories we publish come with an accompanying illustration.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionGenres: Flash Fiction -
Founded in 1975, StoryQuarterly has been publishing emerging and established writers for over thirty years.
Reading Period: Mar 20 to Jul 1Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We are actively looking for unique modes of storytelling that fall outside conventional boundaries while still maintaining the core essence of "story." We accept stories in all forms and formats, especially those we haven't thought of yet.
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Focus on writing from and about the American South.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
No themes or gimmicks — we just want your best.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
We're looking for fiction, poetry, memoir and art -- especially pieces that reflect a sense of place.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We publish writing we love, whether from established writers or new voices. On the fiction side we sometimes tend towards the slipstream end of things. We print poetry in translation and original verse in English.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
We welcome poetry, short story and art submissions from all people and places. Send us your most oneiric, moonlit work.
We enjoy writing that’s dream-like but tactile—something that lets one feel the moonbeams between the fingertips.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 1Genres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal, LGBTQ, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
“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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We are a new literary magazine which aims to publish the best short fiction online. We are interested in short stories and flash fiction pieces of no more than 3,000 words. Fiction which does not fit into a box. It must be lively, daring, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionGenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
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 NonfictionGenres: 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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Superstition Review is the online literary magazine produced by creative writing and web design students at Arizona State University. The mission of our journal is to promote contemporary art and literature by providing a free, easy-to-navigate,...
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An international biannual online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Experimental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
We want images, feelings, truths, dreams, fears, & passions. We want the growing edge. We want feminism. We want LGBTQQIP2SAA & MOGAI. We want POC. We want to support the underrepresented, underprivileged, marginalized, & oppressed. ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ -
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 NonfictionGenres: 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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A sweet tree is the inceptive – your earliest memory, the stain of blackberry juice, the cat you lost in fourth grade, your latest road trip postcard. A sweet tree is the aftermath – the fireweed, the clink of soapy glasses after a funeral, the...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Feminist, Formal, Healing/Health, LGBTQ, Micro-poetry, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
Sycamore Review is Purdue University’s internationally acclaimed literary journal, affiliated with Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts and the Department of English. We offer editorial positions to individuals affiliated with Purdue’s...
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Syndic Literary Journal publishes interesting, creative and thoughtful pieces from authors/artists at home and abroad.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, LGBTQ, Nonfiction, Pop Culture
