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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: Apr 15 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1892 by William Peterfield Trent, the Sewanee Review is the longest-running literary quarterly in America. SR has published many of the twentieth century’s great writers, including T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The mission of Shark Reef is to give voice to the writers who make a commitment to produce original writing of high quality and to publish work about the rich experiences of ordinary people, whether via fiction, memoir, drama, or poetry...
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Sep 30, Oct 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The goal for Sheila-Na-Gig online is to continue to support the work of both established and emerging poets in a crisp, uncluttered space. We encourage writers from under-represented populations to submit.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Oct 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31, Apr 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry -
An international, student-run journal published by Ringling College of Art and Design, Shift features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic texts, or other work in English or translation by emerging and established writers. We...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sho Poetry Journal is a small-press Arizona-based print journal coming out of a 20-year hibernation. Our mission is to give voice to poets who have been historically underrepresented or overlooked and to champion poets at all stages of their...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry -
The Shore is an online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike. The editors want poems that explore the worlds of things and ideas, that recognize the liminality, the shifting of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to Jun 1, Jul 1 to Sep 1, Oct 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry -
Shot Glass Journal is an online poetry journal devoted to short poetry. Where other poetry journals publish poems of various lengths and forms, Shot Glass focuses on both free verse and form poetry of 16 lines or less. It believes in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 30, May 1 to Aug 31, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
sin cesar (formerly Dryland) is an independent print literary journal born in South Central Los Angeles in 2015. It aims to publish the best in Black and Brown (POC) poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from around the world,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 16 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal that publishes four issues each year. Publishing since 1976, Sinister Wisdom works to create a multicultural, multi-class lesbian space. Sinister Wisdom...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: LGBTQ Voices -
Sisyphus is a magazine that focuses on contemporary issues surrounding art, culture, and language.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Political -
Sixth Finch is an online journal of poetry and art, founded in 2008 and updated quarterly.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal; it is dedicated to discovering and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. The magazine publishes accomplished,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, War -
Sleet publishes writers in all phases of their careers. We are looking for love (!) and beautiful oddness in its various forms.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Small Print Magazine, a resource and showcase for writers and artists, features contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry thoughtfully presented alongside beautiful photography and artwork from new and established artists....
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 31, Jan 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Smartish Pace publishes new poems and translations. Published in Baltimore, Smartish Pace is 140~ pages, perfect bound, and published by Smartish Pace, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit, independent organization, founded in 1998 by Editor...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
SmokeLong Quarterly, established in 2003, is dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine's primary interest is quality. It welcomes submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image and encourages innovation as well as tradition.
SBLAAM wants any...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 15, Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing is focused on art and healing. With specific themes each quarter, the editors look for emerging and established writers to send them new or previously published pieces that elevate the theme and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 15, Apr 1 to Apr 15, Jul 1 to Jul 15, Oct 1 to Oct 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
So to Speak was founded in 1993 by MFA candidates at George Mason University. So to Speak has served as a space for intersection feminist writing and art for three decades. So to Speak publishes poetry, fiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 15, Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
SoFloPoJo considers all genres of poetry. The editors especially like fairy tales, magic realism, haunting prose poems, lyrical vignettes, and crafted narratives.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
SOILED is a periodical of architectural stories. Positioned between a literary journal and a design magazine, it is an independent, artist-led project produced by Joseph Altshuler, Hollen Reischer, Matthew Harlan, and Mariel Tishma, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Sojourners magazine sits at the intersection of faith, politics, and culture. Sojourners' three key commitments are racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship. We are an ecumenical Christian...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Feminist, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Political, Religious/Spiritual, War -
Solstice is committed to publishing works by diverse authors, and writers-on-the margins. It is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Solum Journal is a Christian literary journal featuring poetry, short stories, homilies, and visual art.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual
