Arc features poetry and poetry criticism from emerging and established writers in Canada and beyond. It is interested in brave new voices and poetry that is woozy, cunning, shearing and wildlike, as well as prose that offers new...
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Reading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Translation -
The Chicago Review of Books presents Arcturus, an online literary magazine of new perspectives in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Arkana is the journal of mysteries and marginalized voices. It seeks and fosters a sense of shared wonder by publishing inclusive art that asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and...
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The Arkansas International seeks to put U.S. writing in conversation with writing from around the world. It seeks out not only work in English by U.S. writers but also translations from other languages and original work in English by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 20 to Apr 20, Jun 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Published three times a year, Arkansas Review is a journal of Delta studies. All materials must evoke or respond to the natural and/or cultural experience of the seven state Mississippi River Delta (IL, MO, KY, TN, AR, MS, LA).
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The intent of ArLiJo is to feature a variety of authors/poets/artists from around the globe whose work provokes readers to contemplate issues, etc. ArLiJo features poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork.
Reading Period: Mar 15 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction, Translation -
Founded by students and faculty of the Queens College MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation, Armstrong Literary is interested in work that pushes boundaries–on an emotional level as well as a linguistic one–poems, stories,...
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Arts & Letters is a literary magazine based at Georgia College. It’s open to both formal and experimental works, with the emphasis resting on craft.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Assisi’s mission is, first and foremost, to publish works of literature and art that are thoughtful, engaging, and well written/composed. It looks for work that examines the human condition, that helps the reader view things from a...
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Asymptote welcomes submissions of translated poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama; certain types of original English-language nonfiction, including literary and critical writing; interviews as well as visual art. An annual English-...
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At Length is a venue for ambitious, in-depth writing, music, photography, and art that are open to possibilities shorter forms preclude. As a print-friendly online magazine, it creates ways for readers, listeners, and viewers to interact...
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The aim of Atticus Review is to provoke and encourage conversation through the publishing of art and literature from under-represented artists and writers. It seeks to give visibility to its contributors by promoting, nurturing, and...
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Aura Literary Arts Review is an award-winning creative literary magazine that is published through the Student Media division of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The publication is led and run by UAB students from various...
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The Aurora Journal publishes surrealistic poetry and prose that is ethereal, dreamy, and explores the dangerous limits of surrealism. Regardless of age, experience, or any other defining factor, the journal considers all writers. The...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 20 to Jan 25, Feb 20 to Mar 25, Sep 20 to Nov 15Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Young Adult -
The AutoEthnographer is an award-winning, non-profit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine dedicated to presenting the creative side of autoethnography, a qualitative research method that unites autobiography and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
The Avenue is a print, Mid-Atlantic-based literary journal open to all things literary. It is committed to the quirky, dark, artistic, and disenfranchised.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Azure publishes work that is linguistically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding of its reader. It seeks pieces that increase in complexity upon each visitation and exhibit a density worthy of scholarly or artistic study. AZURE's...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction -
Bacopa Literary Review is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. Cash prizes in multiple genres. The specific genres and sub-genres we seek change from year to year, but always include...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 19 to Apr 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Taking its inspiration from other pugnacious, and cool magazines like Chimurenga, Bakwa was founded to counter the absence of literary magazines in Cameroon; with a wide ranging remit that’s broader than the literary, Bakwa is...
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The mission of the Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers from the U.S. and beyond.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 30, Feb 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The world of literature holds no boundaries and the editors at the Bangalore Review are committed to publishing exemplary writing from all over. The magazine publishes literary fiction and non-fiction, reviews, poetry, art, and...
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Banshee is a print literary journal published twice a year—in spring and autumn—and features short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and personal essays.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Oct 31, Mar 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Banyan Review is an online, international journal promoting poetry, art, and the natural world. It publishes four issues annually.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Barnstorm is an online literary magazine sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to May 15, Aug 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Barren Magazine is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and photography for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses.
Reading Period: Feb 28 to Mar 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry
